World Blood Donor Day: know the requirements to be a donor
Every June 14, we celebrate World Blood Donor Day. This is a key date, created with the purpose of recognizing and honoring those who, with their generous and selfless act, save lives through blood donation. Why is it important to establish a culture of blood donation in Peru? It is of great importance to establish […]
What is the El Niño phenomenon and how does it affect Peruvians?
Every 2 to 7 years, the El Niño phenomenon occurs in the equatorial Pacific region, which reaches its maximum intensity between the months of December and January, though its influence may last longer (website of CNN in Espanish, 2023). Organizations such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the International Center for Research […]
The Wiese Foundation’s Humanitarian Aid Program: an account of its contribution during the pandemic
Compassionate aid that took on challenges and embraced lessons during the last two years. The Wiese Foundation has been committed to the country for over 60 years, and has been working, through its five programs, to promote the common good, particularly of the most vulnerable Peruvians. One of its most active initiatives during the past […]
Wiese Foundation assures its commitment to culture, education, and health in Peru in 2021
Achievements, successes, and valuable lessons, 2021 was a year during which various Wiese Foundation projects were solidified The organization, which has been boosting the development of the country since its creation in 1960, and which has among its goals the achievement of individual and collective welfare through support to education, health, culture, and scientific investigation, […]
“We are working together for your wellbeing”, a campaign by the Wiese Foundation that will provide humanitarian aid to more than 5,000 people in La Libertad. Nov 24
Beneficiaries will receive baskets of non-perishable food items and medical attention, through two simultaneous campaigns, whose budget is over six hundred thousand soles. More than 1,000 vulnerable homes from the eight districts of the province of Ascope, in the region of La Libertad, will be beneficiaries of the campaign, “We are working together for your […]
Wiese Foundation makes an important donation for the implementation of an oxygen plant
The city of Cañete, located in Lima, already has its own medicinal oxygen plant, which has brought happiness to the population, both in this area and in Yauyos, since now they have closer to them, and at a social price, the medicinal oxygen that is necessary for treating the patients affected by COVID-19. The first […]
Cash Transfers for Peruvian Vulnerable Populations
• More than 3,500 families in 10 regions were directly benefited from the campaign “We are Together, against COVID19”. Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, the Wiese Foundation, ADRA Peru and Panamericana TV, allied to help the most vulnerable families in the country, while respecting the strict measures of social isolation established by the Government. With […]
“We are together”. The results of the 2020 Humanitarian Aid Campaign of the Wiese Foundation
More than 1.5 million soles provided to the support of health professionals, patients, vulnerable families, and law enforcement agencies. The decision of the Wiese Foundation to contribute to the health emergency was taken immediately after the state of emergency was decreed throughout national territory. The first donations took place in March 2020, a sum of […]
Improved lives thanks to Wiese Foundation
Lares is a terrain from Cusco where the sky is bluer and the clouds look like cotton. There, the river draws waving roads in a land where the rains allow the birth of the potato, the main food of its inhabitants. These are men, women and children descendants of the glorious empire of the Incas […]
Your solidarity keeps warm: This is how the campaign against the cold wave in the Highlands ended
The inhabitants of eight communities in Huancavelica felt the warmth of the solidarity of the “Your solidarity keeps warm” campaign, organized by the Wiese Foundation and the ADRA Peru NGO. They were the last beneficiaries of an initiative whose mission was to protect children and the elderly from the cold wave that affects the high […]