Cusco Emergency Appeal
Cusco
Emergency Appeal, from the founder
of Mysmallhelp, Leander Hollings.
Mysmallhelp is working with Desana
Giving and the Peruvian Associacion
Casa Hogar del Sol to provide emergency
aid to the thousands of people that
have been affected by the recent
floods and landslides.
It is difficult to measure exactly
how many people have been directly
and indirectly affected by the recent
disaster. It has been quoted in
Cusco local news that up to 10,000
people in the Cusco region have
lost their homes. Whether
or not these estimations are correct
is irrelevant. What is clear, is
that the recent disaster has resulted
in the need for aid for uncountable
people and your small help can really
make a difference!
The floods have damaged
thousands of acres of crop land,
washed out about a dozen bridges
and damaged several highways.
On Saturday afternoon, I travelled
to Paucarbamba with several volunteers
and saw the remains of many houses
by the river. The majority of the
Paucarbamba community just outside
Urubamba have been displaced as
they have lost homes and all of
their possessions.
We crossed the Paucarbamba bridge
and walked down the rail line, which
is the direct rail link between
Cusco and Machu Picchu. It was impacted
with mud. We carried food which
we had purchased in Cusco and were
met by about a hundred people in
dirty sodden clothes sharing a small
stable like building and a few tents.
Some aid had arrived in the form
of donated clothes and tents from
other organizations but this clearly
wasn’t enough.
We started to help them to prepare
dinner on their outdoor stove. Although
the community had just lost their
homes they were in good spirits
offering cooking tips to us and
making jokes!
Our small help delivering food to
this community was very much appreciated
and needs to continue. They have
asked us to go back with food each
day and to deliver blankets and
tents urgently.
Please check the album CUSCO
EMERGENCY on my Facebook
page http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=142275&id=505919572&ref=mf
If you would like to make a donation
please make a transfer to the Mysmallhelp
UK bank account with the reference
CUSCO EMERGENCY or make a donation
to the
Paypal account registered at
leander.hollings@mysmallhelp.org
Mysmallhelp
Lloyds TSB
75 Commercial Street
Batley, WF17 5EQ
IBAN : GB91LOYD30905702074080
Sort Code : 30-90-57
Account No. : 02074080
BIC : LOYDGB21193
If you would like to make a direct
transfer to the Peruvian bank account
for Casa Hogar del Sol the details
are as follows
Bank
Banco De Credito Del Peru (Sucursal
Cusco)
Bank Address:
Av: el sol 189 Banco del
Crédito del Perú,
Cusco, Peru, South America
Acct: Casa Hogar Del Sol.
Acct. No: 285-17299567-1-75
Swift Code BC PL PE PL
