Peru—one of the most biodiverse countries on Earth—has made significant economic strides in recent decades, yet millions of Peruvians still live below the poverty line—particularly in remote Amazonian and high-Andean communities. Indigenous Peoples, rural smallholder farmers, and women face deep systemic barriers to dignified employment and fair income. Peru's extraordinary natural wealth, from its Amazon rainforest to its Andean highlands, holds enormous potential, but the communities that steward these ecosystems are often the last to benefit from them. 

NESsT's investments in Peru focus on social enterprises that put this potential to work for the people who need it most. We back innovative businesses that create dignified jobs, connect smallholder farmers to fair markets, protect the Amazon, preserve Indigenous knowledge, and build pathways out of poverty for women and rural communities across the country. 


We’ve invested in 122 social enterprises across Peru

 

54,824

dignified employment & income generation opportunities created

$29 million USD

invested

812,379

lives improved

 

As of March 24, 2025


See Our Work in Peru

Amazonia Initiative

South America Accelerator

Lirio Fund

 
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Learn How NESsT Social Enterprises Fight Inequality in Peru

NESsT’s Work in Ecuador

Peru and Ecuador share some of the most extraordinary landscapes — and some of the deepest inequalities — in the Americas. Both countries are anchored in the Amazon basin, home to vast tropical forests and the Indigenous communities who have stewarded them for generations.

NESsT works on both sides of this shared Amazonian frontier. We invest in and accompany social enterprises that protect the forest, honor ancestral knowledge, and create dignified livelihoods for the communities who call these territories home.

NESsT's portfolio in Ecuador centers on Kichwa-led enterprises in the Amazon that are revaluing ancestral plants, foods, and practices — and turning them into sustainable businesses. We accompany these associations through business acceleration, access to markets, and patient capital, supporting them to grow without compromising the community values and ecological practices that make their enterprises unique.


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Thanks to our incredible partners and donors who help us fight inequality in Peru


Contact

Avenida Benavides 1944, Piso 09
Miraflores, Lima, Perú

+51 1 415 9487

peru@nesst.org