The document outlines a plan to enhance the quality of life for indigenous populations in Madre de Dios, Peru. It establishes a community-based organization called Raíz de la Comunidad to lead education, advocacy, and sustainable programs. Key initiatives include providing clean water, nutrition support, microloans, and policy advocacy. A timeline details the phased implementation and expansion of these programs over 5 years to address issues like gold mining, deforestation, and corruption through community empowerment. Partnerships with local and international organizations will help fund and support the work.

1. 1Brooke Adams, IbukunAfon, Jessica Drummer, RolandaTurner

2. Mission Statement
Our mission is to enhance the quality of life for the Indigenous
populations of Madre de Dios, Peru by leading a positive social
change that delivers value to members through advocacy,
education, and implementation of sustainable programs.
2

3. The Problem
3

4. Cultural and Political Climate
■ Current Issues:
– Gold Mining
– Child SexTrafficking
– GeneralWidespread Deforestation
– Governmental Corruption
4
■ Current Policies:
– Priority of National Interest
– Law of the Jungle
– AIDESEP
– United Nations Declaration of the
Rights of Indigenous Peoples
– International Labor Organization
(ILO)

5. Targeting the Community inTahuamanu
5
Community
Family
Kids
Public Policy
Community (cultural
values, norms)
Organizational
(environmental ethos)
Interpersonal (social
network)
Individual
(knowledge,
attitude, skills)

6. Key Components
■ CBO: Raíz de la Comunidad
■ Community Education and Support viaTrusted
Messengers
– CleanWater
– Increased Nutrition and Health Literacy
– Mitigation of Negative Environmental
Impacts
■ Microloans
– Lessen Economic Effects of the Road
■ PolicyAdvocacyTeam
– LongTerm Change
– Partner with NGOs (local and international)
6
Health
Policy
Advocacy
Economy

7. CBO: Raíz de la Comunidad
■ NGO Members:
– Branch Out
– Indigenous Roots
– ACEER
■ Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research
– UN: Climate Action
– OXFAM UK and America
– CARE
– AIDESEP
■ Inter-EthnicAssociation for the Development of the Peruvian
Amazon
– FENAMAD
■ Native Federation of the Madre de Dios Region
■ Other members:
– Local Community Leader
– Local Religious Leaders
7

8. Creation of Curriculum for Leaders and
the Community
■ Curriculum Developer On Staff
■ Curriculum and Key StakeholderTrainingThroughACEER and FENAMAD
– Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research
– Native Federation of the Madre de Dios Region
■ Assessment and AdjustmentThroughout
8

9. HealthyWater, Healthy Kids
■ Temporary: ■ LongTerm:
9

10. Youth Nutrition: Short
Term
■ Treatment of Acute Onset Diarrhea
– ZinCfant®
– Must be paired with ORS
– ½-1 tablet a day as treatment
■ Nutritional Supplement forThose with Acute Onset
Diarrhea and Malnutrition
– Plumpy’Nut®
– 3 /day for 7-10 weeks per child
■ Increased Nutrition and Strength for Disease Prevention
in General
– Specifically: respiratory illness
10

11. Youth Nutrition: Midterm and LongTerm
■ Midterm
– Rice (seeds purchased from local
farmers when possible)
■ Source of vitamin A
■ Source of Zinc
– Quinoa (seeds purchased from local
farmers when possible)
■ Source of protein
■ Source of zinc
■ LongTerm
– Policy AdvocacyGroup
11
Youth Nutrition: Midterm and Long Term
■ Midterm
– Rice (seeds purchased from local
farmers when possible)
■ Source of vitamin A
■ Source of Zinc
– Quinoa (seeds purchased from local
farmers when possible)
■ Source of protein
■ Source of zinc
■ Long Term
– Policy Advocacy Group
11

12. Environmental Issues
■ Poor Crop Quality
– CleanWater
– Fresh Crops
■ Mudslides and Flooding
– Native Grasses
12
Environmental Issues
■ Poor Crop Quality
– Clean Water
– Fresh Crops
■ Mudslides and Flooding
– Native Grasses
12

13. Microloans
13
■ Collaboration between CBO,
BBVA, and Peruvian Hearts
– Provide education, and
community support along with
finance

14. Policy Advocacy Group
■ Social Media Campaign
– #AlcanceComunitario
■ LongTerm Policy Advocacy
and Awareness
■ National and International
NGOs
14

15. Assessment andAdjustment
15

16. Timeline
■ 0-6 Months
– Creation of CBO
– Initial Survey of Population via
collaboration with FENAMAD
– Initial Curriculum Collaboration
– ZinCfant® and Plumpy’Nut®
– PUR P+GWater Purification Packets
– Initial Planting
– Initial RainwaterCollection
– Collaboration with BBVA
FENAMAD, andGatekeepers to
determine distribution of microloans
16
■ 6 Months - 1Year
– Initial Policy AdvocacyTeam
Meeting
– Extension of RainwaterCollection
■ use of rainwater and solar
purification methods
– Harvesting and Reliance on
Rainwater andCrops
– Planting andGrowth of Crops and
Grasses
– Implementation of Microloan
Funding and Education
■ BBVA and Peruvian Hearts
– Evaluation of Progress

