Poverty levels are still above pre-pandemic levels in Peru

Poverty levels are still above pre-pandemic levels in Peru

I find people resilient by nature but somewhat worn down by the length of the pandemic and the grieving for those they have lost, writes Columban missionary Fr Ed O’Connell in Peru.   The total number of Covid cases in Peru is more than three and a half million and...
Update from Fr Ed on Peru’s desperate Covid situation

Update from Fr Ed on Peru’s desperate Covid situation

The total number of cases of Covid-19 on 31st May was 1,961,087 (49.9% in Lima Department and Province of Callao); authorities recently updated the figures by 184,507 deaths, writes Fr Ed O’Connell. The number of cases in Lima are now equal to outside Lima and...
San Benito: Community Kitchens in Times of Covid-19

San Benito: Community Kitchens in Times of Covid-19

Columban missionary Fr Ed O’Connell writes from Peru about the desperate plight of the people of San Benito, a township on the outskirts of the capital Lima, who have been severely affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. Mass unemployment connected to the Covid-19...
Warmi Huasi: Establishing a Safety Net

Warmi Huasi: Establishing a Safety Net

When the women of San Benito voiced their concern over their children’s future saying, “The children, the young children, we have to do something about the children, they are at risk”, Columban Fr Ed O’Connell and the Warmi Huasi team decided to do something....