FILOMENAS taught folks about environmental and public health issues and encouraged them to protest for better mining regulations. Neither followed through.Īt the local level, Joining Hands stepped in to raise awareness in La Oroya with the member organizations, FILOMENAS and CAMBIALO. That sale involved contractual obligations for Doe Run clean up the factory and the Peruvian state to clean up the local soil. In 1997, the Peruvian Government sold the smelter to Doe Run Peru, a subsidiary of the U.S.-based Renco Group, owned by the meanest of the famous Iras, Ira Rennert. Throughout the time period, poor regulation led to high levels of contamination. In the 1920s, a mine and lead smelter opened in La Oroya and continued operating under up until a decade ago. We start with La Oroya, which I have mentioned in writings before. I’ve been fortunate enough to hear Jed Koball, mission co-worker in Peru and one of my many bosses, outline Joining Hands’ model as it applies to Peru, specifically around mining. In doing so, it answers the question: What can I even do from my home besides give money? Joining Hands offices work with partner organizations around the world to identify the root structural issues at the international level, which drive issues at the national level and create the problems manifested at the local level around the world. Joining Hands unites local, national and international efforts to resolve the same issue. Sure these projects helped pull folks out of poverty and empower them, but it did little to address the structural issues like climate change, corruption or corporate privilege that foster poverty. The Presbyterian Hunger Program founded the Joining Hands Network after realizing that localized development projects fell short of ending poverty. If this is your first time, you might be looking for the inevitable explain that follows this cliché introduction. If you’re an occasional reader, you might know I work there. If you’re a regular reader, you might be aware that it’s a development-oriented NGO. I realize I may not have really ever explained what Joining Hands is or does.
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