Our most important focus along the first part of our project was accomplishing a system of recycle of skin in various clinics of the Peruvian Plastic Surgery Society. Our first step was to talk to many doctors among the Peruvian Plastic Surgery Society and the Children’s Hospital to obtain background information on our topic and establish and expand our project throughout the community. Some of these doctors were Dr. Claudio Kirschbaum, a surgeon from the society, Dr. Rene Herrera, a supervisor in the tissue bank of the Children’s hospital, Dr. Renan Pena, a specialist in the tissue bank, Dr. Delgado, the president of the burn’s wing in the Children’s Hospital, and Dr. Militza Jovick, the president of the P.P.S.S.

      Once this was done, we took care of the medium of transportation for the skin. Two groups that helped us throughout this process were the “Damas Voluntarias” from the Children’s hospital to provide the transportation, and a laboratory called “Quimica Suiza” that donated dehydrated ice. The Children’s Hospital asked for each patient’s health records for safety reasons, like specified diseases. All of this was a very complex procedure; with the help of specialists in the Children’s Hospital, we developed a specific procedure for each plastic surgeon to follow. A packet was given to each doctor explaining our project and including all the information to fulfill the required procedure. The papers included the contact information for the voluntaries of the Children’s Hospital and Quimica Suiza, the steps to store the human skin in containers, and the donor’s health forms.

      Each time a plastic surgeon is appointed to an operation, it is their responsibility to contact the Children’s hospital and give the exact date and time of his surgery. It is also their responsibility to contact “Quimica Suiza” and pick up the dehydrated ice.

     Our second plan was to expose the information we had learned throughout our CoFo project to underprivileged children, as mentioned before. In order for the children to have a visual and informative aid, we decided to create brochures. We first contacted a printing press company called MetroColors, which is known for donating their work to charity. We talked to the manager about our CoFo project and he agreed to help us. With the support of the company, we were able to create about 1000 professional brochures, that included all the necessary information for burn prevention and at the same time, was enhanced with colors and drawings that made it attractive for little children.

     We chose two schools for our presentations, and there was a third school that came to us in the last minute. With the help of our mentor we where able to contact Congressman Mr. Meckler, who gave us the address and phone number of a school that needed help called Anexo Balneario in Ventanilla. Our second presentation was to a school in Manchay called “Victor Raul Aya de la Torre”. We contacted a woman called Ms. Charo, but when we arrived to Manchay, there were was only one class available. After this presentation, we were disappointed that we couldn’t present our work to more children, we weren’t satisfied. We came up with the idea of going around Manchay and looking for a school with low standards. We asked the locals for a reference and they told us about a school in the center of Manchay called “Jose Carlos Mariategui”. We knocked on the door and asked to talk to the principal. We were eagerly welcomed by the whole school and we presented our work to about twelve classes.