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Letter from Taray 3/7/10
We are finally able to write all our dear friends, family and loved ones -
First of all we want to let you all know that we are fine. What an intense time this has been – we are still in a daze not able to digest what happened last Sunday night, February 28, 2010.
We know you are all so worried. We receive your thoughts and love and concern every moment of every day and that helps us keep moving forward. We know we are not alone.
The most important thing is that we are alive. Traumatized and heartbroken – but physically we are fine and so full of thanks for that. Read More
On Mar 07 Posted in Peru - by kate
Latest photos from Taray, Peru
Taray and Pisac, the communities of Kusi Kawsay (sister school of Kusi Ccoyllor and partner in the Andean Education Alliance) have suffered devastating floods due to the bursting of a dam above their towns. I will let their words, in the posts below, speak for themselves. More information about the school can be found at www.kusikawsay.org. As they say below, money is needed to buy food and clothing for their children. Donations can be sent viaPachamamas Path, a community-run organization: Click for Support. The money will go to their US bank account and then wired directly to the community in Peru. One of our team will be in Peru next week to support the communities. Thank you in advance for your help in this devastating time.
On Mar 06 Posted in Peru - by kate
Flood Update: March 4th
An email which arrived this afternoon via a contact in Canada who is in touch with the community in Pisac:
We just spoke to our compadre Rene in Peru – he was in his home in Pisac, and is returning to Cusco to join the rest of his family and Winay Taki this afternoon. There was a terrible tragedy in Pisac yesterday. People were working on the water channel up by the ruins late in the day, when there was a rush of water that came down with a rockslide. Those who were working there were the poorest people from the communities, on a make-work project funded by the government. Many women died. Rene himself saw four corpses. In total 17 people died in Pisac. Some of the survivors’ families came to him to ask if Winay Taki could play music at their internment of their relatives. The situation is very dangerous now – rocks are falling off the hillsides, the road pavement is broken up by slides and mud, and to reach Pisac you have to go via Urubamba, a much longer journey than the usual route to Cusco. Six people in one of the communities on the road to Pisac died from a mud slide. The rest of Winay Taki are in Cusco. Many people are facing bare survival. Rene said that there is much corruption in the government and funds are not finding their way to those most in need.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR DONATIONS SO FAR. EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING IS APPRECIATED. FOR MORE ON HOW TO DONATE, PLEASE SEE THE POST BELOW OR CLICK FOR SUPPORT. QUESTIONS TO KMAJZOUB@GMAIL.COM