Eulogio Orccotoma lay in bed, staring at the translucent ceiling that bled dreamy yellow light into the room. He listened to cumbia on the radio as his son, Yuri…

It’s the middle of November in Lima, summer is just around the corner. For the first time in weeks the sky was blue and the sun was baking the vast…

  Soon after Hugo Guashpa was born, his parents noticed there was something wrong with him. His first words didn´t come at the same time as their other eight…

Miriam Guashpa woke up at 1 am in the cold, pitch-blackness of her home in Flores. She was cuddled up with her three children in the same bed, which makes…

Elsa Dakilema waited in the fluorescently lit sterile hallway of the Riobamba clinic, sitting patiently in a row of chairs along with six other mothers. She has waited a…

Rosadia lives alone with her green pet parakeet whose cage sits near the door, surrounded by cluttered bits of clothing, garbage bags, buckets. Even her mattress is covered. The house…

The Pueblos Jovenes are complex places. Looking the bleak surroundings and hearing about the grave struggles that these communities on a daily basis, it can be easy to see nothing…

Ediberta Malpartida met Isabelle at a festival for the Virgin Del Carmen, a Christian saint that is widely worshipped in Peru and Colombia.  In the 40 years since their meeting…

Back in 2014 we blindly followed Carlos, MEDPrograms director of Peru, up a number of stairs to reach Julio’s home in the hills of Lima. This was the first time…

The Pueblos Jovenes are not an easy place to make ends meet. Residents face long commutes to work and markets, and a long trip up the hills to their…

  Cecilla Rubinos went to the doctor because her throat was so sore she couldn’t talk. When the doctor tilted her head back to examine her throat, he noticed…

What do a soccer goalie in a giant spider costume and three guys dressed in clownish overalls have in common? Pikachu, the giant yellow mouse-like creature from Pokemon, is…