Earthquake in Peru: informations and call for help
Julie Faveur 23 Aug 2007 12:58 GMT (translated by Julie Faveur)Following a flying visit to Chincha, one of the regions most affected by the earthquake, we decided to share our impressions about what we saw there at the end of this week.
The earthquake mainly contributed to unveil crucial underlying problems such as poverty, exclusion, injustice and inequality. In that sense, there is nothing natural about natural disasters, but naturally, they always affect poor people more drastically than wealthy ones and the state always favours the interests of the latter rather than those of the former. Just the fact that there exists poor and rich people in itself seems completely artificial, but who else can we blame but ourselves. If the earthquake can be accused of being the cause of today's state of emergency, poverty still remains the true culprit behind the present catastrophe. Promoting "solidarity" by distributing a few basic products until the situation gets better is like giving a plaster to someone with tuberculosis after he's broken his leg: his bones might heal but it won't stop him dying from tuberculosis. Read more
A few photos of Chincha
USEFUL INFORMATION:
EMERGENCY HELPLINE: 0-800-10-628
HELP WANTED BOARD:
- Non perishable goods (tins particularly)
- Painkillers, analgesics y anti-inflammatory medicines
- Bandages and other devices for fractures
- Clothes in good condition and blankets
- Cooking utensils, sleeping bags and tents
- Water containers.
PLACES OFFERING HELP:
- National stadium, door 14
- Comisión Episcopal de Acción Social (Episcopal commission for social action): Av. Salaverry 1945 Lince
- Esquina de Av. San Borja Norte and Av. Boulevard, in front of the Pentagonito.
- Municipality of San Borja: Av. Joaquín Madrid, cuadra 2.
- Shopping centres.
- Puertas de la PUCP
- Scipcion Llona 350, Miraflores (cdra 42 y 43 de la av arequipa)
TESTIMONY OF THE VICTIMS WHO HAVE BEING TRANSFERED TO LIMA.
Hospitals and institutes for blood donations
First Indymedia report
Telefónica announces a magnitude of 10!
The earthquake according to journalist César Hildebrandt
Why did telephones stop working?
Minister of transports Verónica Zavala
Key cultural factors of the earthquake by Mirko Lauer
Lessons to be learnt from the catastrophe.
The disaster is not over yet: FORECASTED EARTHQUAKES
Lima wasn't affected by the earthquake