Peruvians in Boston aiding quake victims
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Peruvian-Americans in the Boston area are pulling together to assist the victims of a mudslide caused by an earthquake in a Peruvian village. The mudslide on April 5 in the town of Yanahuanca in the Andean province of Pasco killed four people and injured many more. Students are studying in tents because their school was destroyed, along with a medical center.
Organizer Dr. Olga Lattarulo says the Peruvian American Community, or COPEA, is trying to raise $10,000 to rebuild the school and clinic. The organization is holding a potluck fundraiser in Stoneham from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, July 11, and is also seeking donations and supplies. See the COPEA website for details and contact information.
The organization is sending a "Journey of Hope" to the village for a week in August, with doctors and other medical personnel donating their services and paying their own way to Peru. Dr. Lattarulo says the damage from the quake and mudslide was severe: 88 homes were destroyed in Yanahuanca and another 160 were badly damaged in the historic community, located in the Chaupihuaranga Valley.
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Jim Smith came home to his native Boston in 2002 to become the Boston Globe's foreign editor after spending 22 years abroad. He was previously based in Buenos Aires and Mexico City for the LA Times, and in Johannesburg, Tokyo and The Hague for the AP. In 2007 he became the Globe's national political editor, coordinating presidential campaign coverage. He is a Yale graduate, and has an MBA. He is married to Maxine Hart and has two sons, Matthew and Daniel.
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