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Lambayeque

Men and women make guinea pigs pens

Coloche: moving toward sustainability

  • September 12, 2023

Another community in Peru is taking big steps toward lasting change Continue Reading

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

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

Woman in mask sweeping entrance to her home.

COVID-19 Update No. 6

  • June 2, 2020

From their homes, boys and girls in José Leonardo Ortiz are delivering public service messages to their friends and neighbours. Continue Reading

rural women sitting on benches in San Isidro

COVID-19 Update No. 5

  • May 12, 2020

Increased poverty and extreme poverty threaten in Peru because of COVID-19. This community is planning ahead to ensure their future. Continue Reading

nurses prepare hospital beds

COVID-19 Update No. 3

  • April 23, 2020

In Peru, one-fifth of deaths from COVID-19 have occurred in the northern province of Lambayeque, where many of Heart-Links’ partners work. Continue Reading

COVID-19 and Heart-Links

  • March 24, 2020

Heart-Links has taken steps to help slow the spread of COVID-19 and keep ourselves and the people we come into contact with safe. Continue Reading