Title
Civil Initiatives to face the Pandemic using Social Networks, caused by Covid-19
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
conference paper
Publisher(s)
Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions
Abstract
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognized the crisis caused by the Covid-19 virus as a pandemic. This generated sanitary control measures such as the use of quarantine for the population, prohibition of commercial and industrial activities where there is an agglomeration of many people, among others to avoid the spread of the virus through contagion. It is in this context that various citizen initiatives distributed in Peru appear, some of them aimed at mitigating the conditions of economic and health vulnerability in which the population was. The information collection time was established between October 2 and October 9, 2020, the results found that the Peruvian Northern Region has created more initiatives than other ones and the Eastern Macro Region fewer ones. Most initiatives are related to the health sector and food distribution. A good organization and coordination between residents and entities can achieve the formation of support groups to face crises in communities, 50% of food initiatives were carry by nongovernmental organizations as Bank of Food and Aid Action, supporting popular pots and soup kitchen to the poorest population of Peru. Most initiatives are related to the health sector and food distribution. 50% of food initiatives were carried by nongovernmental organizations like the Bank of Food and Aid Action, supporting popular pots and soup kitchens to the poorest population of Peru. The Northern, Central, and Southern Macro Regions were the ones with the highest percentage of economic initiatives to support e-commerce utilizations by small businesses, local stores, and services.
Volume
2021-July
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Nutrición, Dietética Sociología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85121995105
ISBN
9789585207189
Source
Proceedings of the LACCEI international Multi-conference for Engineering, Education and Technology
Resource of which it is part
Proceedings of the LACCEI international Multi-conference for Engineering, Education and Technology
ISSN of the container
24146390
ISBN of the container
978-958520718-9
Conference
19th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology: "Prospective and Trends in Technology and Skills for Sustainable Social Development" and "Leveraging Emerging Technologies to Construct the Future", LACCEI 2021
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