The Bread of Life project feeds underprivileged children a nutritious breakfast each day and also feeds their souls through Scripture based education and the Gospel message. This project partners with local churches to show Peru's poorest children that God loves them and cares for them.

Recent flooding

The torrential rains in have caused a great deal of damage, principally in the department of Cusco, in southern Peru.
Floods and landslides have destroyed bridges, railway lines and highways, cutting off many communities which are now left without help. Thousands of tourists visiting Machu Pichu had to be airlifted to safety by helicopter. 4,689 houses and 16,000 hectares of cultivated fields have been destroyed and 10,000 families made homeless.

“People have lost their entire families, they have been left without food and without homes," said Freddy Quintanilla, Director of a Christian Quechua association. "The destruction of the fields is all the worse because these communities live on what they can grow."

The Peruvian government has declared a state of emergency for the next 60 days in the departments of Cusco and Apurimac .

The Peruvian Bible Society's Director of Programs, Pablo Gutierrez, is heading for the emergency area to evaluate the situation and establish holistic ways to help the homeless. Meanwhile, a fundraising campaign is being held among churches and individuals in Lima.

"We need help from United Bible Societies urgently. ," explained Roberto Miranda General Secretary of the Peruvian Bible Society."Through The Bread of Life project we can distribute breakfast and lunch to homeless children in the affected communities, as well as distributing and teaching them about Scripture."

The Bible Society was in the middle of raising funds for Haiti when the disaster in Peru occurred. We request your prayers for the thousands of Quechua families affected, for the Christian churches in the disaster area who will be the channels of spiritual and material blessing, and for the staff of the Peruvian Bible Society working in the area.