The Salvation Army, however, reported seeing evidence of much better coordination and networking after meetings with the authorities and other international organisations on Sunday.
"We are now serving 3,000 people per day. 4,000 blankets have been distributed, 600 mattresses, 2,000 tons of water, 400 plastic buckets, and 29,867 rations of food have been served," Posada reported. "The government has asked us if we can increase our response activities still further, so we are opening three more distribution centers, which will serve up to 6,000 victims."
In addition, World Vision, one of the largest Christian relief and development organizations in the world, said it provided aid to approximately 2,900 families in Pisco, Chincha and Ica as of Tuesday and had distributed 27,000 thousand liters of water for 1,500 families during the weekend in four urban settlements in the outskirts of Ica.
"The people of 'La Expansion' said that it was the first time they were getting water since the earthquake," commented Mauro Solorzano, a World Vision aid worker deployed from Ayacucho, according to a report. "Our support was a great relief for them. Each family got approximately 15 liters of water."
Local Christian groups are also making efforts to provide relief for quake victims.
The tiny Anglican Diocese of Peru has been feeding up to 6,000 people a day since the massive earthquake hit the region last week.
Working alongside government and aid agencies, the diocese has set up soup kitchens and community help centers, as well as distributing vital supplies, such as medicine and blankets, according to the Anglican Communion News Service.
"The diocese is deeply involved in earthquake relief and rescue work," said the Rt. Rev. Bill Godfrey, the Anglican bishop of Peru, in the report. "At present we have a small team in the area of the epicenter. They are primarily involved in feeding people and providing water and medicine. On Saturday, Aug. 18, they fed over 6,000 people in an area just outside Pisco. They were the first help to arrive."
Godfrey also reported of the difficulties getting to the area due to the poor roads and civil disorder. So far, however, they have had the help of army convoys to reach the stricken areas.
"We have volunteers working in the hospitals, visiting and caring for those who have been injured," the bishop further noted in his report. "We are caring for their families too with food, clothing, medicines, friendship and lodging.
"We are working in conjunction with other churches and aid agencies, adding whatever we can to what God gives us," he concluded.
According to reports, last Wednesday's quake was one of the worst disasters in Peru in the last century. In 1970, an earthquake killed 50,000 people in avalanches that buried the town of Yungay.
