Covid-19 Emergency Food Appeal

TReeS Covid appeal - Indigenous Families receive food ‘baskets’

Thanks to the generosity of TReeS members and supporters, TReeS was able to fully fund the FENAMAD request to supply emergency food and essential supplies ‘baskets’ (in reality sacks) to 80 indigenous families in Puerto Maldonado.

The ‘baskets’ contained rice (5kgs), sugar (3kgs), cooking oil (2 litres), noodles (2kgs), pasta (3kgs), porridge oats (6kgs), evaporated milk (5 tins), tinned fish (6 tins), salt (2 packets), drinking chocolate (2 packets), soap (2 bars), detergent (2kgs), bleach (2 bottles), alcohol (1 bottle), masks (1 pack) plus various other food and cleaning products.

These supplies greatly helped these families during the difficult Xmas / New year period during the lockdown.

TReeS Covid appeal - Indigenous students in Casa Miraflores receive emergency food supplies

Thanks to the generosity of TReeS members and supporters, TReeS was able to fully fund the FENAMAD request to supply emergency food and essential supplies for the 16 higher education students living in Casa Miraflores, in Puerto Maldonado to supplement their usual diet of rice and tinned fish.

The supplies included rice lentils (15kgs), porridge oats (12kgs), evaporated milk (12 tins), salt (25 packets), barley (2 kgs), rice (2 sacks), jelly (20 packets), drinking chocolate (12 packets), soy sauce (5 litres), vinegar (2 litres), plus a range of fresh fruit & vegetables, including potatoes (35kgs), onions (10kgs), limones (5kgs), tomates (10kgs), cucumbers (10kgs), carrots (5kgs), beetroot (3kgs), garlic (3kgs) and meat (40kgs) as well as soap (10 bars), detergent (1 sack), bleach (2 bottles), alcohol (4 litres), masks (50) plus various other cleaning products.