TY - GEN
T1 - Civil Initiatives to face the Pandemic using Social Networks, caused by Covid-19
AU - Vargas-Florez, Jorge
AU - Tello, Melannie
AU - Palomino, Konsy
AU - Vitteri, Alessandro
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Civil initiatives
KW - Covid-19
KW - Crisis
KW - Pandemic
KW - Social networks
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U2 - 10.18687/LACCEI2021.1.1.304
DO - 10.18687/LACCEI2021.1.1.304
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85121995105
T3 - Proceedings of the LACCEI international Multi-conference for Engineering, Education and Technology
BT - 19th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology
A2 - Larrondo Petrie, Maria M.
A2 - Zapata Rivera, Luis Felipe
A2 - Aranzazu-Suescun, Catalina
PB - Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions
T2 - 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
Y2 - 19 July 2021 through 23 July 2021
ER -