Early in 2025, Action Against Hunger experienced a major funding cut for its humanitarian work with migrants and host communities in Lima, Peru, impacting their access to health, nutrition, and protection. Despite this, around 1,581 people received assistance in the first weeks of the year, demonstrating the needs that existed.

Our work on disaster risk management focused on improving preparedness, response, and assistance in emergencies caused by droughts, floods, and oil spills in Amazonia and high Andes, directly reaching 22,173 people in Amazonas, Loreto, and San Martín. Here, we also strengthened the disaster-response capacity of Indigenous communities, regional governments, and institutions. Support was also provided for the development of emergency plans, the preparation and equipping of community brigades, and the implementation of early warning systems.

Interinstitutional coordination for emergency response and the implementation of multihazard drills were also promoted, as well as the design of resilient livelihood responses and the installation of satellite communication centres in isolated and hard to reach communities. As part of this training, 2,862 people were upskilled in capacity transfer and replication of the training within their areas of influence.

Close collaboration was maintained with the Awajún Autonomous Territorial Government, with whom we developed regional Health and Gender Plans, in addition to advocacy actions aimed at national level authorities to ensure compliance with commitments for restoration and support to communities affected by oil spills.

In the department of Ayacucho, with support from the Government of the Province of Navarre (Spain), we strengthened the capacities and participation of community health workers, analysed water access in high-Andean areas, and empowered Quechua feminist women’s groups to improve their advocacy with municipal governments, among other topics, allowing us to reach 466 people.

In Cusco and Amazonas, we worked to improve the value chains of cheese, tourism, plantain flour, and honey, among others, both at the organisational level and for integration into more competitive markets. A total of 472 women producers and their families participated, while we launched a new microcredit programme that will involve about 730 people (producers, their families, and collaborators).