Colored boards form a suspension bridge on top of a hill, from which thousands of houses can be seen that make up Lima’s vast San Juan de Lurigancho neighborhood. Brave tourists go through it to get their viral photo and unknowingly contribute to improving the quality of life of their neighbors.
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“We have seen that through tourism, we can reap the benefits to conserve this ecosystem in the best possible way, without destroying it, without affecting or benefiting the population,” says Jorman Cabello, co-founder of Make Your World Green from Verona. hill.”
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Jorman Cabello grew up in Saint John Luriganchoan area with over 1.2 million people and explained that, together with his best friend, he created this initiative with two goals: firstly, to protect the hill from pollution by waste and, secondly, to create a draft from an environmentally friendly tourist activity, income for the benefit of society.
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To access the bridge located in the sector known as Lomas del Mirador, you need to go up a steep staircase that crosses one of the intrusions Saint John Lurigancho and which lead to a steep ascent, already on the hill itself. When it gets hot, the sky opens up and you can see one of the biggest areas in South America.
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But the adventure is only just beginning, because it’s time to take safety measures to cross the bridge, which has brought more than 2,000 people in its first month of operation and leaves the visitor in the void between the tables.
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“We didn’t have big distribution costs, the networks did everything. TikTok was our main distribution medium, there were influencers, travelers, media, channels, and it helped us grow that and what the public understands and knows. What Saint John Lurigancho It’s not just something negative, dangerous or criminal,” Jorman Cabello said.
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Green Your World was born in 2015 with the idea of improving the 250 hectares of ecosystem that crowns the hills and which Cabello says is one of the only lungs of both the neighborhood and the city.
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With this truly photogenic suspension bridge, they succeeded. “Thanks to the resources that tourism generates, we can meet the basic needs of the population that used to live around a pig farm (an informal pig farm) that had no electricity, water, stairs or sewerage. They didn’t have anything,” Cabello said. .
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Jorman Cabello noted that they can now enjoy new basic services that “have not been provided by the municipality or any other institution. They were given a commitment to conserve the hills and take advantage of tourism, a strategy that has served the community a lot.” .
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The arrival of tourists has made the population aware of the value of the area in which they live, with them women and girls quickly walk up the hill with large garbage bags to collect garbage left by neighbors and tourists.
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