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Action for Health in the Americas
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Action for Health in the Americas (AHA) is the North American counterpart of Educación Popular En Salud (EPES) based in Chile. EPES has been supporting sustainable comunity-based public health initiatives among the poor in Chile for the last 28 years.
We believe in the power of people to promote their own healthy communities, given the proper financial, educational and technical support.
"Now I know what to do if this happens again"
It's been a marathon of logistics and preparations, but we are now bringing our tailored-for-Chile version of Mercy Corps workshops to some 800 boys and girls in the towns of Talcahuano, Penco, Coronel, Hualpén, San Pedro de la Paz and Chiguayante.
In launching the "My Earthquake/Tsunami Story" (Comfort for Kids) and "Moving Forward" sports program in schools and community centers, we've heard a lot of personal accounts from the parents, teachers and community leaders we've trained as mentors, and from the children themselves. Even children whose homes escaped damage tell vivid accounts of relatives or schoolmates losing homes or fleeing from the flooding.
Faith and Solidarity in Chile
The earthquake and tsunami that struck Chile on February 27, 2010, highlighted deep social inequalities in a country often considered a Latin American development success story. Land tenancy issues and the lack of affordable housing and dignified work threaten to prolong the stay of approximately 50,000 displaced families living in “temporary” camps of wooden emergency houses with no heat or running water. As a community worker in one of the camps stated, “the history of temporary, emergency camps in Chile shows that people end up living there long-term because they have no where else to go.”
Update on Work in the Campamento in Penco, Chile
By Scott Duffus
I just returned from a week and a half in Chile where I spend time at the campamento in Penco. It was a privilege to see EPES community building work in action! If you are interested in more details about my time there take a look at my blog, (there are 9 posts starting on May 20th). I remember Karen Anderson telling me that the coldest she has ever been was in Santiago in winter. I believe her now. It is cold in Concepción in May and the middle of winter does not come till July.