Villa El Salvador Still has its problems after only existing for 40 years though there is gems of knowledge we can all learn from - 

There is a lack of water here as we are in the middle of a desert, and so it has to be bought by the gallon from trucks, which is privately managed and costs much more then the government prices.There is also a lack of waste disposal - domestic and human, thus meaning in some areas large amounts of rubbish seems to build up.

The people here a thrifty in there tactics to over come there poverty that somewhat surrounds them with schemes that put the western world to shame. For example communal kitchens in bringing one potato you get a meal in return as everyone adds to the pot. This is just one way of thinking differently about the process of communal living - it started in the Andes when harvests were poor or failed.

Food is in the heart of Peruvian culture as with such a dynamic and diverse range of people and there way of living. Food is something that celebrates the mixtures of traditional ways and flavours, with the colonial and modern way.