Food For The Hungry Ministry Helping Families in Peru Break The Cycle of Abuse

“One of the things Food for the Hungry does, we go into communities and we meet with leaders and ask them, ‘What are your priorities for this community? What are some things that you think are broken and need fixing?’ explains Beth Allen with Food for the Hungry.

Family Violence in Peru

“The number one thing we were hearing from families, particularly families and leaders in the Lima area was there is too much violence going on in the families.”

A significant portion of family violence came from mothers abusing their children. Many families were trapped in a cycle of abuse that spanned from generation to generation. Moms would use violence to discipline their kids because that is what they grew up with.

“It was mothers who were hitting children out of anger and because they really didn’t have any alternative ways to parent their children. They had been brought up to beat their kids.”

About Food for the Hungry

Food for the Hungry was founded by Dr. Larry Ward in 1971. We are a Christian, international relief and development organization which helps some of the world’s most disadvantaged people in more than 35 countries worldwide.

Through child development programs, agriculture and clean-water projects, health and nutrition programs, education and micro-enterprise loans, we seek to end spiritual and physical hungers.

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