One mother moved to an orphanage with her three children to get access to food.
by the COVID-19 resource center at Johns Hopkins University, Peru has the worst death rate per capita than any other nation in the world, with more than 600 deaths from the virus for every 100,000 residents. Meanwhile, in the United States there are 242 COVID deaths per 100,000 people, the study shows.The surge in poverty has made food distribution centers like Olla Comun, which means the"community pot," essential for some families to survive.
In 2020, 30.1% of Peru's population was affected by poverty – an increase of 9.9% since 2019, according to localVictor Zamora, a former Peruvian health minister, told ABC News that there's"hope" because the vaccination campaign has helped the situation, but people have yet to recover economically. "Sometimes we only think about kids but older adults need to be fed also to have a better quality of life," a staff member at Olla Comun told ABC News.Leybi Barrios Briceno is pictured with her son. She told ABC News that she had to move with her three children to an orphanage so that they can have access to food and a safe place to sleep.
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