Our play program in a working class district of Lima, Peru, is in a finished garage near a women's shelter, opening onto a quiet street. The whole street gets closed off when the children come, and nobody minds.

The children in this poor neighbourhood in Lima particularly enjoy dressup, especially the Wizard suit!

Jorge is doing his homework assignment in the Lima playroom.

Trains are an adventure everwhere. Mauricio has his tracks set up.

Ofelia is painting a paper mache beanbag target, outside the Lima playroom.

Susana is getting ready for a ringtoss game. The yellow rope rings were improvised by us in Canada.

Rhythm and sand in Lima.

A cloth castle from the Ottawa IKEA store is very popular in our playroom in Lima, Peru.

A music student has been donating time to teach the youngsters. This boy is talented at playing recorder, and later will learn how to play an Andean flute

The "quena" is difficult to play, but gives a special character to Andean music.

The teacher has devised a very easy written note system for the children. They drop everything to participate when they see him coming.

Sebastián, elderly gentleman from a place in the Andes called huancavelica, knows how to play the pan-pipes locally called "zampoño".