Lumen designed and it is currently building and implementing a cold storage facility capable for storing of 5 tons of seafood per day.  We’ll be in position of receiving, cleaning, icing, storing and dispatching every day catch directly from the ocean to the market. This activity allows the consumers a better quality and our fisher folks a better price for their products. We’ve learned through Internet about GMP & HACCP procedures. We’ve also acknowledged about Seafood Quality Control System required for US Food & Drugs Administration, which will be implemented in our facility. Project is currently building three 12’ x 12’ walking coolers, one ice making machine with its silo and one 36’ x 12’ processing room for cleaning and filleting. Project is being funded by USAID Peruvian Branch "Fondo de las Américas."

Lumen has finished a project to furnish our fisher folks with two small boats of about 24’ total length each. Vessels will be equipped and launched around second quarter this year. By the very first time in the fishing history of this country, modern fishing technology will be applied on small fishing boats. Lumen has acquired information related to fishing technology through Internet. The boats will be installed with deep water fishing gear hydraulically operated, electronic echo sounders for fish finding, satellite GPS for schools positioning and tracking, nylon mid water fishing nets, bottom traps, monofilament lines, stainless hooks and swivels, etc.  This innovative application of fishing technology is possible thanks to Fishing Experts currently teaching at Northern Peru Private University  (Universidad Privada del Norte – Trujillo).  They are providing us with direct access to Internet, free Technical English translation and Consulting Services. Project is being funded by the Peruvian Branch of Antamina Mining Company.

It is a Center for Labor Training and Empowerment providing actual hands-on training for life. Cendes focuses on seafood processing technology acquired through Internet. Project aims to implementing a small freezing, smoking and canning facility for export. Our fishing grounds provide the best quality of fish and shellfish from South Pacific waters. The plant will process limited quantities of delicatessen seafood products under American Quality Standards. We’ve already experience enough to operate and maintain a Top Quality Seafood Processing Plant.  We kindly invite donors of used processing equipment. We also invite for profit companies to join us in this venture. We look forward partners for supplying equipment which will be paid with Premiun Quality seafood exports. We’ve submitted a Proposal asking for funding of this Project to The Ford Foundation.

This project will promote the leveraging of fishermen wives and daughters. Most of these women have abundance of innate skills improperly developed by lack of  the right opportunity. The project has been conceived and designed by women at all. Our local Catholic Church Parish is fully engaged into this project oriented to overcome women segregation and abuse.  Project will focus on fostering women labor capabilities and job opportunities. Special emphasis will be drawn to incentive and increase women self-esteem by mean of education courses and workshops regarding woman equality, her rights and duties as well.  Rosa Mistica shares with Stella Maris Project an existing multi media class room to accommodate forty persons. There is not yet a funder identified for this Project, however, we’ll be submitting our Proposal as soon as Foundation Center makes a call for RFP. 

This project aims to work within the whole community. We intend to  operate an AM – FM radio station. The Catholic Church Parish will perform as Moderator into this non – partisan media. The Radio Station will be focused on fast dissemination of issues regarding: ethic & moral, civic education, freedom & democracy, social peace, general culture and environmental defense and protection. Project’s main activity will be given by direct teaching and explaining about selected themes regarding: every day community news, family relationship, family trouble solving, family planning, neighbors communities, domestic hygiene & sanitation, elementary public health, first aid practices, food & nutrition, environment protection and all other family and neighboring related items. Stella Maris Project runs a fully equipped multi media class room with capacity for forty people. Funds for launching of this Project are still being searched among International Philanthropy Community and Faith Based Organizations of the World.