An Indigenous Task Force to Fight Against COVID-19 in the Peruvian Amazon’s Cusco

In Cusco, border closure intensified the isolation that Indigenous communities were already experiencing pre-COVID-19. And it also undermined the strength of the Indigenous Task Force, an organization of regional and local Amazonian Indigenous governments, communities, and entities advocating for a more effective intercultural approach to the COVID-19 response. The Indigenous Task Force did not have access to a formal space to meet virtually. On the one hand, the internet service in Indigenous communities is unstable. Moreover, the members of the task force are leaders of Amazonian ethnic groups for whom in-person presence is necessary to generate agreements, and virtuality breaks down social dynamics. <a href="https://medium.com/usaid-2030/an-indigenous-task-force-to-fight-against-covid-19-in-the-peruvian-amazons-cusco-e6dc0fa8cb06">Click Here</a>