Kiya Survivors
- London, Greater London, GB
Kiya Survivors Employees
Kiya Survivors Details
Registered Charity UK: 1121519 Kiya Survivors is a UK-Peruvian charity operating in Peru building and running educational centres catering to young people with special-needs and those who have suffered abuse and abandonment. Kiya Survivors also offers support to young and violated women and families living in severe poverty. Kiya Survivors was originally founded to support victims of the “el Niño” phenomenon on the north coast of Peru, where many of the local population had been left homeless and without support after a series of devestating natural discasters. It quickly extended its support to children and young people who have special needs after Suzy found a young autistic boy on the street, naked and unconscious after a violent attack. The lack of concern and obvious fear that people showed towards the boy due to his “condition” encouraged Suzy to research what support was on offer to young people with special needs. She was shocked at what she discovered and decided to stay in Peru (for 8 years!) to do something about it. The Rainbow Centre was the first step towards improving services in the Sacred Valley and opened in January 2002 by Suzy and the Peruvian team she had successfully trained and built up. Since then Kiya Survivors has opened four further centres in the Sacred Valley and north of the country and has become an integrated part of the communities it serves.
