AFTER THE FLOODS WE HAVE:

• 16 bridges destroyed.
• 28 schools and 11 500 houses collapsed.
• 48 people dead and 37 missing.
• 42 566 people damaged directly and indirectly.
• 85 km of roads under water, including parts of the road to Machupicchu.
• 12 thousand hectares of crops flooded..
• 31 200 animals dead


The rains in Cusco started in January, according to professionals, these rains are 10 times stronger than normal, so they destroyed a lot of villages and some parts in the city that are around to the rivers.
The central government and regional government until now don't help all the victims many of them still are sleeping in tends made for them selves. All the schools destroyed are in the same condition and all the students are going to lose this year. The government is going to give 40 soles (16 dollars) for each hectare destroyed which is a joke because normally for each hectare the people normally own at least 2800 soles (1000 dollars) this the money that they can get because the work of one year. They didn't start repairing any bridge they only put provisionally pieces of metal. They only pay attentions to reconstruct the lines of train to Machupicchu, but the rest they didn't repair any road more only clean it. About the animals dead they don't want to give any money to the people. So the situation is really sad for many people, the rain pass and in the TV and radio is not news about after the floods, for the rest of Peru everything is ok here, but is not true.

The area of our work:We are helping in HUACARPAY, LUCRE AND ZURITE, villages destroyed almost in 80%. These are the villages most destroyed all over Cusco. they have 560 houses destroyed of 720. 1980 persons without homes, of 1650. Most are wearing the same clothes from the day of destruction. 496 children losing the school year. Not enough water (for cooking, washing), nothing of electricity or drainage, from the day of destruction (Sunday, 24 January).



Normally the president of Peru give a speech in TV. and he says that Peru is the most solid economy in Latino America, and in Peru the average salary is 620 soles per month and 92% of the population has free insurance, and many things more, but he didn't say that this numbers is only in Lima and in the two more big cities in Peru, but not in places like Cusco or Puno or Ayacucho, where the population are affected by the rains and they want to give 40 soles for one year of work and they are going to the bath in holes, they are sleeping with cold and hungry every night and thousands and thousands of children are going to lose this year.
I think we have two countries in Peru, the real country, were there are a lot of people poor and without possibilities of develop and the country that rich people and politicians wants to believe and make believe that exist. Unfortunately they have the power, they have channels of TV, they have radios, they have everything, and when poor people protest ar make demonstrations they only sent the police and with violence destroy their faces and heads and of course, they don't pay attention and their requirements, they laugh in our faces when we ask for something that is our rights. But I think is the same in many countries, I hope not as much in yours.

Ok, friends and brothers of the project, this is the report of all the work that we did only because of your help, only because of you:
• We carried water for 380 children to clean them for 14 times. Not only to Huacarpay but also for Lucre and Zurite. Which are little village also destruct.
• We distributed shampoo, soap for 420 children.
• We bough and covered with large plastic 180 tents.
• The project organized volunteers to help cleaning streets and homes, to aid in cleaning up the children and helps put the plastic in the tents. This we did only in 3 times, because there was not a lot of tourism in Cusco the last months.
• We distribute 180 packets of educative materials with 3 note books, pencils, colors, rules and plastiline.

THANK YOU FRIENDS, THANKS FOR SHARING A BIT OF YOUR TIME AND YOUR LOVE AND YOUR MONEY, and THANK FOR GIVING HOPE AND SMILES TO THESE PEOPLE!!!!
Unfortunately we didn't help a lot of people, not as much as we wanted, but is not possible help anyone, but we did as much as we can and I think all of you too. We also invite al, of you friends and brothers of the project to help more.I told you all the things that the people need, so if you want we can make smalls project to continue helping these groups of people like rebuilding schools or houses or buying seeds for growing, etc.
Well friends and brothers, thank you very much for your time and patience to read all these words. See you soon.


Mario