In response to the large success of our project working with the families of school I.E. # 50908 in Chamana, the Alma Foundation has decided to implement the same project, though slightly adapted due to the different needs of the new communities, in the school I.E. # 501316 in Markuray. The project includes the 23 […]
Mosoq Runa aims to transform lives of “at risk” children Mosoq Runa is a children’s home in Ccotohuincho, an extremely poor district near the town of Urubamba. Here the poverty leads to numerous family problems: alcoholism, squalid housing, poor diet (40% of children suffer from malnutrition), lack of decent clothing, little or no education, child […]
Kiya Survivors is a British-Peruvian charity operating educational facilities for children with special needs and those who have suffered abuse and abandonment. The Rainbow Centre was the first facility opened by Kiya, in 2002, and is the only school dedicated to special needs in this area of Peru. Survivors supports 140 children and their families […]
Patacancha is a small, highland community, above Ollantaytambo, a 3.5 hour walk into the Patacancha Valley. Local health workers have found that some 50% of the children are malnourished, which contributes to the poor grades they receive. As well, they must walk long distances to school — some four hours each day. We have convened […]
This post was created on August 12, 2014 Tikapata is a small, wonderful alternative school in the countryside, 10km. from Urubamba. It was founded two years ago by three sets of parents who were unhappy with the quality of education in the area. One-third of the children, from families of financial means, pay full tuition […]
The Golden anniversary dream! This is a large public high school in Urubamba that gets little government funding beyond teachers’ salaries. We have worked with Nexos Voluntarios, a Peruvian charity with deep roots in Urubamba, on previous projects with staff and students from GOU, so we have a good understanding of stakeholder needs and assets. Two […]
U.O.A.S. was founded in 1934 by the wife of Peru’s president at the time. They run 11 schools in Lima for children of no financial means. They are supported financially by the government and are run by an order of nuns. The current president of U.O.A.S. (a non-paid position) is the granddaughter of the founder. I […]
Vania Masias, former Peruvian national premier ballerina and national champion dancer, was touring with the Ireland Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet when she returned to Lima for vacation and watched a group of street dancers perform at an intersection in front of her car. She envisioned creating a dance studio, a safe friendly place where these street kids […]
Yuri Valencia de la Barrio de Mendoza has done social change work in Cusco since he was 13. Today, he is an astute, university educated social entrepreneur who has built a hostel and restaurant and has used the profits from these two ventures to develop a school in Cusco for children of no financial means. The school, […]
In general, arts and crafts can provide a vocational education, and, thus, an income; skills in weaving and jewelry making are particularly useful. The Tejidos Andinos Project currently works with a group of 30 students; however, many more are waiting for the opportunity to be included. Andean weaving is an art form that these children […]
Yachay Wasi is a small independent school being built in Ollantaytambo. We are very familiar with this community and have many personal relationships there. It has been apparent that the local primary school has been providing an inadequate quality of education so a group of parents formed a not-for-profit association that has been running a drop-in […]
The Alma Foundation has partnered with the National University of the Altiplano, the Unidad de Gestión Educativa Local (UGEL) of Urubamba, and the Rural Educational Network of Patacancha in an effort to improve the quality of education in nine remote highland communities that form part of the Patacancha Cuenca in the District of Ollantaytambo. Over the […]
The Alma Children’s Education Foundation has recently begun working with leaders and parents from the community of K’enko to improve access to secondary school education for 40 students who, at the moment, walk five hours a day to get to the nearest secondary school.K’enko is a small highland community approximately 1.5 hours by car from Pisac. It is accessible […]
This project will improve access to early childhood education and improve the quality of pre-school and primary school education. It will accomplish this through the provision of much needed educational materials and enhanced teacher training. As well, infrastructure repairs will bring welcome improvements to these communities, located in the Patacancha valley above Ollantaytambo. For this […]
Alma worked with Living Heart to make its successful nutritional programme more sustainable, with a pilot project to allow the community to grow fresh vegetables and herbs in the highland hamlet of Qhelqanqa, in collaboration with the Municipality of Ollantaytambo and the local primary school, building on the experience of other NGOs with greenhouses. Qhelqanqa is […]
For My Friends was founded by two University of Toronto students with the aim of financing the education of Peruvian children at Colegio Senor de los Milagros in Lima. Parents within this community are often unable to afford both the enrollment fees and the cost of school supplies. This means that their children are unable to receive […]
Chamana is a small community in the province of Urubamba about 30 km from Ollantaytambo. There is no road access to this community so to reach it one must walk along the Inca trail for about 1 1/2 hours and then along a narrow path for another hour. The people in these communities are very […]
The Cultural Centre “Cuarto Creciente” opened in Urubamba in 2012 as a space for theatre and other creative and cultural workshops. Here, children, young people and adults can investigate, explore, share, learn and find their own talents, abilities and qualities. It has a philosophy of positive stimulation and aims to help people become more rounded […]
The Alma Foundation is working in collaboration with the local education authority (UGEL) and the Provincial Municipality of Urubamba to bring innovative teaching methods for reading and writing to eleven primary institutions in communities of the province of Urubamba, Cusco, Peru. This project has been designed and is headed by the experienced and respected teacher […]