Monthly Archives: March 2016


Jose and Maria from Patabamba

Jose and Maria. 15 and 16 years old respectively. These two are the outstanding pair in their 5th grade class of 9. Jose is very serious, and clasps his hands together as he speaks, deliberately and thoughtfully. He wants to be a lawyer, and says he loves justice. This seems very abstract and somehow scary […]


Alexandra opens a hair salon!

In 2014, we introduced you to Alexandra, a hard working, talented, mother to be, from the project Centro Yanay. Despite Alexandra’s talents, she had many challenges growing up. At a young age, Alexandra was captured by the police for human trafficking.  According to her life story she was abandoned by her mother, together with her five siblings. […]