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2 women plant vegetables in irrigated rows

Where are they now?: María Suclupe

  • August 16, 2023

Two years ago, we asked Heart-Links supporters to help María Suclupe reach her dream of raising chickens to help feed her family and increase their earnings. Continue Reading

Leadership in Action

  • July 5, 2023

"We didn't have anywhere to evacuate to or any means of removing the water." Continue Reading

A group of people stand beside a pump and a ditch full of muddy water

AGM Highlights: Our Projects in Peru

  • June 14, 2023

Heart-Links volunteers, donors, and guests connected in person and via Zoom last May 28 for our first-ever hybrid annual general meeting. Continue Reading

Mototaxi drives through flood waters and garbage in José Leonardo Ortiz

Heart-Links’ partners step up to help neighbours

  • March 23, 2023

In José Leonardo Ortiz, in northern Peru, flooding cause by Cyclone Yaku has flooded hundreds of homes, including the houses of two leaders from our partner organization Centro Santa Angela. Continue Reading

Adobe house in the Zaña Valley with collapsed wall

Cyclone causes flooding in northern Peru

  • March 14, 2023

Cyclone Yaku has caused flooding and destruction in the northern provinces of Peru, including many of the places Heart-Links’ partners work. Continue Reading

San Isidro has come a long way in 3 years

  • February 27, 2023

When we first visited the community of San Isidro in 2019, they did not have a working well or chickens or animals of any kind. Continue Reading

Women stand in front of a screen which reads "Human Dignity"

Promoting good health & well-being: Latidos

  • February 11, 2023

We end our International Development Week celebration with a shout out to our partner Latidos. Continue Reading

Empowering Women and Children: ACIES

  • February 10, 2023

ACIES works to empower women and children in two locations in the province of Cajamarca: the rural village of Pomabamba and a marginal urban neighbourhood called Quiritimayo. Continue Reading

a circle of women on the beach lift their hands to the sky

Creating Green Urban Communities:
Centro Santa Angela

  • February 9, 2023

Centro Santa Angela’s work to “green” urban neighbourhoods in José Leonardo Ortíz has moved to the neglected and underserved pueblo joven of San Miguel, whose public park had barely a single plant growing in it when the project started last year.... Continue Reading

girl, approximately 6 years old, plays with coloured blocks

Helping children and families in Nuevo Mocupe:
Madre Oliva Association

  • February 8, 2023

For the last several years, Madre Oliva Association has worked closely with vulnerable families in the rural hamlet of Nuevo Mocupe, just outside Zaña. Continue Reading