MONTHLY REPORT – ACORN PERU

APRIL – 2011

From: Orfa Camacho

To: Wade Rathke

Chief Organizer, ACORN International

Date: 03/05/2011

By hereby I’d like to inform you about the work being done with ACORN INTERNATIONAL, INC – PERÚ, from January to April, 2011.

Communities:

10 de Marzo, Los Cipreses, Los Unidos,Unidos Altos, Laderas de Motupe, Los heraldos de Motupe, Héroes el Cenepa, Nuevo Amanecer II,José Olaya , Buena Vista, Las Vegas, Miravalle-Junin-Perù.

ACORN Peru has been working in the areas of community organizing, education, health, water and in defense of the environment in the community of the District of San Juan de Lurigancho.

• Organization and new members: 60 new members have been affiliated between January and April.
• Education: The community, the school and ACORN Peru have agreed to transform the community center into a recreational space for girls and boys of the community. Children and youth will benefit from this by having a space created specially to play sports. The objective is to decrease the use of drugs and alcohol and gang formation in these age groups.
• Tania Maldonado and her sister Norka have given a donation to buy a net so that   the balls being used don’t go out of the game area.

• Education and INFRAESTRUCTURE: Together with the Ministry of Housing, efforts are being done to expand the school Centro Educativo 10 de marzo.

• Salubrity– The construction of retaining walls in risk areas and the access to sanitation services for families is now finished. The Project was funded by the Central Government with the program ‘Building Peru.’
  
  

We have contacted EDELNOR, the electric power company, so that the population that still has no access to power can soon enjoy this basic service.

We have launched the Campaign for the Provincialization of San Juan de Lurigancho.

Peru is about to choose its new president, for which our actions are not that viable at the moment; the old authorities show little interest in keep on working

I will attach photos later. The lack of a camera is still a little weakness.

Orfa Camacho G.

Español e Inglés/ Spanish and English

INFORME DE TRABAJO EN ACORN INTERNATIONAL, INC – PERÚ

ENERO-MARZO 2011

De: Orfa Camacho

Para: Wade Director General Acorn International, INC

Fecha: 06/03/2011

Por medio de la presente cumplo con informarle sobre el trabajo que se viene realizando en ACORN INTERNATIONAL, INC – PERÚ, desde Enero a Abril del 2011.

ACORN viene trabajando en las áreas temáticas de organización de Comunidades, Educación, Salud, Defensa del agua y cuidado del Medio Ambiente en la comunidad del Distrito de San Juan de Lurigancho.

Salud.- trabajamos con el apoyo del Programa Nacional de Asistencia Alimentaria PRONAA (Programa del Estado que se encarga de elevar la calidad de vida mediante la adecuada nutrición a los diferentes espacios de escasos recursos económicos) conjuntamente con el centro de salud Cruz de Motupe. Nosotros trabajamos como facilitadores en la identificación de niños menores de 3 años de edad que padecen de desnutrición para inscribirlos al PIN “Programa Integral de Nutrición”, comprometiendo a las madres de familia a realizar un control mensual de salud a sus hijos, y por cada control asistido reciben una canasta alimentaria. Como también realizamos el respectivo seguimiento a los controles. Hasta el momento 20 niños han recuperado su peso, dando la posibilidad que otros puedan ingresar al programa.

Realizamos campañas de Salud preventiva en las comunidades de San Juan de Lurigancho con el apoyo voluntario de médicos especialistas en diversos temas de salud y donaciones de medicamentos.

Educación.- Se Logró un acuerdo con el Centro Educativo 10 de marzo para trabajar conjuntamente en el proyecto de Radio Comunal, transmitiendo el cuidado del Medio Ambiente y Defensa del Agua, con el apoyo de instituciones locales, quienes nos brindan los implementos necesarios y la capacitación de los locutores en los temas del cuidado del medio ambiente.

Salubridad.- Identificamos, motivamos a los líderes de las comunidades ante las instituciones para la construcción de muros de contención en zonas de riesgo y acceso a los servicios de saneamiento de las familias. Por ejemplo EMAPE y Construyendo Perú (financiamiento de los gobiernos locales y Central), Hoy 06 de Abril del presente se concluyó la obra de muros de contención; en los que resaltamos la participación de las mujeres de la Comunidad.

