All stories related to Peru
Women farmers take on climate change
Sep 18, 2012
A new study, “Women Farmers Adopting to Climate Change,” highlights how the phenomenon affects men and women differently – and can exacerbate already existing gender inequalities.
Melting Peruvian glaciers threaten water supplies
Mar 06, 2010
Less and less glacial water spells trouble for Peruvian farmers.
ACT in Peru
Organisations with HQ in Peru
International organisations in Peru
- Brot für die Welt (BfdW) (Bread for the World)
- Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR)
- Christian Aid (CA)
- ECLOF International
- Lutheran World Relief (LWR)
Organisations funding work in Peru
- Brot für Alle/Pain pour le Prochain (Bread for All) (BfA)
- Church of Sweden (CoS)
- Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
- Finn Church Aid (FCA)
- Inter-Church Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO)
- Kerk In Actie (KIA)
- Norwegian Church Aid (NCA)
- Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA)
- Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, The (PWRDF)
- United Church of Canada (UCC)
About Peru
- Population: 29.2 million (UN, 2009)
- Capital: Lima
- Area: 1.28 million sq km (496,225 sq miles)
- Major languages: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara
- Major religion: Christianity
- Life expectancy: 71 years (men), 76 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 nuevo sol = 100 centimos
- Main exports: Fish and fish products, copper, zinc, gold, crude petroleum and by-products, lead, coffee, sugar, cotton
- GNI per capita: US $3,990 (World Bank, 2008)