We are beginning to work with the nonprofit organization Agenda SOS International here in Lima, and with them have begun visiting the slums and shantytowns outside the city limits. The poverty here is astounding – the entire “village”, known as the “Invasion” of Villa el Salvador, is made of tarps and reed mats – with sanitation generally consisting of a pit dug in the sand. Above, in another slum called Pamplona, residents have more permanent but no less dirty homes made of plywood and corrugated aluminum.

Sanitation seems to be one of the major problems confronting these communities. My thought is that some simple, carefully considered designs may be able to significantly improve the lives of the people here. More about that soon.

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