Charity of Lima

The Charity of Lima (Beneficencia de Lima), officially the Society of Charity of Metropolitan Lima (Sociedad de Beneficencia de Lima Metropolitana), is a charitable organisation that serves the city of Lima, in Peru.

It is headquartered at the Casa de Divorciadas, an 18th-century building in the historic centre of Lima.

History
It was founded on June 12, 1834, through a Supreme Decree of General Luis José de Orbegoso y Moncada, provisional president of Peru, and through him it was in charge of the charitable establishments of Lima. This institution was responsible for the first lotteries in the country, the Lima and Callao Lottery.

In 2009, it became a public organisation directly attached to the Ministry of Women and Social Development, after ceasing to be a subsidiary of the National Comprehensive Program for Family Welfare (INABIF) of the same ministry; and later in 2011 it became administered by the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima, after the approval of the Annual Plan for Transfers of Sectoral Competencies to Regional and Local Governments made in 2007.

Since September 13, 2018, by Legislative Decree No. 1411, it becomes a private entity, financed by donations.

In 2020, for its 187th anniversary, the "Live to Serve" campaign was developed for the neediest in the city of Lima. In which it extends to 553 housed in different care centers (175 for minors in the Puericultorio Perez Aranibar and 378 older adults).

Cultural centres
In 2020, publicly accessible cultural centres operated in its historical heritage were developed after the approval of the Master Plan for the Recovery of the Historic Center of Lima, led by Prolima. Some of the works in which it participated were in the "Casa de Divorciadas", the main headquarters of the Charity. Subsequently, the conservation of the Presbítero Maestro Cemetery was carried out, and the carrying out of historical activities in its various historical properties such as the Plaza de Acho, the Afro-Peruvian Museum, the Lottery Branch Headquarters, and others.

List of directors

 * Domingo de Orué y Mirones
 * Antonio F. de Arrieta (1840)
 * Francisco González de Prada (1857, 1858)
 * José Antonio de Lavalle y Arias de Saavedra (1865).
 * Manuel Pardo y Lavalle (1868).
 * Manuel Francisco Benavides (1872)
 * José Antonio García y García (1880, 1881)
 * Ignacio de Osma (1882)
 * Manuel Yrigoyen Arias (1886)
 * Rufino Torrico (1887)
 * Manuel Candamo e Iriarte (1890).
 * Domingo Olavegoya (1903)
 * Domingo M. Almenara Butler (1907, 1908)
 * Carlos Larrabure y Correa (1909)
 * Agustín Tovar Aguilar (1909, 1910)
 * José Antonio Miró Quesada (1911, 1912)
 * Augusto Wiese Eslava
 * Augusto Pérez Araníbar (1916, 1918)
 * Pedro García Yrigoyen (1932, 1933)
 * Inés Young Samanez (1989)
 * Romelia Vera La Rosa (1990)
 * Victoria Paredes Sánchez
 * Fernando Luis Arias-Stella Castillo
 * Jorge Esteban Pinedo Del Águila

List of presidents

 * José Cabero y Salazar (1825)
 * Manuel Pardo y Lavalle (1868)
 * Manuel Candamo Iriarte
 * Carlos Larrabure y Correa (1909)
 * Hernando de Lavalle y García (1940)
 * Pedro García Yrigoyen (1942-1945)
 * Rollin Thorne Sologuren (1948-1950)
 * Miguel Dasso Drago (1951)
 * Eleodoro Romana y Romaña (1951-1954)
 * Oswaldo Hercelles García (1954-1961)
 * Carlos Monge Medrano (1963)
 * Carlos Velarde (1963-1968)
 * Oscar Urteaga Ballón
 * Pedro Vicente Li Vera (1989-1990)
 * Manuel de la Peña y Angulo (1991-1994)
 * Eduardo Zapata Salazar
 * Víctor Hugo Bolaños Velarde (2000-2001)
 * Enrique Horna Alegría (2001-2004)
 * Ernesto Javier Ponce Gastelumendi (2004-2005)
 * Humberto Enrique Hernández Schulz (2005-2006)
 * Manuel Eguiguren Callirgos (2006-2007)
 * Miriam Correa Briones (2007-2008)
 * Carlos Serapio Rivas Dávila (2008-2009)
 * Dennis Eduardo Zúñiga Luy (2009-2010)
 * Josefina Estrada Mesinas de Capriatta (2011-2012)
 * Carlos José Otero Bonicelli (2012-2013)
 * María del Carmen Vásquez de Velasco Vásquez de Velasco (2013-2015)
 * Martín Marcial Bustamante Castro (2015-2018)
 * Guillermo Ackermann Menacho (2019-present)