Charity of Lima
Beneficencia de Lima

Headquarters at night
Charitable organisation overview
FormedJune 12, 1834 (1834-06-12)
HeadquartersJirón Carabaya 641
Director responsible
  • Guillermo Ackermann Menacho
General Manager responsible
  • Jorge Lafosse Quintana
Websitewww.sblm.gob.pe

The Charity of Lima (Spanish: Beneficiencia de Lima),[1] officially the Society of Charity of Metropolitan Lima (Spanish: Sociedad de Beneficencia de Lima Metropolitana),[2] is a charitable organisation that serves the city of Lima, in Peru.

History

It was founded on June 12, 1834, through a Supreme Decree of General Luis José de Orbegoso y Moncada, provisional president of Peru, and through him it was in charge of the charitable establishments of Lima. This institution was responsible for the first lotteries in the country, the Lima and Callao Lottery.[3]

In 2009, it became a public organisation directly attached to the Ministry of Women and Social Development, after ceasing to be a subsidiary of the National Comprehensive Program for Family Welfare (INABIF) of the same ministry; and later in 2011 it became administered by the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima, after the approval of the Annual Plan for Transfers of Sectoral Competencies to Regional and Local Governments made in 2007.

Since September 13, 2018, by Legislative Decree No. 1411, it becomes a private entity, financed by donations.[4]

In 2020, for its 187th anniversary, the "Live to Serve" campaign was developed for the neediest in the city of Lima. In which it extends to 553 housed in different care centers (175 for minors in the Puericultorio Perez Aranibar and 378 older adults).[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Peru: With music, flowers and prayers, believers honor dead loves ones on All Saints Day". Andina. 2022-11-01.
  2. ↑ Nalvarte, Paola (2021-01-13). "Peruvian professors create multimedia report telling the stories of men who found refuge from the pandemic in a bullring". LatAm Journalism Review.
  3. ↑ "Lotería de Lima y Callao renace: vuelve de la mano de Intralot". Gestión. 2019-12-09.
  4. 1 2 "Beneficencia de Lima recibió distinción en su 187° aniversario por iniciativa Casa de Todos en medio de la pandemia del COVID-19". Perú 21. 2021-06-19.
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