BGR partner Wawa Sonqo of Cusco, Peru, has been working since 2006 to break the cycle of poverty that affects 24 percent of Cusco’s population. Wawa Sonqo focuses its efforts in three project areas: education, nutrition, and health. The aim of this BGR-sponsored project is to address malnutrition in children and young people in the Piskak´uchu indigenous community.
The area is predominantly agricultural, with most smallholder farmers cultivating corn for commercial sale. Currently, children and families in this community face food insecurity, and their diets consist largely of noodles, rice, and potatoes, with little nutritional diversity. The project will raise awareness among families, especially mothers and pregnant women, about nutrition and the development of healthy eating habits, and will provide corresponding training in the cultivation, preparation, processing, and preservation of fruits and vegetables. The project additionally supplies instruction and materials for the construction and use of simple greenhouses. The project is expected to reach a minimum of twelve peasant families and to have 112 direct beneficiaries, more than half of them children. The project seeks to create new habits and customs to enable long-term food autonomy. Annually renewable project.
BGR partner Wawa Sonqo of Cusco, Peru, has been working since 2006 to break the cycle of poverty that affects 24 percent of Cusco’s population. Wawa Sonqo focuses its efforts in three project areas: education, nutrition, and health. The aim of this BGR-sponsored project is to address malnutrition in children and young people in the Piskak´uchu indigenous community.
The area is predominantly agricultural, with most smallholder farmers cultivating corn for commercial sale. Currently, children and families in this community face food insecurity, and their diets consist largely of noodles, rice, and potatoes, with little nutritional diversity. The project will raise awareness among families, especially mothers and pregnant women, about nutrition and the development of healthy eating habits, and will provide corresponding training in the cultivation, preparation, processing, and preservation of fruits and vegetables. The project additionally supplies instruction and materials for the construction and use of simple greenhouses. The project is expected to reach a minimum of twelve peasant families and to have 112 direct beneficiaries, more than half of them children. The project seeks to create new habits and customs to enable long-term food autonomy. Annually renewable project.
