Llipin Yahuar-Todas las Sangres
Allerlei Herzblut - Lifeblood
Todas las Sangres Allerlei Herzblut MISEREOR Alipio Pinto Sila Karin Schmidt Pax Bank Jr. Yupanqui No 252 Fischbacher Str. 28 BIC: GENODED1PAX Urubamba – Cusco – Peru D-61350 Bad Homburg IBAN: DE75 3706 0193 0000 1010 10 Tel: +51 958 273471 Tel: +49 6172 662847 “W30933 Todas las Sangres, Peru“
www.allerlei-herzblut.de E-Mail: [email protected]
Project Description
Todas las Sangres – Allerlei Herzblut
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Content Overview................................................................................................................................................. 3
Detailled Project Description ............................................................................................................... 6
Location and Life Situation .................................................................................................................. 6
Project Goals ....................................................................................................................................... 7
Working Methods of the Project Team ............................................................................................... 8
Control and Evaluation ...................................................................................................................... 10
Organizational Structure .................................................................................................................... 11
Budget Plan .......................................................................................................................................... 11
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Overview
The name of the project and the corresponding organization in Peru resp. Germany is:
Quechua Llipin Yahuar
Spanish Todas las Sangres (organization)
German Allerlei Herzblut (organization)
English Lifeblood
The project is based on my experience working with a relatively big NGO as well as
conversations with Germans and Peruvians. The same critics and ideas were given in all of
them how useful development aid should look like. For several things an understanding can
develop only after living in the country for a couple of months.
The goal of the project is to improve the life situation of people who live in the two
communities Chaullaccocha and Chupani on 4.200m. Other NGOs hardly work there they are
rarely supported by governmental institutions because they are relatively far away and can’t
be reached that easily. The people in these communities live in absolute poverty and are
marked by malnutrition and its consequences.
The project distinguishes itself by the fact that the lifestyle, which is called “good” by
“gringos”, is not forced upon them but that they can keep their basic way of life and are not
forced from it. When asked why they continue living there they answer in most cases: “It is
the land of my forefathers and should be the one of my children.”
The project is going to run for ten years. It consists of the following components:
We do work directly with the components in dark green while for the school we handle the
buying, distribution and control only.
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The component “hygiene / homes” is a project in itself and consists of five steps. Hygiene is
the prerequisite for each family to get from one improvement to the next. For each one the
families must contribute something. The first families reached step three, the improvements
in breeding guinea-pigs, by the end of 2016. The goal is that as many families as possible
will have achieved the improvements of the rooms by 2023 latest.
MISEREOR supports us so that we can run the donations via their account and there are no
costs for us. In addition MISEREOR provides the tax notifications for Germany. This is
already an honor!
In two communities the life situation should improve significantly during the next seven
years (June 2013 – July 2020) based on knowledge transfer especially to women and
children with the focus on health, nutrition, handiwork, agriculture and livestock breeding as
well as fair trade. The improvement should especially affect their living conditions and the
malnutrition. Regular controls and comparisons will document the achievements.
The project team consists of three people and the two Peruvians receive a fair salary
including all legally required additional costs (e.g. health and retirement insurance). In
addition they work based on a contract, both things which can’t be always taken for granted
in Peru. The team members are:
➢ Alipio Pinto Sila
“Licensed in health service”, which means he has finished five years university study
(theory and practice) followed by one year of practical work in a hospital and one more
year in the countryside as country doctor. This education corresponds to a “general
physician” in Germany. In addition he has quite some knowledge in agriculture, livestock
breeding and vehicle maintenance due to his family background.
He worked in such a kind of project in the past already but he had to quit because the
working hours could not be combined with the family requirements of a father as the
distances (12 – 13 hours walking) were too large. He was kept away for weeks in a row.
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During the last 1.5 years he already worked in the first two communities (Chaullaccocha
and Chupani) of the project and correspondingly is well known and respected.
His main areas in the project are: hygiene, healthcare, selling of the products and
administration
➢ Juan Huanca Apaza
He is farmer with additional training in the area of weaving from Ocongate. During the
week he lives in the project house in Chaullaccocha and on the weekends he takes care
of his farming.
During the year 2014 he did all courses of the whole cycle: from the selection of alpacas
until the finalization of the products with the sewing machine. From 2015 onwards in
addition to the required add-on trainings in handicraft he will take care of the actual work
with improving the houses and the green-houses.
➢ Karin Schmidt
She should be known to most of the readers of this project description.
