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

The contrast is shocking: tons of edible food are discarded every day while children, mothers, and elderly in underserved communities survive on just one meal a day — or none at all.

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.

Every day, in forgotten corners of Peru, hunger strikes hard. In Indigenous, rural, and marginalized urban communities, many families wake up not knowing if they’ll have a meal that day.

In many homes, the table is set—but it isn’t complete. There is food, but no real nutrition. Mouths are fed, but bodies are not strengthened.

On this Labor Day, at AGAPE HAND, we honor not only those with formal employment but also those who work simply to survive.

Every day, tons of perfectly good food end up in the trash. Meanwhile, in the most remote areas of Peru, there are invisible stories of hunger, abandonment, and loneliness.

Deep in the mountains of Peru and in native communities of the jungle, there is a silent and painful reality.

Like in a Studio Ghibli world, at AGAPE HAND we believe in the magic of solidarity, in the connection between humanity and nature, and in the transformative power of hope.

In the most vulnerable corners of Peru, where access to a decent meal is a daily challenge, there is a silent army of heroines: mothers. They are the ones who, with unwavering determination and love, do the impossible to put a nutritious meal on their children's table.