Empowering Women and Children: ACIES
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
Creating Green Urban Communities:
Centro Santa Angela
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
Helping children and families in Nuevo Mocupe:Madre Oliva Association
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
Preventing Hunger in San Isidro: Centro Esperanza
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
“Many hands and many hearts”: Rural Libraries
At a recent presentation to the Rotary Club of Strathroy, Rita Moker, of the Rural Libraries Network of Cajamarca, said these words: “It takes many hands and many hearts to do this work.” Continue Reading
International Development Week starts today!
Today is the first day of IDW2023. Celebrate with us by learning more about what each of our partners is doing to advance the Sustainable Development Goals—and how you’re helping. Continue Reading
Take a journey in solidarity (to Peru!)
Applications for Heart-Links’ summer 2023 Solidarity Trip are now open! Continue Reading
Turbulence in Peru—Peruvians deserve better
Scenes of standoffs and clashes between protesters and police in Peru have peppered the media in Canada during the last week. Continue Reading
AGM Highlights: Your Impact
Heart-Links supported 8 projects in 2021. Financed by Heart-Links donors and run by our partner organizations in Peru, these projects helped people in the urban centre of José Leonardo Ortiz, across Lambayeque and Cajamarca provinces, and in communities up... Continue Reading
Sustainability Comes from the Community:
the example of San Isidro, Peru
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