Peru
This upper-middle-income country lies in the Pacific Ring of Fire—a highly seismic region where about 80 percent of earthquakes in the world occur. Seismic risk is by far Peru’s greatest disaster risk. Currently, over 64 percent of schools are highly vulnerable to earthquakes, with more than 600,000 children at risk in Lima alone. After major earthquakes in the 1990s and early 2000s (Nazca 1996, Arequipa 2001, and Pisco 2007) damaged school infrastructure, ensuring the safety of the school community became a priority for the government.
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