As we launched this project recently I thought it was about time to write a blog post about the community of Tucsa. And not only the community but, more specifically, their children.
As I have traveled through countless communities here in Peru and Bolivia, after a while you start to realize how factors like climate, geographic location, culture, and language can influence deeply a community’s personality.
But also it is important to notice that sometimes, this personality is also deeply marked by the children of the communities.
Tucsa is one of these cases. This town is located close to 4,300 meters above sea level and it is one cold, isolated and very quiet place to be in. But come week days at around 11 o’clock when the school is out for recess, you can hear nothing in the town but laughter, playing and more laughter. Come 20 minutes later, the children are back to their class rooms and there is nothing you can hear but the river going by the town and a few sheep and llamas in the far distance. It is a weird feeling, because somehow, since this community is so high and isolated between the mountains, the noise of the children is some how muffled into the valley and it is there that you can tell that children just bring this whole new dimension of life to this community, it just makes you think that this is one more of the many reasons it feels great to be able to help them.
The students of Tucsa
By Yannick Wende, Program Director
Read more about Tucsa and other Alma projects here.