On a recent online call with the local Committee, we were pleased to hear that the Home is running well, thanks in large part to the efforts of the Manager, Brenda Peixoto. Brenda has been a full-time employee, but she will now resign to return to a job in banking....

We are pleased to report two changes to the Trust that were agreed at a Trustees’ Meeting this month. Ignacio Quintanilla, a Peruvian executive living in Madrid, has accepted our invitation to become a Trustee. His skills and knowledge will be of enormous value to the...

After four busy and productive years, our volunteer Administrator, Katharine Stansfeld has resigned from the role. Katherine has kept the Trust running smoothly and has modernised many aspects of the function. Since its inception, the Trust has never had paid...

We at the Trust have held two conference calls with the local Committee since they took office in late 2023.  They very much impress us with their competence and experience in business, finance and administration, and they are clearly highly committed to the Home. At...

The Trust held a conference call recently with the local Committee in Piura. The Treasurer, Carmen Ruth Palma could not participate as she had suffered a knee injury. Anita Mollet, who for many years acted as the Trust’s local representative, no longer joins these...

The Trust speaks regularly online with the local Committee in Piura. On our last call, we were briefed on conditions in the city, which have not been easy. Piura was affected early in the year by the political upheaval that followed the removal from office of the...

After some delay in legally formalising their appointments, the new Committee are now managing the Home. The Trust had an online meeting with them recently and we agreed to keep in contact on a more regular basis. The new Committee members are very much engaged with...

At the start of this year, the Home reported operating almost as normal. Local donations, which had fallen off during the Covid19 lockdown, were being restored and the two doctors who volunteer their services were once again visiting the Home to monitor the residents...

Annabel Buchan MBE was one of the six original Trustees that set up the Anita Goulden Trust in 1991 and she is the only one of them that is still a part of the Trust. Annabel is the only Administrator the Trust has ever had and she has donated a huge amount of her...

The following is an update sent to the Trust by Sra. Anita Mollet. “We have to tell you the sad news that Rony, the oldest of the residents, died at the end of September. In years past he had had crises, spending weeks in hospital, but this time, one afternoon, he...