About Us

Generations for Global Giving is a non-profit organization founded in 2006 by Eileen & Howard Putter after spending October 2005 volunteering in Lima, Peru.  Howard worked in two Lima hospitals doing Orthopedics while Eileen spent each day at Los Martincitos, a program serving 175 of the poorest Andean elders who have been abandoned by their families.

Los Martincitos is located in Via El Salvador, a shantytown about a half hour outside of Lima, with a population of 360,000 people.  It is a non-profit, grassroots program proving food, minimal healthcare, community & survival to those whom society has forgotten.  Each elder lives on less than $1 per day.  The program spends $0.50 a day to feed each elder.  The staff at Los Martincitos is not paid in money, but in food that they take home to feed their own families. 

Howard & Eileen had never experienced poverty at that level and were amazed at despite their struggles, the elders are still remarkably loving and resilient.  Each day they were greeted with a hug and kiss from every elder in attendance.  They simply could not leave this program without providing some ongoing support for these elders, which is why Generations for Global Giving was created.

In 2013 after another visit to Peru, Howard & Eileen spent time at Casa Hogar Orphanage, located near they Los Martinets program in the shantytown outside of Lima.  The newly established orphanage cares for 14 emotionally-challenged children ranging from age 5 to age 12.  They knew they had to help these children and were fortunate that they donor base had grown to a place where they could add a second organization.  Their first fundraiser for Casa Hogar Orphanage was to transform the dirt field outside of the building into a green field with a play structure so the children could play and have fun.  

By contributing to Generations for Global Giving, 100% of your tax deductible donation will be used to sustain the program and provide food and support to those in such dire need.  Please let us know if you have any questions or would like any further information on ways you can provide support.