Meals for "Shared Pot" at Paraiso (Lima)

Hello everyone,

Thank you for your donations! For each of them and especially, to those who have commmitted to our purpose, monthly. 

We have been extremely busy. Peru's food insecurity level have increased up until 50% of the population and the prices of the food have risen as well. The reasons behind it rely on the impact of climate change (communities in the Andes that produce potaotes and others are experiencing drought, after a challenging time when they couldnt get as much as fertilizer as they needed), and levels of inflation in our country. According to Peruvian economist, our economy won't grow this year. This situation, after the two years of pandemic, have put many people in complicated contexts.

However, we, Peruvians, are resourceful and women are leaders on this. While the situation remains like this, during the last 6 months, we have been working with women of the community (all of them are part of the Shared Pot initiative) to offer knitting and embroidery. This initaitive has taken all of our efforts and gladly, we have been able to find some opportunities for them.

Within the next days, we will be starting a new fundraiser in this platform, to raise money for this project. In less than a year, the group of knitters (and mothers of the Shared Pot inititaive) have been able to collaborate in two different projects with two Peruvian brands. For the last one, they have made all the pieces using crochet.

We celebrate these accomplishments and now that it is the beginning of a long path, in which we are not looking for another paliative to their situation, but for an opportunity in which they improve their lives and enjoy their wellbeing. This initiative also has an impact on the Shared Pot initiative, as the income has improved a bit (despite the current challenges mentioned above).

To finish, this week, we will also visiting the community and briging food with the donations we have received throughout these months. We decided to have a good amount to reduce the cost on transportation and give a significant donation. We will share another report with you before the end of the week.

Usually, the projects measure whether the goals are accomplished or not, but there is so much more that surround the project, the communities and the reality and this project has allowed to go beyond delivering the food and to link one initiative with another, with the intention to contribute to their wellbeing (which, of course, include food).

Thanks for your support!

Best wishes,

Maricarmen