Ayllunchis
Asociación Ayllunchis
Cusco, Peru
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Founded in 2016, Ayllunchis is a non-profit association based in Cusco, Peru working on heritage, arts & culture, environment & climate +4 more.
Ayllunchis is a non-profit association based in Pisac and San Salvador, in the Sacred Valley of Cusco, Peru. It runs intercultural, artistic and ecological education workshops for children, young people and elders in rural Andean and Amazonian communities. Its work focuses on protecting and conserving natural, sacred and cultural spaces, transmitting ancestral Andean knowledge, textile heritage and water conservation, based on Andean principles of reciprocity and mutual upbringing. The association also runs volunteer programmes and seeks donations and crowdfunding to support its projects.
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Talleres interdisciplinarios Cuyo Chico
Education · Peru
Interdisciplinary intercultural and ecological workshops in art, ritual and ecology for children and young people.
Construcción del reservorio comunal
Water & Sanitation · Peru
Builds water reservoirs from recycled materials and geotanks to store rainwater and spring water for Andean communities.
Conservación de tejidos andinos
Heritage · Peru
Supports the conservation of Andean textiles through fairs, exhibitions and textile workshops.
Plantación de 100 qheuñas en Pampallacta
Environment & Climate · Peru
Planting of native qheuña trees in the Pampallacta community to protect water-generating vegetation.
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Colegio Chaqui Mayu, Colegio Amauta de Quello Quello, Colegio Señor de Huanca
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