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Perform workshop to promote healthy cities

Healthy Pierina Project supported by Minera Barrick Mishquiquilca and Technical Assistance Project "Healthy Municipalities" USAID conducted the "Workshop on the Implementation of Public Investment Projects (PIP) Lower with a focus on health promotion Local Governments in the Ancash Region. "

This important event took place from 14 to 16 June in the Auditorium of the Parish "Bethlehem" in the city of Huaraz and was attended by Local Government Independence, Jang, Huaraz, Yungay, Tarica, and Chavin Shupluy of Huantar, representatives of the DIRESA Ancash, Huaylas Health Network South microgrids health and other institutions associated with the promotion of health.

The workshop aimed to strengthen the capacity of authorities, local government officials, staff from health and education sector, in the formulation and implementation of public investment projects approach to health promotion in the framework of SNIP and thus be able to focus more public budget for social investment.

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Huaraz is not prepared to handle emergencies despite earthquake 40 years ago

Source: El Comercio Peru Date: 31 May 2010

Lack of cohesive working between authorities is one reason

By Gabriela Machuca C

Special Envoy Huaraz Cathedral stands incomplete in a corner of the Plaza de Armas of the city. Do not get parishioners from Sunday May 31, 1970, when an earthquake measuring 7.8 degrees on the Richter scale brought down close to 70% of the capital and much of Ancash north. View it should be for the unfinished Huaracino for which is authority and for which a citizen, a great reminder of the worst tragedy that happened in the history of the city. It wants not happen again. But it is not.

If this happens, if people remember, for example, earthquake that killed 10,000 people there today, exactly 40 years later, the city would have a comprehensive prevention plan that would address as it should be an earthquake or a alluvium. Unfortunately, Huaraz memory is fragile, and so, now, is not ready to face him effectively to a major emergency. How

perceived that a lack of memory? First, walking around the city.

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According to experts, Huaraz should not have buildings over three stories, because their soil has very high water table, causing that this is much more to shake the occurrence an earthquake. However, now we can see buildings of up to eight stories.

When asked about the issue, the provincial mayor, Lombardo Mautino, said: "There are no limits if the structure is well done. This year we will renew the urban development plan, which is what governs this issue (now allows up four stories) and architects determine whether they can build higher. There may be buildings over 10 floors if there is a good foundation. "

Further evidence of the lack of foresight in urban growth is the urbanization of the river Quilcay, which crosses part of the city.

A Miluska say Ordonez, promoter of the NGO ITDG Practical Action in case of accidental overflow Palcacocha Lake, located about 37 kilometers east of Huaraz, the river would be the first devastated Quilcay. Something similar would happen in taclla sector named in the district of Huaraz. It should be noted that this gap already desembalsando in 1941 and buried the third capital of the Ancash. At present, contains 17 million cubic meters of water. Its maximum capacity is 3 million.

should not have people on the banks of Quilcay, but today some 5,500 families living there. According Mautino, in 2007, the district presented the regional government reforestation project and relocation of 500 families who live almost in the same bed of the river, but so far not responded.

"It is difficult to relocate those in the vulnerable zone. The thing to avoid is the flood and for that we must strengthen the levees Palcacocha. We have asked the Central Government's S/.10 million needed for works, " said the mayor. MANAGEMENT

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But you have forgotten the tragic consequences of natural disasters and the importance of prevention is most evident when talking to those who have power of decision.

In Huaraz, the main entities that have interference with the issue of prevention are not working together. These are the Civil Defense Regional Committee and the provincial municipality of Huaraz.

"We're divorced. The regional government is too distant from local governments. There we met with the committee since 2007. We do not have convened the following years," said Mautino, contradicting the statement by Roberto Méndez, assistant manager of Civil Defense regional Ancash, who said that has always been invited to attend meetings of all public and private entities that are part of the committee.

For the latter, however, it is outrageous how little interest the community has in making training courses in civil defense. Germain

Velasco, regional director of Indeci in Ancash, believes the problem is more general. "Lack of organization and concern by all authorities. The implementation of a disaster early warning (to which Huaraz not count), for example, also depends on local governments," he says.

