In the Amazon, these phenomena affect the production and access to sufficient and nutritious food, putting thousands of girls and boys at risk.
👉 How does this impact your development?
When heavy rains increase river flow, floods inundate crops and block roads to markets.
Food loss and trade difficulties reduce availability in communities and put children's nutrition at risk.
📊 Fact: In districts such as Requena and Contamana, in Loreto, more than 681 million families depend on self-consumption for food.
Children suffer the consequences:
- Less variety and quantity of nutritious foods at home.
- In the early days of the emergency, families reduced their daily meals to one or two.
- Increases the risk of malnutrition and anemia.
Food not available:
- Cultivated areas and agricultural production are lost.
- Turbidity and pollution of rivers affect fishing.
- The supply of fresh food in communities is reduced.
- Prices of basic products are rising.
📍 A real case: Loreto 2025
In May 2025, floods in the districts of Contamana and Requena affected more than 17,000 people.
Many families were unable to access sufficient, nutritious food for weeks, particularly affecting children.
In this scenario, it is necessary to:
✔️ Support for local production and activities to produce food and income.
✔️ Distribution of foods suitable for the Amazonian diet.
✔️ Restoration of roads and markets to ensure access to food.
✔️ Education on hygiene practices for preparing food safely.
💬 Save the Children's response:
- Delivery of 350 food kits with an intercultural approach.
- Distribution of 350 water kits to consume, cook and store water safely.
- Community sessions on healthy practices for girls, boys and families.
⚠️ Flooding may continue to occur.
Therefore, in emergency situations, together with DAS Peru We bring food, safe water, and support to the affected families.
Today, in the #WorldAgricultureDayWe remember that protecting local agriculture also means protecting the lives of children. 🌾