Relief is in the cards: Women raise funds for Peru quake
Jason Swensen – Deseret News – Tuesday, 11 January, 2011 (originally published 8 Jan)
Pisco Peru Stake Relief Society sisters Ana Zavala, Ina Solano and Fabiola Cabrera craft handmade greeting cards. Many cards are made with seaweed and other marine materials. Image: Jason Swensen
Residents of this fishing city situated along Peru’s southern coast know more about quakes than they ever wanted. On Aug. 15, 2007, an 8.0-magnitude temblor all but destroyed Pisco. Hundreds were killed and thousands were left homeless. Ninety percent of the buildings in town were leveled or severely damaged.
Such charitable gifts of food, clothing, water and medicine helped sustain Pisco in the weeks and months following the disaster. But residents here are a proud lot. They were eager to be self-reliant.
With support from a group of humanitarian-minded Utahns, an enterprising group of LDS women in Pisco are combining their personal skills with the region’s abundant marine resources to earn a few, much-needed dollars.
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