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Peru: Earthquake survivors in urgent need for help

(Duisburg/ Ica, 20. August 2007) Since Friday Kindernothilfe is supplying earthquake survivors in Peru with blankets, drinking water and food. Relief supplies are distributed in the area of Ica. 70 percent of the town and the villages nearby are destroyed. There is growing unrest in and around Pisco, with aid vehicles and shops being looted. People in and around Ica still need urgent help. Kindernothilfe released 60.000 Euro emergency aid.

Picture: Schübelin

Hospitals in Ica have been overwhelmed with casualties and are still struggling to provide for all of the patients. "Hospitals are lacking plaster and other medical equipment. Clean water and warm clothes are scarce. During the nights, temperatures have plummeted to as low as 7 C " , says Jürgen Schübelin, project-coordinator of Kindernothilfe. Especially young children have been already sleeping when the earthquake hit the area, so they lack warm clothes. Kindernothilfe and its partner Aportes are supplying warm clothes and blankets.

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