Juver grew up in Piura, Peru, in a place of great need. He moved into Casa Javier as a young man and received a quality education in a supportive home. “It opened up for me social and academic opportunities that I hadn’t even realized existed.”
“Casa Javier provides many opportunities for a way out and away from a life of crippling, abject poverty and fosters a better, more peaceful, more just world, a world where young people are not lost but grow in self respect and to become men and women for others.”
Juver now provides opportunities to other young people, running a university education scholarship program for youth from indigenous communities in rural upper Amazon basin of northern Peru.

Edgar, a native of Huancayo, in the mountains east of Lima, was the first Casa Javier resident, from the same orphanage as the other boys. He ran away from home when he was eleven years old and found his way to Lima. He came to us in 1993 and excelled immediately in his schooling. After two years of high school, he entered Peru’s National Engineering University. He graduated in December 2004 majoring in telecommunication engineering. He began an internship with Infonet, a Los Angeles-based telecommunication company in January 2005 and switched to another company in October 2006. Since he began earning a salary, he “became independent” in February 2006, moving into his own apartment. He traveled several times to the United States doing promotional work for PLF, and speaks English fluently. Edgar currently serves as an active member on the ACJ board in Peru.

Jorge came to us in December 1998 after graduating from the Jesuit high school in Tacna, the southernmost city of Peru, 800 miles south of Lima. Jorge was recommended by one of his teachers as one of the brightest students to graduate from that school. He comes from a very poor family who could never have afforded to send him to Lima to study. He first enrolled in Peru’s best engineering college, however, after two years studying to be a mechanical engineer, he decided that all the math and science was not best for him. He then took the entrance exam for Peru’s prestigious Pontifical Catholic University and attained first place in the exam, thus gaining a full tuition scholarship, majoring in economics. He graduated from college in November 2006 and worked at Peru’s Central Reserve Bank in Lima, a well-paying and secure job. Fluent in English, Jorge continued his studies in London. He attends the ACJ gala dinners and donates money to help support Juver’s mission of helping homeless boys in Piura.