Urgent Aid Needed for Earthquake Victims in Peru

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Urgent Aid Needed for Earthquake Victims in Peru

Summary

The destructive August 15th earthquake in Peru left families in Afro-Peruvian and poorer communities without shelter, medical care, or protection from the Andean winter. read updates from the field

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $1,895 was raised for this project.

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Over 80% of homes in some communities have been destroyed by the 8.0 earthquake, along with major roads, impeding the delivery of outside aid. Among the towns nearest the epicenter are Chincha Alta and Cañete, where MADRE’s partner LUNDU works with Afro-Peruvian young people, women and families who were struggling to meet their basic needs even before the earthquake.

Activities

In the affected regions, LUNDU's Afro-Peruvian Youth Network has mobilized to channel donations to the families in need. MADRE is facilitating this process by collecting funds to be sent directly to LUNDU.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $1,895

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $1,895. The original project funding goal was $33,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Immediate support will save lives and empower survivors to rebuild their communities.

Project Message

A mother told me she opened the door to her house to rescue her children, and the walls caved in, crushing all of them.
- Monica Carrillo, Director of LUNDU

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Vivian Stromberg,
Executive Director
121 W. 27th Street
Room 301
New York, New York 10001
United States
212-627-0444
Email:

Project Sponsor

MADRE

Organization

MADRE, An International Women's Human Rights Org.
121 West 27th Street #301
New York, NY 10001
United States
212.627.0444
http://www.MADRE.org

Learn more about MADRE, An International Women's Human Rights Org. and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Peru and can also be found under Human Rights.

For more information about Peru, read the Human Development Report on Peru or the Wikipedia entry for Peru.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 21, 2007.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 17, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

Update on Earthquake Victims in Peru

By Vicki Larson - Development Director, August 21, 2007 12:56 PM

Please help Afro-Peruvian and Indigenous families who lost everything in last week’s earthquake.

We posted an urgent request for support to Global Giving last week for our Peruvian partner LUNDU, which is working in Afro-Peruvian communities affected by the earthquake. People in the region are still digging through ashes in hopes of finding survivors.

LUNDU tell us that 90,000 people were affected and 16,000 houses destroyed. Whole families are sleeping on the streets and have no water or food. Other families remain under the debris from their houses. Roads are still blocked. There is no electricity or phone service in many areas.

We have already been able to send some funds to LUNDU to provide clothing, food, blankets, medicines, tents, stoves, and other necessities, and your support is enabling us to send more. LUNDU is working tirelessly to channel that aid to the most affected families.

This weekend, we received an urgent call from CHIRAPAQ, our partner that works with Indigenous women and families in Peru. In those communities, every last house was destroyed by the earthquake. The need is huge. Their plea is urgent. Please help MADRE help our Indigenous Peruvian partners.

Both LUNDU and CHIRAPAQ are looking to MADRE supporters for aid. If you have already given, thank you. If you haven’t, please take this opportunity to help Afro-Peruvian and Indigenous Quechua families affected by this devastating earthquake.

Any amount you can will give make a difference. Please donate today.

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