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WELCOME.
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DESEA Perú is a registered Peruvian association based in the town of Calca in the Sacred Valley of the Incas near Cusco. In indigenous communities in the adjacent mountains, DESEA Perú has undertaken a comprehensive program of household water treatment, community health, and economic development.
Workshops for construction of biosand water filters are operated by trained local residents with the volunteer assistance of community members who are to receive filters. In this way, small-scale enterprises are established and families and schools contribute to their own water treatment systems.
The community health program involves operation of weekly clinics in each community by a Canadian expanded-practice nurse and a Peruvian community nurse; engagement of two trained community health workers in each community to assist with family education and community health needs; and on-going education for families, community groups, and schools in water filter operation, hygiene and sanitation practices, nutrition, and community health.
Donations to DESEA Perú are being actively sought in support of a funding application to CIDA in August 2010. Contributions of any amount are gratefully accepted.
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DESEA Perú carries out its work in communities without regard to race, religion, age, or gender.