|
|
|
 About |
 |
Title: Earthquake Relief in Peru: Volunteers Needed!
Location:
Categories: Human Rights
Health
Environment
Natural Disasters
Status:
In Planning
Timeline:
September 26 07 to September 26 07
Description:
There are two different volunteer projects available:
Child/Family Care:
As a volunteer you will be working with mothers and young children under the age of 5 that have lost everything in the earthquake. These are victims that have been left without food, clothing, shelter or services. The victims are currently living in tents or in some cases surviving on the streets. Volunteers will be providing meals, clothing and activities to approximately 40 children and support to the families that must focus on the rebuilding effort. With the older children volunteers will be asked to organize educational activities such as crafts and games.
Reconstruction:
There were approximately 10,000 houses destroyed around Chincha and Ica and volunteers are needed to help rebuild as many as possible for local families.
The work will include various tasks such as helping to load bricks and mixing cement, demolishing the last houses and schools before they can be rebuilt, removing rubble and digging foundations for new houses.
Background:
On August 15th a powerful earthquake shook Peru, killing at least 1,000 people and leaving another 1,350 injured. In the hard-hit port city of Pisco a cathedral was destroyed while some 300 people were inside attending mass. Another 26 people, many of them patients in their beds, were killed when part of a hospital in Pisco collapsed. In addition to the killed and injured, more than 16,500 people have been displaced or otherwise affected by the quake. The hardest hit areas were south of Lima in the Ica, Chincha and Pisco regions. The earthquake, whose magnitude was variously estimated at 7.7 to 7.9 on the Richter scale, was centered off Peru’s Pacific shore near Ica. Pisco, Ica and Chincha are now completely destroyed; the cities are without electricity and hundreds of families are sleeping on the streets outside their ruined homes. Volunteers are needed to work with displaced families that have lost everything in the disaster.
Needs:
Volunteers should enjoy working with children, be creative, self-starters and above all compassionate. Volunteers should also be prepared for the living conditions of the placement that are very basic with limited running water and electricity.
Fore more information email us at socialnet@volunteervisions.org
Tags:
You must be logged in to add tags.
|
 |
 |
 |
|
Menu
