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News from the Trust

The Trust has been working for more than thirty years. Established in 1991 to manage a surge of donations following the appearance of Anita Goulden’s inspiring story in the UK media, its founding trustees can hardly have imagined that, so many years later, the Trust...

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Follow Regular News of the Home

The Anita Goulden Home offers many activities, celebrations, and events for the children and families in Piura.  It is wonderful to see, not just the care, both physically and emotionally, that is given to the residents by the staff and associated professionals, but...

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News from the Home

After three years of greater or lesser disruption due to the Covid-19 epidemic, life at the Home returned to something like normality in 2023. That does not mean that there have not been other challenges, as you can read below, but the Home has benefitted from sound...

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News of the Trust and the Home

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...

The Local Committee Makes Good Progress

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...

Challenging times for the Local Committee

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...

Some difficult times in Piura

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...

The new Committee takes charge

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...

Changes in the Local Committee

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...

Changes at the Anita Goulden Trust

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...