Responsabilidad Social.- Identificamos a personas con discapacidad (personas hipoacúsicas o con discapacidad física), tenemos como gran apoyo al Congreso de la República del Perú que se encarga de facilitarnos implementos de necesidad, tales como (audífonos, sillas de ruedas).

ANEXOS

OBJETIVOS ACORN INTERNATIONAL, INC PARA EL 2011

1. 1. Continuar trabajando por el Desarrollo Integral y Bienestar Social de los Niños de Familias con Escasos Ingresos Económicos. Se continuará trabajando por la Salud Integral y la Alimentación Adecuada de los niños menores de 10 años de edad provenientes de familias con escasos ingresos económicos. Con este objetivo se espera contribuir a la: “Erradicación de la Pobreza Extrema y el Hambre” y a la “Reducción de la Mortalidad Infantil”

1. 2. Continuar Organizando a las Comunidades para Acceder a los Servicios de Saneamiento, la Construcción de vías de acceso a las comunidades y una infraestructura de seguridad. se continuará organizando a las comunidades para la atención de sus demandas y el cumplimiento de los acuerdos ante las Autoridades e Instituciones Correspondientes. Con este objetivo se pretende contribuir al sexto Objetivo del Milenio. “Garantizar la Sostenibilidad del Medio Ambiente”.

1. 3. Lograr la Concientización y la Participación de las comunidades en el Cuidado del Medio Ambiente: Se trabajará por la preservación de los Recursos Naturales y la reducción de la Contaminación Ambiental con ello se contribuirá al sexto Objetivo del Milenio. “Garantizar la Sostenibilidad del Medio Ambiente”.

1. 4. Continuar con la Promoción de la salud preventiva entre las familias como un Derecho y un Deber.– se seguirá organizando y concientizando a las familias para la participación en los diferentes programas de salud que brinda el Estado y otras instituciones, especialmente en los programas de salud relacionados con la Salud Materna y del Niño. Con ello se contribuirá a la. “Reducción de la Mortalidad Infantil y el Mejoramiento de la Salud Materna”.

AREAS PRIORITARIAS DE ACORN INTERNATIONAL, INC – PERÚ

1. 1. Defensa de los Derechos: Realizamos acciones que involucran la defensa de los derechos de las personas y familias; brindándoles asesoramiento y acompañamiento para hacer respetar sus derechos con ello se busca la representación de las comunidades a través de sus líderes previa organización ante las instituciones correspondientes para la atención de sus necesidades y demandas como ciudadanos.

1. 2. Salud: En este campo se busca el acceso a la salud de las familias con bajos y escasos ingresos económicos a través de la concientización e inserción a los programas de Salud del Estado y otras instituciones; se vela por la salud materna, la salud integral y la alimentación adecuada de los niños, por la salud de los adolescentes, adultos y el adulto mayor.

1. 3. Educación: Se trabaja por la educación como un derecho y un deber de las personas sin distinción alguna; especialmente el de las niñas y los niños porque se les brinde una adecuada educación. También trabajamos por la Educación Social de las familias y comunidades en forma organizada brindándoles información y conocimientos sobre temas de interés social. 

1. 4. Defensa del Agua y el Medio Ambiente: Realizamos acciones en defensa del Agua; que implica la concientización sobre el uso adecuado y acciones contra la privatización del agua; trabajamos por el cuidado del Medio Ambiente concientizando a las familias. 

PRINCIPALES ACTIVIDADES PROGRAMADAS PARA EL 2011

1. 1. Continuar nuestra labor Organizativa en la Comunidad.
2. 2. Realizar campañas de Salud Preventiva.
3. 3. Afiliar niños de 6 meses a 3 años de edad al Seguro Integral de Salud (SIS).
4. 4. Identificar niños de 6 meses a 3 años de edad al Programa Integral de Nutrición (PIN).
5. 5. Implementar campañas de desayunos saludables
6. 6. Asesorar y acompañar a los líderes de la comunidad en las gestiones para la construcción de pistas, muros de contención, escaleras, y veredas en las comunidades.
7. 7. Capacitar a la población sobre la preservación del Medio Ambiente.
8. 8. Plantación de árboles en la comunidad y en zonas de áreas verdes.
9. 9. Implementar cursos de capacitación y concientización para la defensa del Agua.

