Employ Families Working on Recycling in Peru
Peru work for families
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Summary
We are organizing families into small micro-enterprises that work on recycling activities, which will improve their current working conditions, increase their income level and create healthier cities.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
The project benefits 300 families who make their living from recycling. It indirectly benefits 400,000 inhabitants of Pucallpa who will live in a healthier city. Currently, about 320 tons of waste are disposed of daily into an open dump in the center of the city. As a result, Ucayali River and Yarinacocha Lake are increasingly polluted. Both are used by many families to fish and launder clothes, and the families suffer from parasitism, diarrhea, and typhus, among other diseases.
Activities
Create an association of micro-enterprises in charge of collecting waste material from homes/companies and transporting to a recycling collection center. Build/operate a plant for treating organic waste to obtain natural fertilizers.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $10,867
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $740,432
Total Funding Goal: $751,300
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
This project creates new jobs, educates citizens about waste management, treates waste, and creates responsible consumers.
Project Message
"The plant for treating waste covers its costs by selling natural fertilizers. Before, garbage went to the river; now we live with dignity."
- José Mejia Solórzano, Mayor of Carhuaz Province
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Albina Ruiz
Executive Director
Ciudad Saludable
Av. Jorge Basadre 255 Of. 401 San isidro
Lima, Lima 27
Peru
(511) 421-5163
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Healthy City (Ciudad Saludable)
Av. Jorge Basadre 255, Of. 401 San Isidro
Lima,
Peru
27
Peru
(511) 421-5163
http://www.ciudadsaludable.org
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Peru
and can also be found under 
Microfinance.
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 January 14, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on May 5, 2005
Latest Update from the Field
Deutsche Welle TV reports on progress of Ciudad Saludable's project in Pucallpa
By Javier Flores - Director, External Affairs and Development, May 02, 2008 05:27 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ4NUvrwnaQ
The work of Peruvian Albina Ruiz shows just what personal committment can achieve. She is in charge of the environmental organisation "Ciudad Saludable" - "Healthy City".
Many of Peru's cities are choking in garbage and it is always the very poorest who suffer. But garbage is also a valuable resource for many who hunt for recycleable items and sell plastic bottles, paper and rags to intermediaries. Ciudad Saludable works directly with the garbage collectors and helps them to organise themselves into professional recycling firms. People previously scorned by society now fufil an important role for the community and receive recognition - they are the new environmental experts. Albina Ruiz has been given an award by the Schwab foundation for her tireless efforts. More and more cities in Peru and neighbouring countries plan to follow Ciudad Saludable's lead. Report by Matthias Kopp.
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