Project: “Improvement of the alimentory situation and living conditions in the Andes of Peru”

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Our Project “Improvement of the alimentory situation and living conditions in the Andes of Peru” is realized in ten communities in the districts Acraquia and Daniel Hernandez from December 2009 to August 2012, with financial support from the “Welthaus Bielefeld e.V.” (Germany).

In education programs and during home visits, we want to pass on appropriate forms of agriculture and animal husbandry, as to help the families building a healthy living environment, too. Furthermore we explain personal hygiene, the management of diseases and how to fight against malnutrition.

Health:

Health care and personal hygiene (hand washing, showering, vaccinations, men helping in the houshold …)
Recognition of signs of disease (During pregnancy, children under 5 years of age, women that gave birth)
Balanced nutrition

Healthy living environment:

Fireplace with flue
Latrines
Sink
Shower
Stables
Safe, running water

Appropriate agriculture

Organic fertilizer
Disease control using natural or organic products
Vegetable patches
Pasture grass
Livestock production
Fight against erosion of the soil (little farmin, sowing and planting around fields, level fields …)
Construction of irrigation ditches
Trickle irrigation

Our agricultural program:

The inadequate food supply of many Quechua Families living in extreme poverty, while a deterioration of the natural resources in their communities, is one of the gravest problems in the region Tayacaja.

Therefore our goal for the families, living in extreme poverty, is to provide a sufficient food supply and to expand their knowledge of sustainable agriculture.

The objectives are as follows:

First Specific Objective:

Re-Establishment and improving of soils, waters and forests as a basis for sustainable agriculture:

Increased productivity through more efficient agriculture, while reducing the planting area
Planting near the houses
Stubble fields, covering the fields with cut grass
Comunal, moderate and controlled use of meadows and forests
Protection against erosion of areas through reforestation
Construction of irrigation ditches for water distribution

Second Specific Objective:

Dissemination of sustainable agriculture through continuing education, evening classes, etc., to teach families the practices of organic farming

Third Specific Objective:

Increase harmoniously the livestock farming into the agriculture