Iquitos, Peru

 
 
 

Location: Iquitos, Peru

Date: August 2019

Project type: New Aquaponic System Construction

Partners: Help One Now

Size and capacity

  • 23’ x 48’: Greenhouse footprint

  • 1,350 gallons: Recirculating water

  • 1,200 gallons: Media beds

  • 1,000 lbs: Fish per year

  • 5,800 lbs: Leafy greens per year

  • 1,020 lbs: Vegetables per year

Peru statistics

  • US Dept of State: Tier 2

  • Population: 32,510,000

  • Victimization: Child Trafficking, Sex Trafficking and Forced Labor

Details

In Peru’s urban areas and mining centers, Peruvian women and children are often recruited for sex trafficking through deceptive employment offers. In addition, child sex tourism is present in areas such as Cusco, Lima, and thePeruvian Amazon. In our continued efforts to stop this injustice, we have partnered with our friends at Help One Now and built a sustainable aquaponics farm in Iquitos.

In response to the extreme poverty that plagues Iquitos, and more specifically, Belen, Help One Now has recently established a safe home thereto provide love, hope, restoration, refuge, safety, and healing for survivors of human trafficking. The installation of a farm at the safe home in Iquitos is providing a source of healthy, fresh

produce for this community. It also has the potential to provide a source of income as well as a pathway to teach the kids at the home valuable life skills.

After recently being trained in trauma care, Mercedes (the safe home director) helps manage Help One Now’s safe home in Iquitos. It was nearly twenty years ago that she and her late husband first dreamed of a safe place for abused women and children in their community. We’re so excited to partner with her by bringing a sustainable Aquaponic Farm to her community.

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