BIOGRAPHY OF FATHER CARLOS POZZO

He was born in Italy on March 28, 1918. It was a late vocation that he entered the Jesuit
order on April 21, 1946. He arrived in Arequipa in 1957.
The earthquakes, the unstoppable immigration, initially created the slums, a belt of misery;
who found their response in the work and spirit of Father Pozzo.

In response to the 1960 earthquake. Father Pozzo and CIRCA, with the help of public
officials who are friends of his work, created “MUTUAL AID” for the construction of
minimum housing. Thus, with a revolving fund, 6,500 families were able to build their
houses of iron, brick and cement.

Education being one of the pillars to achieve the development of the least disadvantaged
population, the construction of schools was another of the jobs that it has carried out with
the greatest insistence in 45 years of existence.

To this end, it is available to train and educate its residents, especially the young people
who are and will be the true protagonists of change.

1. WORKS AND ACTIVITIES:

1.1 8 Sumac Wasi (nice house) + 32 schools (kindergarten, primary,

secondary)

1.2 Soup kitchens+ Dispensaries+ Consulting at CIRCA

1.3 Construction and housing+ Summer and winter camps+ Pastoral work+
Vocational brigades+ Youth (vanguards, commandos, mountaineers, new
Christian hope, sowing legionaries, new Christian renewal...)+ Community work
(mothers department, widows department, green cross, disciplinary..)+
Information at CIRCA (journalism)+ Workshops at CIRCA

The San Pedro y San Pablo school is one of the 32 schools that Father Pozzo built
and is only found in Arequipa.

At the San Pedro y San Pablo school, the teachers do not let the students fall
behind in their learning studies and always innovate their work in class.