“They welcomed me with open arms. When I got there, they were cheering,” he said. “It was amazing.”
He helped prepare food that Leaders United had purchased and villagers hosted a banquet in his honor.
“Most of the food that they had there was food purchased with the funds that we raised for them,” he said. “I was preparing the food with my own hands and saw firsthand how they prepare the meals.”
According to Statista, a market and consumer data provider, 17.3% of the Peruvian population was living on less than $3.20 a day and the poverty rate was 30% in 2020.
The poverty rate has dropped in the last two years, but a 20% poverty rate remains significant in a country with a population of just over 34 million, only five million more than the state of Texas.
For his work last year, Stefano earned the Outstanding Youth Citizen award from the Bloomfield Youth Association and received a Certificate of Recognition by the Peruvian congress.
“The response has been overwhelmingly positive from last year, but it is not about the recognition, it is about bringing awareness to the cause,” he said.
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