Ministry Update: MISIUR (Peru)

Misión Integral Urbano Rural (MISIUR) improves the quality of life for poor children and their families in Peru through comprehensive spiritual and physical care. It operates two after-school programs, serving 100 young people each day. These programs create a safe place away from gang violence where children are fed physically and spiritually.

In addition to providing academic support for young people, MISIUR operates a program offering lunch and devotions five days a week for 500 children and their families and leads livelihood projects to promote self-sufficiency among women through training in baking, cosmetology, and operating a chicken farm.

One of MISIUR’s projects is an agricultural space, which it uses to teach Biblical concepts alongside agricultural techniques. Participants learn sustainable practices, including growing organic vegetables using artisanal compost from the project’s chicken farm. As they learn to care for creation, participants also discuss gospel parallels, considering how grace is sown, faith is watered, and communion flourishes.