Comments on: Torrential rains in Cusco http://lifeinperu.com/2010/01/28/torrential-rains-in-cusco/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:09:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: wwelvaert http://lifeinperu.com/2010/01/28/torrential-rains-in-cusco/#comment-1096 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:47:11 +0000 http://lifeinperu.com/?p=1261#comment-1096 You’re right Rachel, unregulated urban growth is a real issue in Peru. I’d be afraid to think what could happen if there was a mudslide or earthquake in the city of Cusco, with the development of the surrounding hillsides as it is…

]]> By: rachelinperu http://lifeinperu.com/2010/01/28/torrential-rains-in-cusco/#comment-1094 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:14:12 +0000 http://lifeinperu.com/?p=1261#comment-1094 The Peruvian government and municipalities are much to blame here. They have allowed unregulated urban growth and have failed to prepare any reasonable or logical contigency plan.

Arequipa is no better than Cuzco, they too have expanded into danger zones, permitting communities to be built in volcanic tributuries where magma would naturally flow in the event of an eruption.

It is evident that greed far outweighs common sense and human decency.

]]> By: wwelvaert http://lifeinperu.com/2010/01/28/torrential-rains-in-cusco/#comment-1087 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:17:17 +0000 http://lifeinperu.com/?p=1261#comment-1087 Robert,

Thanks for your comment and your compassion. I’m not sure how relief efforts are being coordinated. As you can read on this link, it seems like the affected communities are sort of left to fend for themselves.

http://enperublog.com/2010/01/29/humanitarian-disaster-in-cusco-abandoned-communities-help-themselves/

I read that there are some local efforts by the Municipality of Cusco, Cerveza Cusqueña y the Regional Chamber of Tourism (CARETUR-CUSCO). I don’t know how to get in touch with them at the moment, since I’m in the US for a few weeks myself.

I’d say knowing the Peruvian culture, anyone can travel to Cusco and personally join the relief effort in a small community.

As I wrote about here, organized charities don’t always appear very effective to me. Read this post about the Peruvian Red Cross.

]]> By: Robert Odom http://lifeinperu.com/2010/01/28/torrential-rains-in-cusco/#comment-1085 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:26:08 +0000 http://lifeinperu.com/?p=1261#comment-1085 Hello. My name is Robert Odom and I would like to go to Cusco, on my own dollar, to help with anything: manual labor, etc. Any information as to how I can go about this would be greatly appreciated. I have a passsport. Thank you for your time.

Robert Odom
321-961-0923
http://www.facebook.com/bigshrimpn
amazingodom@yahoo.com

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