By Eveli Leyva | Project Leader
Dear supporter,
As you may know, the pandemic in Peru is still hitting hard and in February we had another two weeks of mandatory social isolation, with all the economic and financial implications it has for low-income households. We were able to resume workshops at our venue for a while, but now we are once again limiting in-person activities to prevent the risk of contagion among the families of the girls and boys of our community. There are no available hospital beds right now and, should they need it, families have would have to cover the costs of oxygen tanks privately, which have increased by 300% over the past three months.
We are supporting families with healthy food baskets that help them cope with this situation. Most of the girls' mothers are domestic workers and/or street vendors and were unable to work during the quarantine. This had serious consequences on their household economies and access to food. The girls are worried about this situation, which has caused them fear and a lot of stress. Our team members made calls to the families to find out how they were doing and to talk with the girls. They missed being able to attend the Ludoteca and we realized they didn't have much information about what was going on, so we tried to reassure them, explain the situation that we are all living in and we told them that, once things improve, we will resume our activities.
T. is a 8 year-old girl who regularly takes part in our programs. Her dad, like most people from low-income households, is an informal worker. T. told one of our team members: “My dad didn't work for several weeks. My mom can't work because she needs to take care of my little brothers. They told me that the basket of food that you gave us helped us a lot, because my mom could prepare enough food for my little brothers and for me for over two weeks”.
Even when food is not scarce, the diet in low-income household is very limited and usually revolves around chicken and rice, which are easily available and cheap. However, the quality of chicken meat available is mostly bad, as it comes from intensive poultry farms and it goes without saying that such a diet lacks vitamins and minerals young girls need to grow up and often leads to anemia. Your support makes it possible to help girls like T. and make sure her basic needs are covered during this hard times.
Thank you!
Warm regards,
Evely
By Eveli Leyva | Project Leader
By Eveli Leyva | Project Leader
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