While each entity works separately from the other, people do not receive preventive information. The provincial municipality claims that a year divided between 5,000 and 10,000 educational pamphlets in the city. In the city 100,000 inhabitants.

The Civil Defense Regional Committee says it also makes posters and workshops, however the people on the street does not know where to go in case of an earthquake or flood. However

. Not all the responsibility lies with the regional and local officials. Nelly Figueroa, coordinator of the Roundtable for Poverty Reduction, says that this entity has a difficult task to encourage citizens to propose projects for prevention, for example, participatory budgeting. "Unfortunately we have no good answer. A civil society is more interested in infrastructure projects. The population participates very little in this issue."

THE NUMBER

68,000 people died throughout the Ancash region, following the earthquake in 1970. There were 150,000 injuries.

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With large gathering was held on May 26 Workshop on Strengthening GRIDE

The workshop was held at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences (CCAA) of the Universidad Nacional Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo (UNASAM) institution that is responsible for coordinating GRIDE Ancash. The workshop included members representing: the UNASAM, the Red Cross, Catholic University Los Angeles de Chimbote, the INRENA glaciology unit, the Regional Agrarian MINAG, World Vision, Youth Network for Risk Management (GR) and Climate Change (CC), the management of RR.NN Regional Government, Health Forum, Network of Environmental University (RUA), etc.

opened the event Dr. Luis Palomino GRIDE coordinator Ancash and Dean of the Faculty of CCAA recalling about risks facing the region and the importance of taking into account natural hazards such as landslides or earthquakes, all within a DC context in which projects will have greater security problems food and energy among others. Against this backdrop the Ancash GRIDE proposed placing the issue of GR in the regional agenda calling for candidates in the upcoming elections of regional government, including GR approach in participatory budgeting (PB), compromising the education sector, etc. Finally stressed the importance of stop thinking about short-term interests to think about the interests of future generations. Then

included presentations on the progress of national policies and ACC GR, GR Guide to local development planning developed by the MCLCP, the outlook for national GRID and advances in the management of GRIDE Ancash.

As the final part of the workshop was held GRIDE Work Plan for 2010 Ancash.

priority action areas and key activities were agreed: a.

formalization of the GRID,

b. dissemination and training: a video editing on the potential risks in vulnerable populations led to educational institutions,

c. advocacy, advice on the preparation projects with a focus on PP GR funded, participation in the regional strategy of ACC

d. Prevention: formation and training of volunteers preventionists

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Ancash Yungay at an official ceremony recalls the worst national disaster

On Monday 31 May, the province of Yungay ceremony recalled the 40th anniversary of the disaster in 1970. On that occasion, after the earthquake that destroyed all the coast of Ancash (Santa, Casma and Huarmey) did the glaciers of Huascaran detachment that buried the town of Yungay, constituting the greatest disaster in the history of Peru.

The ceremony called the presence of all the political, public and private organizations, and educational institutions, performing a march of pilgrimage from the central plaza to the "graveyard" (where the landslide buried more than 20.000 people), concluding with a Mass by the Bishop Bambaren, who recalled the tragic event and lift up prayers that does not happen again invoking develop a disaster prevention culture with the Regional Director INDECI.

This disaster is a milestone in the history of Peru for two reasons: because from this fact creates the National System of Civil Defense (SINADECI), and because the case of avalanche is considered by farmers as accelerated onset of the loss of glaciers and global climate change impacts.

After 40 years the threat of disasters have increased in the region as well as their vulnerabilities, 12 lakes are in danger of "falling", the rainfall is very irregular (unusual precipitation followed by "Indian summers"), the presence of frost and more frequent droughts, desertification in the context of geological faults and earthquake probabilities, the set as a high risk area.

Nevertheless, little is done to reduce vulnerabilities yet, for the characteristics of the region should become a eg national sustainable development plans that incorporate risk management at all levels.


Article Written by Alcides Vilela - ITDG