FH Peru Country Strategy 2011 - 2014

1. FH Peru Country Strategy 2011 - 2014

2. FH in Peru • Began in 1982 in emergency response • Sponsorship-related activities • Consolidated to peri-urban areas during most violent terrorist activities

3. Important achievements • Education, preventative health and nutrition, wells, leadership training, church strengthening, family violence prevention • C2C relationships

4. Important achievements • Community capacity building – community leaders, health promoters, mother leaders, community counselors

5. Peru’s Social Context • One of most heterogeneous societies in Americas • Highly concentrated in capital and coastal cities • History of intense political and social conflicts • Profoundly marked by recent political terrorism

6. Peru’s Economic Context • Sustained economic growth • Increasing inequality • Potential for increased social conflict

7. Geographic Focus • 29 squatter settlements in Lima, Chincha (coast), Pucallpa (jungle)

8. Squatter Settlements • Peruvian urban migration • Pull factors – attraction of economic and educational opportunities in the city • Push factors – loss of farmland, natural disasters, lack of employment, terrorist/military violence • Unprepared for such large growth

9. Squatter settlement growth in Lima

10. Characteristics of Squatter Settlements • Illegal occupation of land on the outskirts of cities • Initially exhibit high incidences of extreme poverty • Precarious construction • Insufficient security • High degree of collective support to address immediate needs – titles and basic services

11. Cultural, language, and regional differences

12. Squatter Settlement Evolution • After consolidation economic diversity and individualism replace initial solidarity • Transition from shanty towns to “emerging cities”

13. People served through FHP’s programs

14. Vision for FH Peru • Boys, girls and youth of Peru growing healthy and happy, in harmony with God, in a healthy environment.

15. Community and Family Diagnostic – Lima and Pucallpa 2010 • In Pucallpa, 63% of families expressed that most critical issues affecting their families welfare were violence and conflict. • The issue of violence not only occurs in families, but also within communities and schools.

16. Community and Family Diagnostic – Lima and Pucallpa 2010

17. Community and Family Diagnostic – Lima and Pucallpa 2010 • Conclusions The broken nature of roles within families, the lack of assertive communication, as well as abuse directed towards children and teens are key factors that perpetuate violence from one generation to the next.

18. Community and Family Diagnostic – Lima and Pucallpa 2010 • Conclusions Violence, in all of its forms and multi-causal factors, is the principal issue affecting the healthy and happy development of children and adolescents in FHP’s communities.

19. Violence Prevention Strategies • Oikos Training Experience • Study, reflection and practice of healthy family relationships and household resource administration • Awareness Raising • Advocacy

20. Child-focused Community Transformation Culture of Peace and Capacity to Prevent Violence towards Children

21. Oikos – Walking with Families Capacity to Prevent Violence towards Children

22. Oikos – Cascade Groups Capacity to Prevent Violence towards Children

23. Awareness Raising and Advocacy Capacity to Prevent Violence towards Children

24. Project Activities