2023 Emergency Food Relief – Cyclone Yaku

This FOOD RELIEF REQUEST is for the communities isolated by the presence of Cyclone Yaku in Northern Peru. Cyclone Yaku caused damage in the coastal regions and heavy rains have caused rivers and streams to overflow, mudslides and landslides in many communities, still isolated today, with serious difficulties in obtaining basic foods that they carry from the cities such as: oil, sugar, salt, rice, noodles to complement with cereals and stews that they reserve for the winter.

Currently there are damaged roads in La Florida, Penachi, Kanaris, some families have lost part of their farms due to landslides, most are isolated by roads damaged by landslides. There are entire villages that are with their houses and land flooded. This is request is not to solve all their problems, but to provide support so that the families will not feel they are alone and to provide a level of confidence and strength that will help them to stay strong and move forward.

This grant will provide food kits consisting of: rice, sugar, noodles, salt, oil, to 400 families in the Salas & Kanaris communities of Araumajada, Caracha, Tallapampa, Miraflores, Pampa Verde, Penachi, Hualanga, Kerguer, La Ramada (Aspape), Pampa Hermosa, San José Huanama, Huanama , Villarumi , Corral de Piedra, El Naranjo, Chiñama (Asproagro), Santa Rosa/Espinal, Hierba Buena, Machucara (Aspas)

This FOOD RELIEF REQUEST is for the communities isolated by the presence of Cyclone Yaku in Northern Peru. Cyclone Yaku caused damage in the coastal regions and heavy rains have caused rivers and streams to overflow, mudslides and landslides in many communities, still isolated today, with serious difficulties in obtaining basic foods that they carry from the cities such as: oil, sugar, salt, rice, noodles to complement with cereals and stews that they reserve for the winter.

Currently there are damaged roads in La Florida, Penachi, Kanaris, some families have lost part of their farms due to landslides, most are isolated by roads damaged by landslides. There are entire villages that are with their houses and land flooded. This is request is not to solve all their problems, but to provide support so that the families will not feel they are alone and to provide a level of confidence and strength that will help them to stay strong and move forward.

This grant will provide food kits consisting of: rice, sugar, noodles, salt, oil, to 225 families in the La Florida, Cutervo, Querocotillo, Pulan 12 communities of Agua Azul, Limoncito, Montaña de Sequez, Pampa de Sequez, La Laja (Aspro), Santa Rosa de Minas, Lijadero, Cochalan, Paltomayo, Churumayo (Apaic), El Triunfor , Sayari (Adec).

This FOOD RELIEF REQUEST is for the communities isolated by the presence of Cyclone Yaku in Northern Peru. Cyclone Yaku caused damage in the coastal regions and heavy rains have caused rivers and streams to overflow, mudslides and landslides in many communities, still isolated today, with serious difficulties in obtaining basic foods that they carry from the cities such as: oil, sugar, salt, rice, noodles to complement with cereals and stews that they reserve for the winter.

Currently there is marginal highway damage, the entrance roads to El Ron and San Antonio. The roads to the communities of Lonya Grande and Luya have some damage and some families have lost part of their farms due to landslides, most are isolate by roads damaged by landslides. There are entire villages that are with their houses and land flooded. This is request is not to solve all their problems, but to provide support so that the families will not feel they are alone and to provide a level of confidence and strength that will help them to stay strong and move forward.

This grant will provide food kits consisting of: rice, sugar, noodles, salt, oil, to 400 families in the districts of Bagua Grande (Apcu), Cajaruro (Apcafis), Lonya Grande (Ucam-Gran Vilaya), Luya (Forkun), in the communities of San Antonio del Ron, Progreso San Antonio, Vista Hermosa, Huamboya, New York, Roblepampa, Santa Rosa, El Porvenir, San Isidro, Virgen de Fátima, Chaupe, Yungasuyo, Guadalupe, Cococho (Utcubamba-Amazonas).

This project DISASTER SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITIES ISOLATED BY THE PRESENCE OF CYCLONE YAKU in Northern Peru. Cyclone Yaku and heavy seasonal rains have cause rivers and creeks to overflow, mudslides and landsclides in many communities that today remain isolated and with serious difficulties in obtaining basic food and medicine.

The representatives of the communities – mayors, judges, representative of organizations make journeys of 15-20 hours walking, dodging the danger, to reach the cities to request support from the government authorities. Produces are also organizing to fix the roads through minga (communal work). Life in the communities has become very expensive, they are aware that only by fixing their roads and highways can they reduce the costs to take their food and production to the market because they are close to the coffee harvest. Teachers also walk to communities to take responsibility. With disasters everything is altered in the life of communities: work, health and education.

This request is seek support to cover the expenses of tickets and accommodations of the representative of the isolated communities who come to make arrangements in Chiclayo or Lambayeque and food for the producers who are participating in the communal tasks of road repair, repair of school classrooms, arrangement of the community irrigation system.