17. Timeline (continued)
17
■ 1-3Years
– Initial Policy AdvocacyTeam
Meeting
– Extension of RainwaterCollection
■ use of rainwater and solar
purification methods
– Harvesting and Reliance on
Rainwater andCrops
– Planting andGrowth of Crops and
Grasses
– Implementation of Microloan
Funding and Education
■ BBVA and Peruvian Hearts
– Evaluation of Progress
■ 3-5Years
– Initial Policy AdvocacyTeam
Meeting
– Extension of RainwaterCollection
■ use of rainwater and solar
purification methods
– Harvesting and Reliance on
Rainwater andCrops
– Planting andGrowth of Crops and
Grasses
– Implementation of Microloan
Funding and Education
■ BBVA and Peruvian Hearts
– Evaluation of Progress

18. Budget
18

19. 19
– Branch Out
– Indigenous Roots
– ACEER
– UN:Climate Action
– OXFAMUK and America
– CARE
– AIDESEP
– FENAMAD
– CDC
– CARE
– P+G
– REDD+
– UN-REDD+
– Plumpy’Nut

20. 20

21. Bibliography
■ “680000 Acres of Amazon Rainforest May Be Lost to Peru's New Roads.” Conservation News, Conservation News, 8 Feb. 2018,
news.mongabay.com/2018/01/680000-acres-of-amazon-rainforest-may-be-lost-to-perus-new-roads/.
■ “America.” (District, Zimbabwe) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location, www.citypopulation.de/php/peru-admin.php?adm1id=17.
■ “‘The Discovery That Sodium Transport and Glucose Transport Are Coupled in the Small Intestine so That Glucose Accelerates Absorption of Solute and
Water (Is) Potentially the Most Important Medical Advance This Century.".” Water Facts - Rehydration Project - Focus on Dehydration and Oral Rehydration,
World Health Organization, rehydrate.org/ors/.
■ Erin, and HomeDepotCustomer. “Pennington 50 Lb. Fairway Supreme Perennial Ryegrass Blend-100082740.” The Home Depot, The Home Depot, 18 Dec.
2018, www.homedepot.com/p/Pennington-50-lb-Fairway-Supreme-Perennial-Ryegrass-Blend-100082740/100598506.
■ “Global Partnerships - United Nations Sustainable Development.” United Nations, United Nations, www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/globalpartnerships/.
■ Google Search, Google,
www.google.com/search?q=5%2Bgallon%2Bbuckets&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiDtJ_EjuLgAhUJrZ4KHWOGAiYQ_AUIDygC&biw=768
&bih=685#imgrc=dRMseCpMLLZekM:
■ Álvarez, Carmen. “Microcredit, an Opportunity for Peruvian Women to Be Entrepreneurs | BBVA.” BBVA NOTICIAS, BBVA, 16 June 2017,
www.bbva.com/en/microcredit-opportunity-peruvian-women-entrepreneurs/.
■ “Organic Quinoa, Red.” Organic Gardening Blog, www.groworganic.com/pv-org-quinoa.html.
■ “Peru Passes Law to Build Roads through Amazon's Remotest Regions.” UPI, UPI, 23 Jan. 2018, www.upi.com/Peru-passes-law-to-build-roads-through-
Amazons-remotest-regions/5361516690856/.
■ “Peru's New President: What Is at Stake for the Peruvian Amazon?” Amazon Watch, amazonwatch.org/news/2011/0610-perus-new-president-what-is-at-
stake-for-the-peruvian-amazon.
21

22. Bibliography
■ Peruvianhearts.org, www.peruvianhearts.org/whatwedo/peruvian-promise/.
■ “Plumpy'Nut.” Buy Enov'mum | The Level Market, www.thelevelmarket.com/plumpynut.
■ “Plumpy'Nut.” Buy Enov'mum | The Level Market, www.thelevelmarket.com/plumpynut.
■ Renique, Gerardo. “Law of the Jungle in Peru: Indigenous Amazonian Uprising against Neoliberalism.” Academia.edu - Share Research,
www.academia.edu/5261214/Law_of_the_Jungle_in_Peru_Indigenous_Amazonian_Uprising_against_Neoliberalis.
■ “Safe Water System.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2 May 2014,
www.cdc.gov/safewater/flocculant-filtration.html.
■ Schwartz, Julian Smith & Jill. “Deforestation in Peru.” WWF, World Wildlife Fund, www.worldwildlife.org/magazine/issues/fall-2015/articles/deforestation-in-
peru.
■ “Securing a Future With Water Along Peru's Rimac River Valley.” The Ecologist, 17 Nov. 2017, theecologist.org/2017/jul/20/securing-future-water-along-perus-
rimac-river-valley.
■ “Severe Floods Across Peru Submerge Highways and Cause Mudslides.” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group,
www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/video/severe-floods-across-peru-submerge-highways-and-cause-mudslides-634368579540.
■ Thawani, Vijay, and Chaitali Bajait. “Role of Zinc in Pediatric Diarrhea.” Indian Journal of Pharmacology, vol. 43, no. 3, 2011, p. 232., doi:10.4103/0253-
7613.81495.
■ “The World Factbook: Peru.” Central Intelligence Agency, Central Intelligence Agency, 1 Feb. 2018, www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-
factbook/geos/pe.html.
■ “Yanama.” Mapio.net, mapio.net/a/7356382/?vlang=en.
■ “ZinCfant®.” Nutriset-Fr, www.nutriset.fr/products/en/zincfant.
22