By Adam See | Executive Director
As of April 30, 2021 Peru has registered 1,791,998 positive COVID-19 cases and 61,101 deaths. While Peru has was hailed as the most responsive country in Latin America to the crisis due to its testing and lockdown, sadly Peru’s per capita casualties and fatalities are among the highest in the world. The latest surge has been a result of the emergence of the Brazilian variant. For the majority of Peruvians social distancing is not an option due to surviving as day laborers. As a result, the crowded living conditions, streets and markets are a breeding ground for the virus to spread.
Faced with this crisis, Peru has been unable to effectively prevent and care for the nation’s most vulnerable. ICU capacity is limited due to the number of beds but even more so by the small number of doctors and nurses who have this level of expertise.. All of these issues raise the need to help build the healthcare infrastructure. To that end, VIDA made 24 shipments in 2020 and have already sent 12 shipments through April 2021. Shipments contains ICU hospital beds, stretchers, exam tables along with hundreds of walkers and thousands of crutches as well as thousands of boxes of medical supplies including PPE and respiratory equipment and supplies to combat the virus.
A major cost in this project is the ocean freight from Oakland to Callao. GlobalGiving donors play an important role in making these shipments possible. We hope you can join us in our mission to bring aid to Peru’s most vulnerable communities.
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