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Province of Southern Cone
Peru
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n 15 August 2007 a massive earthquake hit the
coast of Peru. Measuring 7.9 on the Richter Scale,
the earthquake destroyed buildings, affected power supplies and lines
of communication and caused widespread devastation. At least 540
people were killed and over 30,000 homes destroyed in Ica province.
Relief Fund grant
projects and encouraging the women to
Judith Godfrey, President of the Asociacion create hydroponic gardens, pictured, a
de Mejeres (AMA), reported that 98% of method of growing plants without soil.
houses in the villages around Ica and Pisco Members also work as volunteers in
were destroyed. A Relief Fund grant was children’s homes and supporting
immediately sent to help the efforts being handicapped children and their mothers.
organised by the Church and AMA. The
diocese’s aid work included providing meals AMA regularly holds retreats bringing
at feeding stations and distributing water women from different parishes together,
and food supplies, kerosene stoves, blankets providing time and space to be with God. In
and medicine to families rendered homeless. June 2007 the retreat’s theme was ‘Daughter
of God, Responsible Woman’. The ladies spent
Practical workshops time considering how the blessings of being
AMA’s goals are similar to Mothers’ Union’s. members of families bring responsibilities,
The association holds practical workshops for and how we act affects all our family and
women on subjects such as sewing skills and wider relationships.
‘magic ovens’ – a way of cooking without fuel
which enables mothers to cook more Long distance fellowship
cheaply and with less fire. This reduces fire One of the difficulties members face in
hazards in the shanty towns where the meeting together as a diocese is the distance
wooden homes are close between parishes. Arequipa is 14 hours
together. AMA is also south of Lima. Altiplano is a further five hours
involved in setting up from Arequipa. So events held to encourage
and running income- members in Lima are repeated in Arequipa to
generating initiatives enable those from the south of Peru to
such as animal attend and build their fellowship.
Fact File
Population: 29,200,000
The Asociacion de Mejeres Anglicanas (Association of Anglican Women, or
AMA) in Peru has been affiliated to the worldwide Mothers’ Union since 2003.
Membership is open to all Anglican women and is growing.
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