By Maya Brownstein | Community Giving
Three months have passed since devastating floods and mudslides swept Peru’s coastline and communities north of the capital of Lima, killing 113 people and destroying the homes of an estimated 700,000 people.
The powerful rainy season storms, sparked by an El Niño in the neighboring Pacific Ocean, cut power and access to clean drinking water in the region. Roads and bridges crumbled, leaving remote farming villages isolated for days.
Volunteers and staff from Socios En Salud, as Partners In Health is known locally, responded immediately to the disaster. Every day for a month since the flooding began, 50 medical brigades over the past month pushed throughout the Carabayllo District, PIH’s headquarters north of Lima, and beyond to deliver emergency aid and medication to more than 3,200 people, distribute 500-plus baskets of food, and tend to the mental health needs of nearly 200 patients.
It was all possible because of your generous support -- on behalf of our staff and patients in Peru, thank you!
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