PROJECT FOR THE FLOOD VICTIMS : PACA VILCANOTA COMMUNITY

Summary

The people of the Cusco region experienced floods one year and a half ago. At the Sacred Valley, in
a town called Urubamba, on January 25 th an entire community with 86 families since then just
had once support from the council, but after that were totally forgotten. A project to rebuild the
houses and a barrier near the river needs to be arranged. This people lost their houses, their
commercial activities and the small children the primary school.

What is the issue, problem, or challenge?

The Peruvian government has declared a state of emergency. But just for the tourists. To rescue
them from Machu Pichu by airplane. And unfortanely most of the communities in the Sacred
Valley were forgotten. As they still live in tents, and some in temporary houses that they builded
with the rest of the destroyed ones, health and psychological conditions are getting lower.

How will this project solve this problem?

Me, Joana Martins decided to help this community. And as I’m not part of any NGO, and this
situation needs to be solved until the rainy season, I’m here asking for external help. At this
moment they already have clothes, donated by hostels but all the rest as the basic conditions as
food, clinical support, construction material or money to build the houses don’t. I hope we will
concentrate our efforts in this project to help the people of the Paca Vilcanota region. When the
founds to rebuild are done, the community will build all the houses by themselves and with
volunteers from an youth exchange program.

Potential Long Term Impact

Bringing much needed supplies to the region in this time of need will save them and help re-
establish the local support as medicine, food and construction material. Malaria will be a huge
concern, not only for locals but for travelers through the region.
Project Message

“In the last 20 years, the river wasn’t so high. We are afraid the next year can happen the same if
we are not well protected.”

Celestino, Paca Vilcanota Community.

Funding Information

Total Funding Goal: (Ecological Construction: houses rebuilding – half “adobes”, half bricks) :
470,000 soles / 115,435 euros /102,777 gbp/ 169,003 usd / 157,249 aus usd

Total Funding Goal : ( river barrier) : 129,600soles / 31,828 euros / 28,341 gbp / 46,601 usd/
43,361 aus usd

Total Funding Goal : ( primary school for the kids) : 28,000 soles / 6,877 euros / 6,122 gbp/ 10,068
usd/ 9,368 aus usd

TOTAL: 627,600 soles / 150,4,147 euros/137,231 gbp /225,674 usd/209,963 aus usd

Additional Documentation

- 36 families;
- An average of 5 persons each family
- Ages average : 2 – 108

Extra Needs

I also look for a sponsor for bicycles, so some of the kids dont need to walk 2 hours to the
next school as they dont have any money to support the transportation. And people to
teach them and show them how to fix the bikes.I also look for institutions interested in
internships like youth exchanges and arts and crafts material.

NOTE: It is really important to start this project as soon as we can, as know it’s the dry
season. Until December all the houses must be rebuilded.