She started the project as she worked quite a long time close with Alipio Pinto Sila. A lot
of trust has been built based on this experience so that the project continues running
smoothly after her return to Germany (beginning of November 2013).
In Germany she works with the control (budget and progress), the corresponding
administration information distribution and donation collection in her free time.
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Detailled Project Description
Location and Life Situation
The project is started in the communities Chaullaccocha and Chupani, district of Urubamba,
province Cusco. Both communities are at an altitude of approx. 4.200m in an Andean valley,
55 resp. 60km from Urubamba and 25 resp. 30km from Ollantaytambo.
None of the two villages has really defined boundaries and the
houses are spread out and far from each other. The “center” of
the village is the school and the health care station, which is
under construction and currently not supported. The new one was
required because the old one broke down during the rainy season
and now there is no sufficient money for the termination.
The people live in extreme poverty, are marked by the lack of all basics and are excluded
from economic, political and cultural development. They live from agriculture (potatoes and
their resulting products), livestock breeding (alpacas, lamas, sheep, chicken and guinea pigs)
and the handicraft to meet their own requirements. The consequence is an extreme
malnutrition (important: not under nutrition!) of 92% for the kids, heavy respiratory
diseases, diarrhea and extremely low self-confidence as well.
In both communities live in total 312 persons (150 women, 162
men) in 86 families which are directly profiting from the project.
In areas further away 374 persons (173 women, 201 men) in
102 families will profit indirectly e.g. due to the health station.
All of them kept their traditional life style.
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The families, which are going to profit from this project, are well aware of the need to
improve their life circumstances as well all personal skills. The lack of knowledge in the latest
developments regarding agriculture and livestock breeding to improve productivity and with
this the family income is an example for this. Nevertheless the required measures have to be
based on the currently available resources to ensure a long-term success.
Project Goals
Within five years the following goals should be implemented sustainably:
➢ Healthier living space
• Floor, walls and roof free of cracks and holes
• Usage of the daylight by implementing skylights
• Small domestic animals (chicken, guinea pigs, etc.) which are transferring illnesses
are no longer supposed to be kept in the living room but in a fitful and clean add-on
or at least separated correspondingly
• Free of excrements (from small children as well as animals)
• Free of smoke which is caused by the kitchen fire and is mainly responsible for the
respiratory and eye-diseases
• Cleanliness, especially in the areas where food is handled
• Common area where the family can meet and children can study. This area has to be
lightened appropriately and should contain a table as well as chairs or benches
➢ Willingness to take over the cost of the daily school lunch in both schools to tone down
the malnutrition. At the moment this support is paid by another NGO.
➢ Increase of the salary of the two pre-school teachers by EUR 70,- because for EUR 100,-
they refuse to work under these conditions. Due to the difficult situation for the kids this
training and support is extremely important.
➢ Development of a consciousness for hygiene and healthy nutrition which goes hand in
hand with the change towards a healthy living space
➢ Improvements in agriculture and livestock breeding to increase lastingly the yield
➢ Active participation of the families in different social and political processes which
influence and steer their future development
➢ Organization of groups especially of women in committees typical for Peru. Usage of the
corresponding protocol-books which will then show the development as well
➢ Training and improvement of the handicrafts not only for to cover their own needs but to
produce for sale as well
➢ Regular usage of the health station which will be used for training and result control in
the different areas as well
To achieve these goals the people should use the currently existing resources as far as
possible and improve the different techniques. In the past NGOs e.g. installed special stoves
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in other villages to get rid of the smoke. After the installation the helpers left the project-
area. It took a while but then some of the stoves broke down and could neither be repaired
nor replaced by the people. Exactly this problem should be avoided due to our planned
working methods (see next chapter) in the project.
Working Methods of the Project Team
The main points of the activities are:
➢ Health and nutrition the school lunch in both schools in a similar manner as in the past.
In the health station there is the restriction that he handles emergencies only to ensure
that he has enough room to work on the additional tasks according to the plan which
was developed together with both communities.
➢ Qualification
Training in new findings in the corresponding areas with the goal to update and
specialize the people. The successful participation in the areas handicraft, agriculture and
livestock breeding should result in added value as well as improved living space and
nutritional habits which then should result in less illnesses. The way of the training
(workshop, presentation, demonstration, etc.) as well as the level depends on the topic
and the participants.
➢ Consultancy
Support in the solution of dedicated problems with the help of especially trained and
experienced specialists in the different areas of social development. In addition to the
theoretical approach the practical realization is extremely important. With this help the
people should take over the responsibility of their personal development as well as that
of their family and community.
