World Food Programme Fighting Hunger Worldwide

Jessica (left) and Marjory Cuetate (holding her neighbor Mabel) stand where Mabel’s house used to be before being washed away by the Chaná River in the community of Las Juntas. In the Carchi province the average temperature during the year is 12 degrees Celcius due to the high altitude.

Marjory shows damages caused by the overflow of the Chaná River in her community.

WFP staff Inés López walk amid the remains of a home affected by the floods in the San Pedro community in the Carchi province. This province is located at an altitude of over 1,200 meters above sea level.

WFP staff Inés López registers data of those affected by the floods in a community sidewalk while street dogs make her company.

Mónica Trujillo points to the spot where her house used to be before the recent floods.

Local Carchi government officials and WFP staff deliver emergency food rations to the families.

Janny Reina, 15 months old, holds an cooking oil bottle received by her mother Nataly Reina as part of the food rations distributed in the Carchi province, in the border with Colombia. The family rations (which last for a month) are composed of wheat, lentils, and vegetable oil.

José Luis Guamán shares his emergency food ration with his grandfather.