One of the communities that I am supporting Soluciones Practicas (Practical Action’s Peruvian country office) with is located within the municipality of Chosica, a somewhat remote periurban outpost of the Lima metro area. Depending on traffic, you reach this upstream part of the Rio Rimac in 1-2 hours driving from the city center. A rather unlikely spot for land price speculation, given that there’s just barren rock, subject to flash floods and debris flows, and the flood prone Rimac river in the main valley.
The Rimac River, Chosica, Lima, Peru
Drainage gate at the Rio Rimac, Chosica, Lima, Peru
Brigadista and trainer in front of a flood sign, Chosica, Lima, Peru
Sunset near what is supposed to become the ‘Green Boulevard’, Ate, Lima, Peru