RICE - International Relief Organization

RICE went to Pisco, Peru in January 2009 partnering with Calvary Chapel Downey. We held a medical clinic in Pisco for nine consecutive days. Over 500 people in Pisco, Peru were seen and helped according to their own personal needs. Each day before the clinic began, the people would line up around the building waiting to be seen by a doctor or nurse; it was a very humbling sight. RICE is so grateful to those who helped support this mission and our donors for the pallets of medical supplies we were able to take to Peru.

Peru Highlights (Source: CIA Factbook):

• Peru is located in Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador and is said to be only slightly smaller than Alaska.
• The population of Peru is 29,546,963
• The infant mortality rate in Peru is 28.62 deaths/ 1,000 live births.
• People living with AIDS/HIV in Peru: 76,000
• HIV/AIDS deaths per year: 3,300
• Major infectious diseases in Peru include:
  • Bacterial, Hepatitis A, Typhoid fever
  • Dengue fever, malaria, yellow fever
  • Leptospirosis
• Refugees and IDP's: 60,000-150,000
• Peru is the world's second largest producer of cocaine, estimated at 210 metric tons of potential pure cocaine in 2007.
  

Here is the building that RICE held the medical clinic. The people lined up waiting for medical treatment alongside this building, which was donated by a local after the earthquake.