2017
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Date photo taken
30 August 2017
Country of origin
Peru
Region
Latin America and Carribbean
Photo credit
Photo courtesy of Mario Atarama
Description
On March 7, 2017 a burst canal released El Niño floodwaters across the plain in Chato Chico, Piura, Peru. Maria Justa Ipanaque and Ezequiel Ramos Sánchez stand in the tent where they lived after their home in Chato Chico, Peru, was destroyed by flooding. They are one of the 105 families who received support from a program to improve housing and rehabilitate livelihoods.
Mennonite World Conference (MWC) facilitated interdependent disaster response with all Anabaptist partners to support the Peruvian Mennonite Brethren church to help their members and their communities. MWC brought together Mennonite Brethren (MB) Mission, MCC and International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOB) to form a steering committee resulting in the appointment of Antony Sanchez as disaster coordinator for a six-month inter-Mennonite response, jointly funded by MCC and MB Mission.
Photo courtesy of Mario Atarama
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