Every day, over 1.9 million people in Peru live in extreme poverty, facing not just hunger — but despair.

In remote rural communities, malnutrition, anemia, and neglect are daily challenges. Children go days without fresh fruit.

The face of poverty in Peru has changed, but its pain remains the same.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But a video, filmed in the heart of a forgotten community, is worth far more—it’s worth a life.

In a world where millions of tons of food are wasted daily, the statistics are clear: hunger is not about scarcity—it’s about distribution.

In one of our partner communities, we met María, a devoted mother who struggled to feed her children.

Every day, tons of perfectly edible food end up in the trash. Meanwhile, in overlooked neighborhoods and forgotten communities, children, mothers, and grandmothers survive with whatever little they can find.