10. Continuar con la Campaña “Tiempo pasado para la Justicia de Remesas”.

11. Retomar la Campaña por la Provincialización de San Juan de Lurigancho.

12. Continuar en busca de Financiamiento para la Consolidación del Proyecto de Desarrollo de la Comunidad de MIRAVALLE-JUNIN-PERU.

Comunidades del AA.HH Cruz de Motupe San Juan de Lurigancho/Lima.

1. 1. 10 de Marzo
2. 2. Los Cipreses
3. 3. Los Unidos
4. 4. Unidos Altos
5. 5. Laderas de Motupe
6. 6. Los heraldos de Motupe
7. 7. Grupo 6 de Motupe
8. 8. Héroes el Cenepa
9. 9. Nuevo Amanecer II

10. José Olaya

11. Buena Vista

12. Grupo 7- Motupe

13. Las Vegas

14. Miravalle-Junin-Perù

REPORT OF WORK IN ACORN INTERNATIONAL, INC – PERU
JANUARY-MARCH 2011

From: Orfa Camacho
To: Wade Rathke Chief Organizer Acorn International, Inc.
Date: 06/03/2011

By hereby I’d like to inform about the work being done in ACORN INTERNATIONAL, INC – PERU, from January to April 2011.

ACORN Peru has been working in the areas of community organizing, education, health, water and in defense of the environment in the community of the District of San Juan de Lurigancho.

Health .- We work with the support of the National Food Assistance Program PRONAA (Federal Program in charge of raising the quality of life through proper nutrition to various low income areas) in conjunction with the health center Motupe Cross. We work as facilitators in the identification of children under 3 years of age suffering from malnutrition. We aim to register them in the PIN “Comprehensive Nutrition Program”, for which the mothers commit to take their children for a monthly health, and for every assisted control they receive a food basket. We also do the necessary follow-up controls. So far, 20 children have regained their normal weight, giving the possibility for others to join the program.
Preventive health campaigns are conducted in the communities of San Juan de Lurigancho with the help of volunteer medical specialists in various health issues and drug donations.

Education .- An agreement was reached with the Educational Center 10 de Marzo to work together with the Community Radio project, raising awareness on environmental issues and water protection, with the support of local institutions that provide us with the necessary equipment and training of speakers on the themes of environmental friendly practices.

Salubrity .- We identify and motivate community leaders before the institutions for the construction of retaining walls in high-risk areas and access to sanitation services for families. For example, EMAPE and Building Peru (with funding from the local and Federal governments). On April 6, the retaining walls were finished, in which we highlight the participation of women from the Community.

Social Responsibility.- We identify persons with disabilities (hearing impaired or physically disabled). We have support from the Congress of the Republic of Peru, which is responsible for providing us with necessary tools, such as hearing aids, wheelchairs.

ANNEXES

OBJECTIVES ACORN INTERNATIONAL, INC. FOR 2011

1. Continue working for the Integral Development and Social Welfare of the Children of families with limited income. We will continue working for comprehensive health and adequate food for children under 10 years old from families with limited income. With this objective we expect to contribute to the “Eradication of Extreme Poverty and Hunger” and the “Reduction of Infant Mortality.”

2. Continue Organizing Communities to Access Sanitation Services, Construction of access roads to communities, and infrastructure security. We will continue organizing communities to bring attention to their demands and the fulfillment of the agreements with the authorities and institutions concerned. With this objective we expect to contribute to the sixth Millennium Development Goal “Ensure Environmental Sustainability.”

3. Achieve Awareness and Community Involvement in Environmental Issues: We work for the preservation of Natural Resources and Environmental Pollution Reduction which will contribute to the sixth Millennium Development Goal “Ensure Environmental Sustainability.”

4. Continue the promotion of preventative health care among families as a right and a duty. We will continue organizing and raising awareness for families to participate in the various health programs offered by the State and other institutions, especially in health programs related to Maternal and Child Health. It will contribute to “Reducing Child Mortality and Improving Maternal Health.”

