Our objective
Rehabilitate an ancestral dam
to efficiently store water from
the Cachu Cachu lagoon
during rainy seasons.
We rehabilitate amunas, qochas and bofedales that recharge water to the subsoil, strengthening communities and water reserves.
We train leaders and young people committed to water, promoting programs that educate, inspire and promote sustainability.
We strengthen food security with technified irrigation and sustainable practices that care for the environment and ecosystems.
We develop projects that provide safe, quality water, improving health and reducing water gaps.
Political, social, economic and administrative processes and structures used to develop, regulate and manage water resources.
We encourage companies to manage water sustainably, strengthening their competitiveness and generating shared value in the territories where they operate.
Together with The Nature Conservancy, the German development cooperation implemented by GIZ and the San Pedro de Casta Community, we were able to store and infiltrate rainwater to increase the water availability of the population in dry seasons, through the rehabilitation of an ancestral dam with an efficient damming quantity of 27 thousand m³ in the Cachu Cachu lagoon, located in Marcahuasi.
Year: March - May 2019
Location: San Pedro de Casta. Sector: Marcahuasi, Huarochirí, Lima.
Rehabilitate an ancestral dam
to efficiently store water from
the Cachu Cachu lagoon
during rainy seasons.
Rehabilitation of a 28 m long dam to store 27.17 m³.
Construction of works of art: a spillway and an overflow channel.
Development of two workshops: one on operation and maintenance, and the other on monitoring of the ancestral infrastructure.
Sustainability agreement: an operation and maintenance agreement and a conservation agreement.