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Helping Quechua Indians Help Themselves

Helping Quechua Indians Help Themselves
Location: Ayacucho, Peru
Category: Infrastructure & Economic Development
Published: 02 November 2007
Progress:
83% funded
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The Indian communities in the Andes region are not only located in remote regions, they are also excluded socially, economically and politically and life on the outskirts of society. The land allocated to them yields only meager crops. They lack work, medical care, education and, above all, say in the circumstances of their lives.

In collaboration with the local organization NRO Accion Andina, CARE has been working successfully in Peru since 2001 to improve the living conditions of the population of Quechua Indians. This approach allows people to choose which measures they want to implement to improve their living conditions. In this way, the sustainable success of a project is ensured.

Within the scope of the project, microloans will be extended to the Quechua Indians who do not have any income to enable them to set up their own small business enterprises and make a small life for themselves. The program is designed for farmers, merchants and craftspeople. Moreover, the communities will be strengthened by infrastructural measures such as the construction of community centers, elementary schools, health centers and drinking water systems. Cooking classes for mothers will reduce the malnourishment of children and potential leaders will receive education to strengthen the political representation of the community.

Incomplete (1):

  • 10 Water Pipes

    One for 114 Euro. • Still needed: 596 Euro • Published 02 November 2007
    A water pipe supplying ten families costs 1,140 Euros to be built.

Completed (3):

  • Microloans

    10 Euro. • Published 02 November 2007
    We need your financial support to grant microloans.

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  • Daimler Financial Services AG
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  • by D. Owessny, asked on 07 May 2008 at 06:30 PM
    Liebe Frau Marxen, Ich bin zur Zeit in Xela/ Guatemala, um auf freiwilliger Basis für 2-3 Monaten in Sozialprojekten mitzuarbeiten und werde in der zweiten Jahreshälfte nach Chile und Peru reisen, um auch dort in Projekten für eine bestimmte Zeit mitzuarbeiten. Können Sie den Kontakt zu diesem Projekt/ zu CARE bzw. zur lokalen NGO herstellen? Besten Dank für Ihre Antwort, die Sie auch gerne an Daniel.Owessny@web.de senden können Daniel Owessny

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