In Peru’s remote Amazon, a partnership between Amazon Promise, Global First Responder, and Engineers Without Borders brought a community center and potable rainwater system to Bello Horizonte—plus medical care, patient advocacy, and life-saving follow-up for villages along the Marañon.
As we step into a new year of promise and purpose, we are inspired to continue delivering vital medical relief services, health education, and clean water and sanitation systems that will improve life for the people of the Peruvian Amazon.
Amazon Promise delivered comprehensive healthcare and infrastructure support to Peru’s remote Amazon communities, serving over 950 people through medical outreach while completing clean water systems in Betsaida and Puerto Prado.
Patty Webster and her volunteer colleagues share their recent work, providing medical and dental care to people in the remote communities of the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve in Peru, their first trip back since 2019.
With the construction of a potable water system for the remote community of Yucuruchi, 32 families now have access to clean water for the first time, thanks to Amazon Promise and Engineers Without Borders Kansas City.