Fernando Stahl
In 2025 the Perú Fund is contributing to the funding of a water project in the village of Fernando Stahl located on the Ucayali River in the Peruvian Amazon. The community consists of 30 families – or 135 people – that are all members of the Shipibo-Conibo indigenous tribe. They make their living from fishing, small-scale farming and foraging from the wild.
Currently, water for drinking, washing and watering of crops must be carried by hand from nearby sources that are contaminated.
As required by Alas de Esperanza the people of Fernando Stahl have formed a water committee to manage the collaborative work of digging the pipeline trenches. That arduous task will be a key community contribution to the project.
Vista Hermosa
The second water project we are funding in 2025 is in the village of Vista Hermosa located high in the Andes in Northern Peru. The 50 families that live there make their living from agriculture and small-scale livestock farming. Currently, the only water available to the community comes from an irrigation canal and from standing surface water, neither of which is safe for human consumption.
The project will draw water from a nearby spring above the village. From there the water will be pumped up to a raised storage tank. The people of Vista Hermosa will partner with Alas de Esperanza on the project by digging the trenches for the water distribution network that will then channel the water to a utility sink outside each of the 50 homes and at the community school.
