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NGO Living Heart Peru provides disability assistance to Jose Antonio Reyes (age 10) in the highland community of Sacaca above Pisaq, approximately 9500 feet above sea level. Local Quechua speaking nurse Rita is trained to provide weekly physical therapy and assist family with nutrition as their diet consists mainly of potatoes. The extreme altitude and poor soil create a lack of dietary diversity causing a large percentage of children to suffer from chronic malnutrition, growth problems and heath related isuues. Father Crisologo, Mother Paola and sister Luna (age 12)