➢ Experiments
Their main goal is to improve the methods in the cultivation as well as the processing of
the products. Special fields will be dedicated to demonstration purposes. In addition
market studies, business plans and a systematic result control belong to this area.
Beyond that the participations in practical trainings as well as agricultural fares should be
made available.
After each training measure the continuous support during the implementation of the new
methods is extremely important because it ensures that the expected results will be reached.
This work requires a lot of time and therefore the project time frame has been estimated
with five years to ensure a sustainable and lasting change respectively improvement in the
quality of life.
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Due to these goals it is necessary to introduce new technical features which will be budgeted
in special campaigns.
➢ Heating of the houses
With the usage of solar energy as well the possibility of heating up the walls the room
climate in the houses should improve significantly.
➢ Green houses
Due to their special micro climate greenhouses protect plants which are harmed by cold
and rain. With this the diversity of the planted vegetables and pulses can be enhanced
significantly because at the moment the people basically live on potatoes. Beyond that
the warm air can be transferred into the houses with a corresponding construction and
support the heating.
➢ Improved stoves
These are special thermal implementations which optimize the usage of combustible
biomass and reduce the smoke emission significantly. It is easy to route it out of the
house.
Another possibility is again the usage of solar energy. With special parabolic-mirrors the
stoves can reach a temperature of 350°C (in comparison to 180°C of standard ones) and
they are completely smoke free.
With these two types of stoves the project moves away from its principle of using local
resources. But due to the constant presence of the team members during a long period it
is considered to be acceptable.
➢ Solar-showers
These thermal implements allow heating approx. 70 liters of water up to 30°C – 50°C
daily the whole year through. At the moment the people do have cold water only for
personal hygiene, cleaning and washing. The consequences of this are obvious and will
not be described in further detail. In addition to the direct positive health effects, the
self-esteem is significantly improved by a clean appearance.
➢ Skylights
Currently the door is the only source of the daylight in the houses. With the
implementation of skylights not only the lightness itself but the room temperature will be
increased as well.
➢ Ecological cooling devices
These are special cooling devices (no fridges!) which can keep food fresh for a week.
There the cold of the night, which exists basically the whole year long, is used.
The order in which the different measures are carried out will be decided by the project
team together with the representatives of the two communities. Regular meetings during the
whole project period are used to verify the results and plan the next steps. With this the
people are involved directly from the start in the decision making.
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Control and Evaluation
At the moment the project plans an own-evaluation which is held at least once a year. The
monitoring and evaluation are part of the work of the project team and the following
methods, depending on the topic, will be used:
➢ Health, nutrition and living situation
• Statistics of the health station regarding the number of patients and their illnesses
• Regular screenings
• Standardized questionnaires regarding the living situation, nutrition habits, time the
kids can use for homework and studying, etc.
➢ Organization within the communities
• Usage of the community protocol books respectively introducing them for the groups
which are going to be set up (e.g. women) according to the Peruvian customs
• Statistics about the number of participants, decisions made, etc.
➢ Handicraft, agriculture and livestock breeding
• Statistics about the resulting products and their income
• Standardized questionnaires regarding the financial situation of the different families
Pictures are going to further illustrate the development.
Probably the data will be first collected and analyzed in Excel and later replaced by an Access
Database.
Beyond that the project team writes weekly reports which will be summarized on monthly
bases and published on our homepage. A weekly conference call via Skype ensures the
required close contact within the core project team. The collaboration will be made easier by
the usage of a web-space which can be compared to a hard disk in the internet.
The financial monitoring will be based on scanned invoices and Excel sheets. Due to the
smallness of the project and the correspondingly tight budget potential inconsistencies will
be notices soon. The actual control will be done by Karin Schmidt and the storage of the
corresponding documentation on the web-space enables their usage independent of time
and location.
There will be a complete annual report covering the functional as well as monetary side of
the project.
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Organizational Structure
One of the most important things in this project is avoiding the impression that only the
gringa knows everything better and makes all decisions and guidelines without considering
the Peruvians. These people do know very well what will help and what will harm them
respectively what they want and don’t want. Of course there are trained people who can
judge things based on their knowledge of the country.
Alipio Pinto Sila works closely together with the representatives of both communities and
discuss the results regularly with Karin. Once a month there is a meeting with all of the
families with whom we work together closely to discuss the current situation and the next
steps. Of course Karin Schmidt is informed about the results.
Budget Plan
See our annual report.