The people in them are those who have come to Lima to be sure their children will get a good education. They come from small isolated villages all over Peru but especially the highlands. Until recently there were no schools in many places. So parents would risk everything to come to Lima to send their kids to school.
The shanty towns are classified in Stages.
Stage 1 - house but no electricity, water, roads or anything else
Stage 2 - roads get built, people find jobs, they get electricity
Stage 3 and 4 - they legitimately claim ownership of their land/house. Get legal electricity, water and pay taxes.
This process can take 20 years.
There is no welfare in Peru so these people work together to find success.
We visited a communal kitchen. The women get some government foods and they cook for all the children and some adults. They charge small amount of money for the mid day meal and this helps them buy the water, gas and other foods they need to provide a meal.
We visited Santa Rosa Villa community kitchen which is a stage 1 village. Nothing there but dirt streets that they stamp down and they had illegal electricity that they purchased from the village across the road.
We also visited a Stage 4 village. They were a city. Paved roads, manufacturing of shoes and furniture and prefab houses, legal electiricty, water and sewer as well as paying taxes. This place had become a city with gas stations and other stores within their city limits.
1. Peeling 50 lbs of potatoes for lunch stew.
2. We check out the small craft sales area.
3. furniture manufacturing in Stage 4 village
4. Furniture manufacturing in Stage 4 village
5. Street of stage one village
6. Furniture manufacutring Stage 4 Vil
7. Entry to Santa Rosa, Stage 1 village
8. Woman selling
9. Woman selling
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