By Karol Hermoza | Program Manager
Dear Supporters,
The Piuray-Ccorimarca micro basin is seeing the consequences of climate change. We are supporting local partners to adapt water resources management to climate change, in order to preserve water for future generations. Nowadays, the Piuray lagoon provides 42% of its water to the city of Cusco, which means there is a constant water flux leaving this site. Therefore, we need to preserve water resources around the lagoon, so the water levels do not decrease as fast.
Since March 15th, the Peruvian government declared a strict quarantine all over Peru due to the coronavirus pandemic. Therefore, we have not received any volunteers to continue the programs and projects on the field. Still, We still continue to monitor community members and the projects in order to keep the programs relevant until volunteers can return to Peru.
In July 2020, our team coordinated activities to preserve the greenhouse built by our volunteers in 2019 at the Mateo Pumacahua school. The greenhouse was supposed to function during the 2020 school year. Unfortunately, as students are not attending school because of the pandemic, the principal designated maintenance staff to upkeep the greenhouse. The greenhouse is an educational space where students would learn about agricultural production and water preservation. As we continue to wait until the school year opens in 2021, we hope the school preserves the greenhouse to be able to function next year.
In August 2020, our local partner Centro Bartolomé de las Casas requested support from us to help a local school in the community of Simatauca. The principal from this school wanted to help students to build greenhouses in their homes and continue their learning about native plants and water preservation. We provided operational funds (200 soles) in order to buy mesh. This material maintains the greenhouses functional and keeps the products safe from climate or other external factors.
Although we have not been able to have volunteers on the ground, there is a great expectation from community members and local partners to return to the Piuray-Ccorimarca micro basin. The efforts from schools to continue teaching and preserving water through greenhouses are a great example of environmental conservation. We commit through the Trust to support further activities during the following months to keep relevant activities that will preserve water and continue the fight against climate change.
With Gratitude,
Peru Water
By Karol Hermoza | Program Manager
By Karol Hermoza | Program Manager
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