cause: To train women in poor communities in disaster prevention and disaster
mitigation
2009-...
To train women in poor communities in disaster prevention and disaster mitigation
ARC•PEACE Peru, Estrategia, Mujeres Unidas Para Un Pueblo Mejor
[Groots International->www.groots.org/]
The project consists of a disaster prevention program. It includes training of grassroot women, mapping of vulnerable areas, making lists of problems, presenting maps and reports to the local government and implementation of plans for new and better housing. The NGOs advise on house types and earth-quake-resistant constructions. In the next step residents (mainly women) produce concrete blocks and other elements for building in vulnerable areas. The project also includes the construction of stairs and walls on steep hillsides.