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Centro Esperanza

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

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

A woman holds a red bucket and shows children and adults around her how to prepare soil

Preventing Hunger in San Isidro:
Centro Esperanza

  • February 7, 2023

The families of the rural community of San Isidro have come a long way since 2017, when they fled their homes because of floods. Continue Reading

pro-castillo protester in front of line of riot police waves Peruvian flag

Turbulence in Peru—Peruvians deserve better

  • December 15, 2022

Scenes of standoffs and clashes between protesters and police in Peru have peppered the media in Canada during the last week. Continue Reading

A woman holds a chicken while a man behind her feeds some chicks and at the right two hands are shown in closeup holding a chick. The text reads "Sustainability Comes from the Community: the Example of San Isidro, Peru" 05

Sustainability Comes from the Community:
the example of San Isidro, Peru

  • June 9, 2022

Heart-Links’ episode of Tapestry 2030 Season 2 is now LIVE! This season of the Ontario Council for International Cooperation‘s podcast and illustration series is focused on localization, an approach to development that prioritizes ideas and solutions that are community... Continue Reading

Colourful banner reads "Tapestry 2030 Season 2"

Join us for the launch of Tapestry 2030 Season 2!

  • March 22, 2022

We are so excited to partner again with the Ontario Council for International Cooperation for Tapestry 2030 Season 2—with Centro Esperanza as our guest! Continue Reading

woman takes selfie with six other people in the background kneeling or standing in front of an upright chicken incubator

María’s dream is coming true

  • November 22, 2021

Last May, we asked our supporters to help María Saclupe reach her dream of expanding her chicken business—and our donors responded! Continue Reading

little girl holds egg shells filled with seedlings

AGM hightlights: our projects in Peru

  • June 4, 2021

“The creativity and compassion that was apparent in our partner’s response to the pandemic has been unbelievable.” —Gordon Price, co-chair of Heart-Links’ Peru Projects Committee Continue Reading

rural women sitting on benches in San Isidro

You can help Maria and her family get through this pandemic

  • May 13, 2021

Maria Saclupe has a dream: to raise chickens to help feed her family and increase their earnings. Continue Reading

health brigade in PPE in Zaña

COVID-19 Update No.13

  • April 14, 2021

Peru is struggling with a fierce second wave of the coronavirus that last week saw 384 fatalities in a single day. Continue Reading