Return of displaced families to Uchuraccay
On October 10, 1993, twenty-four families returned to Uchuraccay with support from CONEP, after years of displacement caused by political violence. The returnees established a new settlement on the hillside of the original village, with military protection until 1997.
On October 10, 1993, with the decrease of subversive action in the area, a group of twenty-four families supported by the Peruvian National Evangelical Council (CONEP) returned to Uchuraccay after years of forced displacement. Due to military reasons and to get away from the 'bad memories', the returnees decided to locate the new Uchuraccay on the hillside above the old town center, in a colder but safer place, adequately protected from possible attacks. A military base installed in the village provided the necessary security for the return of other displaced families, who stayed until March 1997. The community was shown as an example of the repopulation policy and in 1995 the president himself inaugurated the New Uchuraccay, composed of fifty small houses built by the Repopulation Support Program (Programa de Apoyo al Repoblamiento, PAR).