Eight years after the 2007 earthquake that killed hundreds of people on the southern coast of Peru, many impacted communities in the area still struggle to recover. GW faculty Dr. Jane Henrici and Dr. Anna Helm are working to launch a project to help poorer coastal Peruvian women develop sustainable culinary tourism enterprises selling food items prepared on clean and efficient cooking stoves. (Traditional wood-burning ovens are highly harmful to both the people who use them and the natural environment.) Through their project, they intend to build up a new business model for long-term local sustainability and expand the use of clean cookstoves in women-owned enterprises.
In January, Dr. Henrici and Dr. Helm conducted research on the ground in Peru as the first stage of their project, with funding provided by the International Institute of Tourism Studies. Check out the slideshow of photos from their trip and stay tuned for future developments!
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