The first New Roots program started in 2009 at the San Diego office of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) when a group of Somali Bantu refugees were resettled in a nearby suburb.
I had so mentally prepared myself to come away jaded, to witness the messy side of development work, that when the big idea I encountered this summer hit me, it felt like a revelation.
The adoption of the women’s houses in Belenpampa into surrounding rural clinics of Cusco would likely alleviate maternal and infant mortality, and result in an increase in positive women’s health outcomes in Peru.
This young and vibrant force, united in cause, is the start of a cycle of social empowerment of slum communities.
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