On August 15th, 2007 a magnitude 8 earthquake hit Pisco, Peru. The largest earthquake there since 1970.

Sol Raiz Organics is reaching out to bring attention this disaster. With the help of our friends in the San Diego and Hawaiian communities, we plan to help raise enough money to reconstruct Miguel Grau Primary School at the epicenter of the quake in Pisco.

Although, according to Peru's Ministry of Education, nearly 1,000 schools have been destroyed, we plan to focus on Miguel Grau in hopes it will speed up reconstruction of everything around it. It has become a focal point to accomplish a task that may take months.

Sol Raiz Organics has a deep relationship with Peru and tremendous respect for their culture. We have no plans or ideas to flood the kids with anything materialistic such as toys, etc. We believe resuming school will be a great way for kids to get through a rough transitional period after such a tramatic event.

Sol Raiz Organics efforts in Peru will be headed and overseen by Luis Castillo, our friend and trusted partner in Peru. Luis is a Maca farmer and accomplished Andean musician. He has gone above and beyond the call of duty to relieve his neighbors in Pisco. Luis has been working around the clock to provide those without food and shelter with maca nectar, blankets and other necessities. He has made a large campaign to alert the media of the efforts of what we are trying to accomplish here.

Our fundraiser on September 14th was a huge success. We will continue our fundraising efforts and will be putting progress updates here on the website.