I addition to families, local elders are also being fed. Children were still in virtual classes throughout 2021 and therefore could not always come to the restaurant to pick up their own meals. About 20% of those coming are parents picking up food for their children. Meals are being served as to-go meals, which the children or their parents pick up daily, Monday through Friday. The Children’s Restaurant fed 100-130 meals per day in 2021. Please see our most recent blog or our youtube channel for a video of the Chocolatada event this year. Deliveries occurred in 45 native villages, up dirt roads and through harsh climates to deliver an act of love.
The distribution team included a clown, Papa Noel, music, various shows and decorative festivities to families in the Sacred Valley and the native communities in the Andes in the Region of Cusco - Peru. Our annual Chocolatada was again a success! In 2021, POTH brought hot chocolate, panettone and Christmas gifts for more than 5,000 children and their families. In June of 2021, we provided warm clothes to 45 children in the communities of Suttoc and Pacchac. This project was made possible by a grant from the Cunningham Family. These kits were distributed to families in the communities of Qesqa, Ancascocha, and Cuncani. The Solar Lights project has provided 15 dLight D30 Kits, each consisting of 3 lights, 1 flashlight, a solar radio, one battery and a 2 year warranty. We are currently sending $50 per month for soap replacements. The COVID sanitation stations are being used both in the marketplace in Ccorao and at the restaurant. Thus far, this has been a sustainable project. From last season’s crop, each family received their share of potatoes, some of which were sold (with profits going to buy new seed), and the extra potatoes were given away.
Yellow potato seeds were sown at the end 2021 and will be harvested in the new year. The families each participate in 4 sessions of planting, hilling, more hilling and harvesting. The Farming Project is still running! Currently there are 20 families participating from the town of Rumira. Our Peru team has done an incredible job getting these packages out to people! Our COVID Food Packages supported 40-50,000 people during 2021. Together we made it happen, without you, it wouldn't have. We were able to allocate and send the necessary funds immediately so that we could assemble and distribute food packages to more than one hundred families. This was a one-time emergency response that only a nimble organization like POTH could accomplish. Our board was made aware of this situation before it had even hit the US News. Machu Picchu Flood Relief: In January of this year, a massive flash flood swept through the town of Aguas Calientes. This was especially timely because of the lack of employment resulting from the effects of COVID. A key element of this project was the sharing of the food grown among the families with any other needy people in the area. All participants in this project helped with planting, maintaining and harvesting the potatoes the project produced. Read more about this project on our recent blog post!Ĭooperative Farming Project: Three hundred individuals continue to benefit from our first cooperative farming project. We hope to see such projects replicated in other communities as well. _ 2022 Projects So FarĬlean Drinking Water: Ten families who used to walk an hour each way daily to get dirty water from the rivers now have access to clean drinking water in their homes! This was Phase 1 of a POTH concept project for an effective, low-tech solution to the persistent lack of potable water in high mountain communities. Please visit the Current Happenings page to see updates on all the great projects currently underway. If there is a certain project related to our mission that you would like to be involved in, we would be happy to work with you and/or your organization to discuss creating a plan for that project. Path of the Heart is extremely grateful to all our donors.
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