That recent visit was earlier; and it has not been the only one, since Mrs. Maritza Castro performs around four annually with her work team in Lazos de Ayuda. Since 2008, the organization has provided help to the neediest children in Peru.

It all started with an urgent need to help. Out of love; “For reasons of life, I was always letting go of everything and thinking of others,” Castro said.
That generous attitude among his people gradually spread to a greater dream.
“I was 27 years old when I arrived at Georgia. Like everyone, my beginnings here were hard. I formed my company and there were wonderful people who helped me, “said the woman, who is president of the organization.
“When I returned to my country and saw the need, I told myself that it was time to share more. It was time to form an organization where larger companies collaborated too,” Castro said about the beginnings of Lazos de Ayuda.
Today, the entity seeks to meet the educational, health and spiritual needs of the Peruvian community in Lambayeque. An aid that translates into bringing school materials to children, educational talks, sewing and tailoring workshops, hairdressing courses and medical visits to the most remote places of the area.
The effort requires not only the support of volunteers who give their hands from Georgia through galas, events and donations, but also a team coordinated by Castro in Peru, where universities and doctors stand out.
“Being part of Lazos de Ayuda has impregnated a deep footprint in my heart that guides me to help those most in need,” added the psychologist and volunteer in Peru Fiorella I. Álamo.
For the volunteer Diana Janeth Casusol, a young medical student at the National University Pedro Ruiz Gallo in Peru, the satisfaction is the same.
“Thanks to Lazos de Ayuda Foundation, we can transmit a message of camaraderie, solidarity, mutual help, understanding, generosity, teamwork, and, above all, giving as much or as little that we have to our friends and brothers. Our spirit is enriched when we donate our time to talk with those children from the most remote and economically needy areas, but with their enthusiasm and courage, they also fill us with their innocent and sweet energy “