Of the 27 million people living in Peru, more than half of the population lives in poverty, and approximately ¼ survives on just $1.00 a day. Many have migrated from rural and Andean regions in search of economic opportunities, leading to rapid population growth in Peru’s cities. This mass migration and the resulting overpopulation has lead to the creation of urban slums outside of larger cities like Lima. These Pueblos Jovenes, or “young towns”, have expanded rapidly into tracts of land that lack basic services such as waste management, electricity, and access to running water.