PRIORITY AREAS OF ACORN INTERNATIONAL, INC – PERU

1. Defense of Rights: We carry out actions involving the rights of individuals and families by providing counseling and assistance to enforce their rights; the aim is to, prior organization, get representation for the community through their leaders before the institutions concerned to respond to their needs and their demands as citizens.

2. Health: This field is seeking to give low income families access to health care through awareness and integration to the Health programs of the State and other institutions. We seek to ensure maternal health, holistic health and adequate food for children, health of adolescents, adults and the elderly.
3. Education: Work with education as a right and duty of persons without distinction, especially for girls and boys because they provide an adequate education. We also work for social education of families and communities through organizations that provide information and knowledge on social issues.

4. Defense of Water and the Environment: We carry out actions in defense of water, which implies raising awareness on its proper use and taking action against water privatization, as well as working for the protection of the environment.

MAJOR ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR 2011

1. Continue our work in Community Organizing.
2. Carry out preventive health campaigns.
3. Register children from 6 months to 3 years old at the Seguro Integral de Salud (SIS).
4. Identify and register children from 6 months to 3 years old at the Comprehensive Nutrition Program (PIN).
5. Implement ‘healthy breakfast’ campaigns.
6. Advise and assist the community leaders in efforts to build trails, retaining walls, stairs and sidewalks in communities.
7. Empower people about environmental preservation.
8. Planting trees in the community and in areas of landscaping.
9. Implement training and awareness for the defense of water.
10. Continue to Campaign for Justice last time Remittances. “
11. Resume Campaign Provincialization of San Juan de Lurigancho.
12. Continue to find Funding for Development Project Strengthening the Community of MIRAVALLE-JUNIN-PERU.

AA.HH communities Motupe Cross San Juan de Lurigancho / Lima.

1. March 10
2. The Cypress
3. The United
4. Altos United
5. Motupe Foothills
6. Heralds of Motupe
7. Group 6 Motupe
8. Heroes Cenepa
9. New Dawn II
10. Jose Olaya
11. Buena Vista
12. Group 7 – Motupe
13. Las Vegas
14. Miravalle-Junin-Peru

Title: ACORN – bringing joy to the community Miravalle
Team members: (Please provide full names of all team members)
Edwin Segovia (ACORN member)
Orfa Camacho
Ellen Segovia (volunteer)
Alberto Guerra (volunteer)

Description

Community Miravalle is a town located in Apata-Jauja, Junín region. With 66 residents and 40 children, their livelihood depends on agriculture and livestock. Miravalle families have a chapel with a high-risk infrastructure, and the houses are built of adobe. They lack basic services like electricity, drinking water and a proper sewage system. Miravalle children walk for two hours to attend school every day.

Objective

To identify the degree of participation of children from Miravalle aged 3 to 13 using animation techniques.

Development

We identified 40 children who participated actively with animation techniques.
Animation technique: Game: The Wolf.
Technical Participation: Mirror (individual development), aircraft (teamwork).
For their outstanding participation each child was given a gift.

Results achieved

We achieved the active participation of the population, being now motivated and committed to consider to work together as an organized team.
We also succeeded in having the population identify themselves with ACORN’s work. 

Líderes y miembros de ACORN Peru difunden la palabra en Lima por el alto costo de las remesas.

ACORN Peru leaders and members spread the word in Lima about the high cost of remittances. 

En Lima, Perú estamos siguiendo la Campaña de Remesas con acciones abiertas a la población en general, para insertar miembros a la organización de diferentes ámbitos y localidades, ya que en las Comunidades donde trabajamos actualmente difícilmente podemos encontrar miembros que reciban envíos de remesas del extranjero. Las familias que la componen, por su bajo nivel de ingresos, no pueden acceder o aspirar a salir fuera del país y menos a trabajar fuera de él, por no contar con visas y recursos para poder pagar sus boletos al extranjero.

Es por eso que Nuestras Acciones consisten en salir a las calles y volantear para invitar a las personas a ser parte de ACORN Peru y unirnos para conseguir el objetivo Principal: 

CONCIENTIZAR A INSTITUCIONES FINANCIERAS EN EL COBRO JUSTO DE REMESAS.

