Europabeauftragte Treptow-Köpenick

Cajamarca (Peru)

twin town since 1998


I. facts and figures

location: The province Cajamarca is located in the Peruvian North Andes, approximately 856 km in the north of Lima.

surface: 33,317 km²

inhabitants: 1,411,000

capital: Cajamarca

inhabitants of the capital: 144,000


II. historical background

1992: The summit of Rio suggested the communities to participate in the "Agenda 21" and respectively to transact them. During the meetings the contact between the former mayors of Berlin-Koepenick and Cajamarca was established.

1994: The members of the borough assembly of Koepenick have decided to plan and to implement the "Local Agenda 21" including a collaboration with a town in a developing country.

1998: official signing ceremony of the partnership declaration between Berlin-Koepenick and Cajamarca
Cajamarca has been chosen because the city was among other things experienced in the implementation of the decisions of Rio.

III. selected activities

contact between youth theatre groups
language courses in Spanish and German
collection of donations in Koepenick
collecting and transport of medicine equipment for hospitals in Cajamarca
trainees exchange
projects and activities related to the topics drinking water supply and wastewater management as well as ecological
cultivation

2003: visit of Kindergarten teachers from Cajamarca

2004: participation at the "Mining Campaign"

2004: work visit of the managers of the kindergartens "Waldspielhaus" and "Pfeffermaeuse" in Cajamarca.

2005: exposition with photos about Cajamarca at different places in Treptow - Koepenick

2005: renovation of the partnership declaration in line with the visit of the mayor of Treptow-Koepenick in Cajamarca

2006: start of a school co-operation between "Anne-Frank-Schule" and a school in Cajamarca and as well exchange of experiences in the field of social-medical aspects

2006: expert visit of pedagogues from kindergartens in Treptow-Koepenick

2007: project "Humanitarian aid for rural population - empower for self help; a doctor and a dentist from Treptow-Koepenick have been in Cajamarca for six weeks for giving medical attendance to the poor people

2007: visit of eight students of the "Anne-Frank-Oberschule" in Cajamarca.

2007 to 2009: nine month missions of two volunteers from Treptow-Koepenick in the institution for handicaped people "Santa Dorotea" in Cajamarca

2008: 10th anniversary of the twinning: visit of the Mayor of Treptow-Koepenick in Cajamarca

2008: project humanitarian aid for working and street kids and for elderly, unprivileged people ("Feeding-programme") and for rural people

2008: internship of a student from Treptow-Koepenick in a partner kindergarten in Cajamarca

2009: visit from a delegation from Cajamarca on the occasion of the "week of sister cities"

2009: internship of a political science student in the administration of Cajamarca

2009: project humanitarian aid for rural people for elderly, unprivileged people and working kids - health education

2010: naming the place infront of the station Schöneweide in "Cajamarcaplatz"



2010: visit of eight students of the Colegio San Vicente de Paúl in Berlin and participating in the
"United Games" festival



2010: ten month mission of one volunteer from Treptow-Koepenick in the institution for handicaped
people "Santa Dorotea" in Cajamarc

2010: project humanitarian aid for rural people, for elderly and unprivileged people - health care



2011: 11 students of the Evangelisches Gymnasium Köpenick have done a three-week internship in Cajamarca.
The students worked in institutions for mentally and physically handicaped people


IV. Link to the homepage of the sister city

www.staepa-cajamarca.de
www.reisefuehrer-cajamarca.de
www.municaj.gob.pe