Mission Fast Facts

ONE

person is all it takes to tell the story of the poor of Chimbote and begin to make a difference in their lives.

SEVEN

mission soup kitchens providing essential nutrition to the poor.

TEN

less year’s life expectancy in Chimbote as compared to Peru’s national average.

TWELVE

clients that can be housed at any given time at the mission’s Matt Talbot Drug & Alcohol Treatment Center, instilling hope and self worth.

TWENTY FOUR

inpatient beds at the Hospice facility allowing the poor to die with dignity and respect.

FORTY FIVE +

medical professionals and support staff who travel to the mission once a year as part of the ‘LAMA’ group to provide free healthcare to thousands.

SEVENTY+

percent unemployment rate within some of the poorest barrios of Father Jack’s mission.

EIGHTY+

adult students enrolled in the mission vocational programs to learn skills and trades to seek jobs to support their families.

EIGHTY FIVE+

people employed full time by the mission to support the programs in place to serve their brothers and sisters in need.

ONE HUNDRED

babies and children cared for in the mission daycares who receive early childhood stimulation as a result of Sr. Peggy’s passion for education.

ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DOLLARS

average monthly wage earned by a temporary worker at the mission when funds are available for construction and other projects.

THREE HUNDRED

average number of people who visit and volunteer at the mission on an annual basis.

THREE HUNDRED TWELVE

people on average who receive micro lending loans within a 12 month period with the typical but life changing loan being only $300.00

EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY

mentally ill people receive assistance to purchase medication on an annual basis from the mission’s social program.

ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY

women and children served each year in the Defensoria (legal defense program) at the mission.

THIRTY THOUSAND

miles that Father Jack travels in average each year primarily to fund raise for mission programs.

THIRTY TWO THOUSAND

estimated number of people living in the barrios of Father Jack’s mission.

THREE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND

meals served at mission soup kitchens on an annual basis, helping to address the estimated  forty five million people in Latin America and the Caribbean that go hungry each day.