Fire Peru

Welcome to the website for Fire Peru. We are a place of connection for other ministries who are of the same heart for God, and a love for His people. Click to the right to view a short video about us, featuring missionaries Ron and Michelle Smith.

Feeding Program

In conjunction with a ministry based out of Waxhaw, North Carolina, USA named Samaritan's International, Fire Peru overseas various feeding programs all over the nation, and we have an opportunity in the coming year to revamp the way we do that by producing the food locally instead of importing it from the United States, and selling it to other ministries in order to finance various works of ours in this country (such as our mobile medical trailer). The idea behind the food product is this; if a child eats one and a half cups of the food each day they will receive all the vitamins he/she needs for that day to be in good health. Of course the children will be hungry but they will have had the daily requirement of vitamins. Each bag of food needs one and half liters of water and boiled for twenty minutes. We have seen tremendous results in the children who eat the food at least three times per week, the minimum required for our program. There are children whose weight has increased 2 to 5 kilos in the first three months of the program. Their hair is growing where it once was falling out blonde because of malnourishment. There have been reports of children walking for two hours one way to go to school and falling asleep because they have nothing to eat. Now the kids arrive at school and stay awake with more energy because of the meal they receive each day. The skin of other children began to return to a healthy color and texture. All the children who had anemia recover quickly and are not anemic after a very short time of eating the food on a regular basis. We have been working in this program for four years. The pastors are required to feed the children in their church or place of worship and to include regular Bible teaching to the kids. We want the children to understand that God blesses those who follow Him. That being said, we are working on producing a new product which is still in the testing stage in three locations. We are working with another NGO/ONG to monitor these children with a Peruvian Pediatrician and record their health. The three locations being tested are Langa, Manchay and Pachacutec which are all within driving distance from Lima, but in extreme poverty. We started in August 2010 by weighing each child and measuring the circumference of their head and height. The children are eating the food without complaint. Our intention is to be able to add different flavoring to the same food product so the children won’t get tired of eating the same food each day. Eventually we would like to see the kids eating five days per week. Once the program is in full production we will solicit financial help from the churches in the United States. They will raise funds to donate to Fire Peru, send a team of volunteers to help package the food product and then visit several of our feeding programs. Each year they can return and see the difference in the same children they met the year before. We also plan on soliciting help from local corporations, churches and organization for donations and volunteers to assemble the food product.

Mobile Medical Trailer

We have been praying and working toward the goal of having a Mobile Medical Trailer that can be used to host medical or dental teams throughout Peru. Fire Peru has a verbal commitment on a 48’ semi trailer to be donated for this purpose. We also have a dental chair along with dental tools donated. We are working with a ministry in Ohio (United States) called Buses International who are a non for profit ministry that converts buses and trailers into medical clinics for Christian organizations. They have Fire Peru’s medical clinic listed on their website under “projects.” As with the food program, Fire Peru will use this clinic for a twofold purpose: we will provide a clean secure environment for medical teams to perform free medical treatment to those in need. We will also make the clinic available to other NGO/ONGs or governmental entities to donate to Fire Peru for the use of the clinic in their projects. The trailer will have a reception area in the back with one dental room and two medical examining rooms. At the front of the trailer there is a pharmacy where the recipients leave through a side door. The entire clinic will be equipped with water, electricity and air conditioning. On the exterior there will be two or three retractable rooms for pre exams or other projects. We will also begin to solicit funds and raise awareness of this project to medical teams and churches in the U.S. and Europe. They will be able to donate to Fire Peru and we will have the trailer at their location of ministry. This will allow other organizations to maximize their efforts and time in Peru. In the case of a natural disaster, Fire Peru can be on the scene with medical attention and food to minister to those in need with little delay.