Nearly two million people accessed better services in Peru with the support of the United Nations

The Office of the UN Coordinator in Peru, together with the 22 agencies, funds and programs that make up the United Nations system in the South American country, and representatives of this State presented the 2023 results report, which reflects the achievements achieved of the collaboration between the two, titled Building Bridges for Sustainable Development.

The year 2023 was marked by the confluence of multiple global crises and internal factors that put the country’s progress at risk. In this context, the United Nations system implemented 299 actions for more than 129 million in all departments of Peru with the purpose of promoting national development priorities and accelerating the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

“Thanks to the United Nations, we have learned to take care of food and transport it better”says Jenny Ureta, an agroecological breeder, and one of the beneficiaries of these actions who received technical assistance in the implementation of health and safety protocols, food safety, solid waste management, leadership and integrative dynamics aimed at strengthening teamwork in the markets.

“Now our product sells more because everyone wants to eat better, everyone wants something healthy and nutritious,” adds Jenny.

Another beneficiary was Demi Alexandra Castillo, the youngest community health representative from Piura, one of the regions hardest hit by the rains and floods that hit the northern coast of Peru.

“Now I can help mothers take better care of their children and prevent them from getting sick.” (…) All this has a great meaning for me. I learn more, I can help more people and that is a very nice feeling,” says Demi Alexandra, who participated in the workshops that the Ministry of Health and the United Nations carried out in Piura and Lambayeque with financing from the Central Fund for Action in Cases of emergency (CERF).

Among other achievements, the report states that:

• Nearly 1.5 million people accessed better health services
• More than 200,000 students in 420 schools had access to quality and inclusive education
• More than 79,000 vulnerable people received food or monetary transfers for basic products
• More than 30,000 people benefited from improved jobs and livelihoods in crisis or post-crisis environments
• More than 214,000 people benefited from improved access to training and lifelong learning programs
• 218,790 adolescents will be able to recover post-pandemic learning, thanks to support for regional school reinforcement plans in Huancavelica, Loreto and Ucayali
• 139,342 students in 259 schools and 10,123 managers and teachers received accompaniment and socio-emotional support
• 47 State entities strengthened their capacities to prevent and respond to gender-based violence
• They improved the knowledge and skills of more than 4,000 vulnerable people to start and manage a business
• The business and productive capacities of more than 9,500 small producers, 225 companies, more than 2,000 enterprises and seven cooperatives in 10 regions improved.
• The national policy against child labor and the law prohibiting the marriage of minors was approved with the support of the United Nations
• More than 1,880 public servants strengthened their capacities in the response and investigation of cases of human trafficking and forced labor

The resident coordinator of the United Nations system in Peru, Ambassador Igor Garafulic, reported that the central axis of his work was to contribute to protecting and promoting the rights and well-being of people, especially those in vulnerable situations.

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Martina Hernández, her daughter Elena Vásquez and her granddaughter Esmeralda Sánchez are weavers of the San Miguel Arcángel Artisan Association. They are carriers and disseminators of an artisanal line characteristic of Cajamarca.

For example, by supporting the development and implementation of more than 20 public health policy instruments and direct attention to more than a quarter of a million people affected by the rains and floods.

“The United Nations team in Peru has been deployed in the national territory to contribute to the State to save lives, protect rights and provide opportunities in emergency and development contexts. We have joined forces so that people in vulnerable situations do not go hungry, so that thousands of families affected by natural phenomena receive the essential services they need and so that refugee and migrant and host communities have opportunities to progress with their integration. socioeconomic, among other actions,” said Igor Garafulic.