The project is located in El Mirador II, a human settlement in Pamplona Alta - Lima, Peru. This place is known for being close to the "wall of shame", a 10 km wall that separates this area, one of the poorest in the city, from one of the richest. Pamplona Alta has several problems that affect the quality of life of the people who live here. These include lack of access to water and sewage, limited and unsafe access roads, food insecurity, among others. 

This area was one of the most affected during the pandemic due to the loss of jobs and the lack of nearby access to safe and public recreational areas that would facilitate social distancing. In San Juan de Miraflores, the district where the area is located, only 3.8% of its area is designated for recreation, equivalent to 1.6 m2 per capita (Ojo Público, 2021). It is in this context that the Ocupa Tu Barrio program was born, an initiative that seeks to strengthen citizen ties through community nodes and the development of resilience protocols at the neighborhood level that allow the generation of an effective action plan for the neighborhoods. 

The "Parque El Óvalo" project is one of the Ocupa Tu Barrio actions worked on in Pamplona Alta. It is an urban intervention designed and worked collaboratively with the neighbors of the area through participatory ideation and co-creation workshops. This contributes to the appropriation of the project by the community, facilitating its sustainability over time.

The project not only represents an inclusive and quality public space for the community, but is accompanied by an action plan and a resilience protocol that is implemented in the context of emergency and post-emergency health. This allows the activation of solidarity, aid, supply and care networks, as well as facilitating the economic reactivation of community members to reduce their vulnerability.

Within a year, it is expected to increase the level of satisfaction of the community with their public spaces, which is related to target 7 of SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, as it promotes access to a safe, inclusive and accessible public space. Likewise, it is expected to contribute to strengthen the food security of the community with the gardens located in the intervention, an action related to target 1 of SDG 2: Zero Hunger. This will facilitate the community's access to healthy and sufficient food throughout the year.

Regarding the quantitative impacts of the project, more than 50 people have received training in the care of urban gardens for use in the community kitchen and more than 10 neighbors were hired for the construction of the first two phases (of 3) of the intervention, which generated job opportunities for the community. In addition, the early childhood and gender focus was included in the workshops, involving 60 women from the community kitchen and associations of recyclers, boys and girls in the process of designing interventions. 

This intervention benefited 165 families from Mirador II and 4 neighboring human settlements in Pamplona Alta.

The team is formed by Ocupa Tu Calle and the Mirador II community. Ocupa Tu Calle is a project that promotes citizen urbanism as an urban model for the transformation of public and common spaces into more human, inclusive and resilient spaces, working for and with people. The project's implementation team in Pamplona consists of:

• The neighbors of Mirador II, led by Juan Carlos Ancco: General Secretary of Mirador II and Marcelina Villano: Coordinator of the community kitchen  "Yo me quedo en casa".
• Lucía Nogales (Director of Ocupa Tu Calle): Master of Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Madrid with a diploma in Basic Habitability for Social Inclusion from the National University of Engineering of Peru. She specializes in the development of processes of analysis, production, occupation and evaluation of public space, as well as teaching. 
• Ingrid Salazar Moreno (Urban Process Supervisor): Master's degree and specialization in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Buenos Aires. She has experience in the execution of public and private construction projects. 
• Elizabeth Sánchez Saba (Urban Design Assistant): Architect by the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. She is co-founder of UAMPU, a brand that seeks to find ecological solutions to the problem of water scarcity. 

Other organizations that have been part of this project are: Reciclaje.pe, an NGO that promotes the implementation of urban gardens, and the Frieda and Manuel Delgado Parker Association, who have promoted actions in the AAHH El Mirador and have supported the search for funds.

Diagnostic of El Mirador II - Pamplona Alta