Peru

To outsiders, Peru is best known for its World Wonder, Macchu Picchu. However Peru is also a country of various terrains and cultures. Peru’s major cities all lie in the western coastal area of the country, while the Andes Mountains run through the center of the country and the lowland jungle of the Amazon lies in the east. Peru shares management of Lake Titicaca, the world’s highest navigable lake, with Bolivia on its southern border.

Peru is a developing country battling extreme income disparity between urban and rural Peru. Development projects are often centered in indigenous, rural communities where many organizations work to improve health and sanitation in the hopes of decreasing poverty for children. However, urban centers and the settlements that surround them also battle water issues, especially around waterborne diseases. Peru has a high risk of infectious diseases such as bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, dengue fever, malaria, yellow fever and leptospirosis. Deaths related to such diseases account for almost four percent of total mortality in Peru.

Human Values-Based Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Education in Latin America

The development of water, sanitation and hygiene educational materials for Latin American countries began in 2010 in partnership with UN Habitat. Through UN Habitat connections, Project WET worked with local communities and organizations to determine priority topics for the educator guides through Writing and Material Development Workshops. Based on suggestions from the workshops, Project WET then customized materials for each project country based on local culture and context. These materials were field tested by select schools in each country to ensure the materials were appropriate contextually and culturally for the specific project regions. Once the final materials were published, Project WET conducted Training of Trainer Workshops in each region with local educators/trainers to teach the instructional methods in the customized guides. The trainers from the workshops then worked with local partners to train other educators on the methods they learned during the workshop and to distribute the materials to their communities.

Educators Guide in English

Healthy Water Healthy Habits Healthy People Educators Guide

Clean water, proper sanitation and good hygiene form a solid foundation for a student’s health education. This activities guide is designed to enable teachers to take an active role in making a real difference in the lives of children and their families. Its pages are filled with engaging ways to impart an understanding about how common water-borne and hygiene-related diseases are spread. In addition to learning how to protect their health and that of their families, students will gain a healthy respect for the important water sources on which we all depend.

 
Agua Saludable, Habitos Saludables, Personas Saludables

Healthy Water Healthy Habits Healthy People Student Activity Booklet

Good habits lead to good health. And the sooner children begin in life, the better. You’ll feel great knowing that through the activities in this booklet children will gain a healthy start on taking better care of themselves and the sources of clean water that we all need to stay healthy. The illustrations are customized specifically to the local context of each project country to enhance the learning experience for children.

 

How to Start a Health Club

 
Latin American and Caribbean Activity Sampler

Latin American and Caribbean Activity Sampler

Customized for a Latin American audience and translated into Spanish or Portuguese, this Educators Guide contains seven engaging, interactive activities on various water topics ranging from watersheds to water in our bodies. Activities include Project WET classics such as The Blue Planet, The Incredible Journey and Sum of the Parts. This Guide is perfect for educators who live and work in Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking regions as well as for volunteers or educators traveling to Latin America or the Caribbean.

 

Rainwater Harvesting

A summary of rainwater harvesting and its components with helpful links.