Las Actividades realizadas,

Entrega de Cartas a las entidades Bancarias; de las que estamos esperando respuestas

Volanteo alrededor de los bancos para identificar y motivar a aquellas personas que se identifiquen con la Campaña, para que se afilien a ACORN Peru.

(En los volantes, están los números telefónicos de ACORN. Próximamente esperamos contar con una cuenta electrónica exclusiva para la afiliación de estos miembros, a su vez que podríamos contar que ellos debiten. Según mi apreciación estas personas si contarían con una cuenta o tarjeta bancaria para sostener esta Campaña, a diferencia del miembro Común de ACORN en Perú.

Adjunto,

Fotos para que se hagan una idea de cómo estamos desarrollando esta Campaña.

In Lima, Peru. We are following the campaign of remittances, with actions open to the general population, to insert members into the organization of different areas and localities, as in the communities where we currently can hardly find members receiving shipments and remittances from abroad. Since the families that make up for its low income level does not aspire to reach or leave the country and less to work out of it, for not having visas and resources to pay for their tickets abroad.  That is why our actions are to take to the streets and leaflets to invite people to be part of ACORN and unite to achieve the main objective. Sensitize FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE COLLECTION OF REMITTANCES FAIR.
Based Activities,  Delivery of letters to banks, of which we are waiting for answers Leafleting around the bank to identify and motivate those who identify with the campaign, to join ACORN.
(In the leaflets, are the phone numbers of ACORN, Soon we hope to have an exclusive email account for the affiliation of these members, in turn we could count them and debited), According to my assessment of these people if they would have a account or credit card to support this campaign, unlike the common member of ACORN in Peru.

Deputy photos to give you an idea of how we are developing this
Campaign.

ACORN members in Lima, Perú often live in constant insecurity in the street and even in their own houses. In an attempt to protect the residents the city has put gates and bars in the streets, creating blockades. This is often counter-productive, however, as then emergency vehicles cannot pass, and at times it hampers victims’ escapes. As well, residents have had to pay for not only the installation of the blockades, but also pay private security guards that are of the same National Police force that should be protecting them. Security in Lima is a matter of money where those that have it can access security and those that do not have to face greater danger due to their lack of resources.

The members of ACORN initiated a campaign in the communities of San Juan of Lurigancho (Motupe) and Palomino to push the Police to assume the role of public safety servant they are supposed to fulfill and these are some recent achievements:

In Palomino an ACORN held meeting with Major Lujan, who is responsible for the Precinct, gave these results:

• increased police patrols

• better response times to the emergency line, which was slow in the past

• better monitoring in the grade schools and high schools of the area Motupe. Here the problems are greater, as it is a young town with many needs, after an action the members negotiated with Major Malaspina with the following results:

• policing of the Educational Center, due to the fact that thugs attacked youths as they left at the end of the school day

• police patrols that included community members during the nights

• officers working in known areas of drug sales

At a meeting of over 350 people Lima ACORN’s demands were signed by Colonel Aguilar, the chief of security of the national police for the seventh zone, and the Commissioner of Palomino.

In Lima, Perú ACORN continues actions to achieve a true level of security, and to reform laws that support crime and that currently do not permit the police to do their work.

.A severe earthquake, measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale, struck southern Peru at 6:41 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 15. Officials are currently reporting almost 500 deaths and more than 1,000 injured as a result.

Most of the damage occurred approximately 74 miles from Lima, in the cities of Pisco, Chicha, and Ica, where 70 percent of the buildings were destroyed.

The effects of the earthquake were also felt in Lima – where ACORN Peru has its office – and in the communities where ACORN is organizing chapters. Lima is experiencing power outages and damaged roads and buildings. Health Minister Carlos Vallejos has also declared hospitals in a state of emergency.

The homes in the informal district of San Juan de Lurigancho are the most vulnerable to earthquakes due to their structural instability. ACORN communities in this area have suffered from falling rocks and weakened housing foundations.

ACORN Peru members and staff continue to work through these difficult times and search for the best means to support those affected by this disaster.

Please take time now to make an online donation to help ACORN Peru.