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Historic Flooding in Peru: ADRA Responds For more information, contact: John Torres, Senior Public Relations Manager Donate to ADRA’s Emergency
Response Fund
SILVER SPRING, Md. —Beginning in mid-January, torrential rainfall has caused widespread flooding and mudslides in south central Perú, inundating rivers, damaging homes, roads and croplands, and affecting more than 60,000 people throughout the country, reported the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA). In the mountainous region of Cusco, one of the areas most severely affected by the continual rainfall, an estimated 30,000 people have been affected, with nearly 5,000 homes destroyed, and another 7,000 damaged, according to a report by the Peruvian Civil Defense Regional Committee of Cusco. “Some people are saying that this is the worst rains that we have had in 20 years,” said Walter Britton, country director for ADRA Perú. In response, ADRA began providing immediate emergency assistance for survivors of the recent rains within the department of Cusco, through the distribution of food and hygiene kits to 500 families in the Zurite district, located in the western province of Anta. By the project’s completion, each family will receive one food kit packed with rice, sugar, oil, salt, lentils, beans, milk and tuna. They will also receive one hygiene kit, packed with basic essentials such as a toothbrush, toothpaste, toilet paper, soap, laundry detergent, and feminine products. The response is coordinated with the National Institute of Civil Defense, local government officials, and Emergency Operations Centers in the Cusco region to avoid duplication of aid. ADRA International, the ADRA regional office for South America and ADRA Perú, fund this response with an estimated value of $15,000. ADRA has been active in Perú since 1965 providing aid in agricultural development, infrastructure development, basic education, microfinance, health, and disaster prevention. Follow ADRA on Twitter and Facebook to get the latest information as it happens. To send your contribution to ADRA’s Emergency Response Fund, please contact ADRA at 1.800.424.ADRA (2372) or give online at www.adra.org. ADRA is a non-governmental organization present in 125 countries providing sustainable community development and disaster relief without regard to political or religious association, age, gender, race or ethnicity. For more information about ADRA, visit www.adra.org. Author: Nadia McGill
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