Diaconia Peru

Diaconia Peru (DIACONÍA) is a Peruvian Protestant organization dedicated to development work with rural and native communities in situations of exclusion, poverty, and inequity. According to its official website, its work is described as 'love of neighbor in action,' and it prioritizes working with peasant and native communities in rural areas of Peru. The organization operates through development projects, beginning in the 1970s and 1980s with integral projects and basic infrastructure projects, and over the years acquiring specialization in social and productive projects. Currently, it develops projects focused on early childhood care, health and nutrition, health education, food security, intercultural education, and productive projects, among others. Diaconia Peru has also responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with a comprehensive approach in vulnerable communities across Andean countries including Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Bolivia. Its initiatives have included providing clear and simple information about vaccines to reduce infection and transmission risks, promoting psycho-emotional support spaces to reduce child abuse and family violence, facilitating and improving access to virtual classes for primary school students in the districts of Chavin de Pariarca and Jacas Grande in Huánuco, and providing humanitarian assistance to vulnerable families affected by COVID-19 in Breña and Callao, Lima. The organization is classified as a Protestant organization and maintains a website at diaconiaperu.org, where it also offers a form for those interested in working with the organization.

Diaconia Peru is a Protestant organization whose development work with rural and native communities in Peru began in the 1970s and 1980s. According to its official website, its initial interventions were carried out through integral projects and basic infrastructure projects. Over the years, the organization acquired specialization in social and productive projects. Currently, it develops projects addressing early childhood care, health and nutrition, health education, food security, intercultural education, and productive initiatives, among others. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Diaconia Peru implemented a comprehensive response with a community and religious focus in vulnerable communities across Andean countries, including Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Bolivia. This response included disseminating clear information about vaccines, promoting psycho-emotional support to reduce child abuse and family violence, facilitating virtual education for primary students in Huánuco, and providing humanitarian assistance to families in Breña and Callao, Lima. The organization maintains an official website and offers a form for those interested in working with it.

• Begins development work through integral and basic infrastructure projects in rural Peru.

• Acquires specialization in social and productive projects.

• Implements comprehensive COVID-19 response in Andean countries.

Faith-based development organization prioritizing rural and native communities in Peru.

1. 1Diaconia - Iniciodiaconiaperu.org
2. 2Diaconia - Trabaja con Nosotrosdiaconiaperu.org
3. 3Wikidata Q137560995wikidata.org