The MINCODIS Project, a ministry of the Peru Northeast District, recently received 13 wheelchairs and other equipment donated to children with disabilities. 

The Ministerio Infantil de Compasión Distrital (District Children’s Compassionate Ministry) Project began three years ago when Peru Northeast District Superintendent Adán Sánchez and physical therapist Pilar Tuestas began accepting children from various parts of the Peruvian jungles for rehabilitation therapy. The project has a rehabilitation room for children with physical limitations, but services were limited by the lack of equipment.

In November 2014, in celebration of the Church of the Nazarene's centennial in Peru, Nazarene Compassionate Ministries Perú presented a detailed report of the work of MINCODIS and its needs to Regional NCM Coordinator Tabita González. News of the project reached the U.S., where some individuals promised to make a donation that would address the biggest needs.

After the necessary coordination, children, parents, authorities, and ministry leaders gathered to celebrate and accept the donation March 23. The parents showed gratitude to God and to the donors for this gift. One mother thanked God because her child had needed a wheelchair for seven years.

The MINCODIS Project and NCM Perú leaders thank González and Donor Coordinator Monica Fraizer for coordinating the gift.

--Church of the Nazarene South America Region