3. Deforestation in
Madre De Dios, Peru
■ Proposed construction of a road along
the Acre River
■ One of the largest deforestation fronts in
the world
– Usually occurs near infrastructure
development
■ Environmental and health concerns tied
to deforestation
5. Family
Yine near
Iñapari
Target Population
■ Protecting an intersection of
health vulnerable populations
■ Ensuring good health within the
critical first 1000 days of life
■ Focus on community
leadership, indigenous land
rights, and self-efficacy
■ Founded on a community-
engaged needs assessment
7. ResponseTeam
■ Fighting to reduce deforestation and its effects
through increased access to health care
■ Centrally-located hub and terrain-friendly
transportation for community health workers to
travel to indigenous communities
■ Collaborate with the local health clinics,
indigenous healers, and community leaders to
best address their needs
8. Services Provided
■ Supply and teach Oral RehydrationTherapy
■ VitaminA and Zinc oral supplements
■ Appropriate antibiotics and oxygen
■ Plumpy'Nut and nutritional education
■ WASH education – infectious disease prevention and
water decontamination techniques
■ Water monitoring
■ Early symptom recognition
12. Economic Development
■ Changing environment will mean changing
livelihood
– Capitalizing on increased traffic
■ Build locally controlled, environmentally
friendly economic growth
– Ecotourism
– Sustainable lodging, hospitality
– Local arts and culture
■ Focus on transferable skills and a viable
career field for future generations
25. Timeline
Months 1-6
Establish relationships
& partnerships
Initial needs
assessment
Construct EPIC hub
Purchase medical
equipment
Recruit and train
CHWs
Monitoring and
Evaluation
Months 7-12
Recruit and train
Saplings’ leaders
Recruit for business
development program
Recruit and train
Forest Guardians
Launch Medical
Response Team
Re-training and
recruitment
Year 2
Launch Saplings
program
Economic
development training
Teach forest mapping
techniques
Launch Forest
Guardians
Year 3
Distribute economic
development funds
Build community guard
posts (as needed)
Help with land
management planning
Years 4 & 5
Final evaluation and
training for
community hand-off
29. Limitations
■ Long term sustainability and community adoption
■ Limited funding
■ Cultural appropriateness
■ Opportunity cost
■ Long term environmental destruction (ecological
tipping point)
Editor's Notes
“When it comes to environmental destruction and its resulting health disparities, indigenous communities are impacted first and worst. This project is