BIG LOVE WHEEL LOVE

Right after posting about our dilapidated skate ramp here in Huanchaco for the kids, I told my good friends from Wheel Love skate shop to check it out. Less than 12 hours later, I got an email back from co-owner Keats:

Aside from getting the country wrong - Keats must've been too excited - it was unbelievable!

Wheel Love is putting together a love box which as of now includes 5 decks, some clothes, a first aid kit plus other stuff. And though Louise and I are excited to show the kids the new gear when the box arrives, we are also thinking of precautionary steps to prevent them from stealing the things. To some of them, stealing is the only way they can be sure no one takes away things from them. These kids live in a shanty town populated by locals who lost everything when typhoon El Nino hit coastal Peru back in 1998. After the disaster, all the government could give them was a big piece of barren land and nothing else. This little town with no running water is known as Cerrito de la Virgen (Virgin's Hill) and this is also where our "park" is at.

Thank you to everyone who donated your stuff to these Peruvian kids. You cannot imagine how grateful myself and the rest of the volunteers are for your help. And please, don't forget also the other kids and people you can help back home just by donating something you don't need anymore.

Lastly, big love to the abang abang hensem of Wheel Love, Keats and Yeng for making this happen.

Yes, guys with their own shops and good hearts are very attractive but sorry ladies, both just recently tied the knot. No, not to each other. Meet Mrs Chee and Mrs Wei Yeng. Congratulations guys :)

Un Lugar skate ramp was built in 2010 by volunteers Johannes from Germany and Oliver from England. Read more about the project here.