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South
America Explorers |
The
South American Explorers is a non-profit organization supported almost
entirely through the contributions of its members. The organization seeks
to aid educational and scientific projects, to sponsor expeditions, to
promote worthy community service organizations and activities, and to
awaken greater interest in and appreciation of Latin America. |
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Selva
Sur (ACSS) |
Selva
Sur has purchased more than 11,000 acres of intact Andean cloud forest on
the amazing bird watching road adjacent to the Manu park. The creation of
this private reserve has been funded by the Inca Group of companies of
Arequipa, Peru, the World Parks Endowment, Friends of the Peruvian Rain
Forest, the Weeden Foundation, and WCS. |
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Peru
Verde |
Non
Government Organization aimed at promoting conservation of Peruvian
natural resources and ecosystems |
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Here |
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Bruce Peru |
NGO based in Trujillo, always looking
for volunteers for 3 - 5 weeks or longer. Projects include teaching street
kids who are not attending school in a bid to bring them up to a suitable
standard so that they can be re-integrated back into normal schools again.
Other projects include centres to help abandoned mothers and pregnant
adolescents. Volunteer positions available in Trujillo, Cajamarca, Huaraz
and Cusco. |
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Andean
Travel Web |
Run
an office in Cusco where second hand clothes and toys can be deposited by
visitors and tour groups. The items are then distributed to the needy,
particularly children in the southern Andes of Peru. |
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Here |
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HoPe
Foundation (Cusco) |
Great non-profit organisation
responsible for education and health projects in the small villages in the
countryside surrounding Cusco. |
www.stichtinghope.org/en/ |
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Niņos
Hotel (Cusco) |
Hostal
in Cusco where some of the profits go towards helping street children in
Cusco |
www.ninoshotel.com |
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The Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco (Cusco) |
CTTC is a non-profit organization
established in 1996 to aid in the survival of Incan textile traditions and
to provide support to weaving communities. Working with the Center, Quechua
weavers and their families in the region of the former Incan capital are
engaged in skills-building, community networking, and market development. By
researching and documenting complex styles and techniques of Incan
ancestors, the Center helps to ensure that 2,000-year-old textile traditions
will not be lost for future generations. |
www.textilescusco.org |
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Aldea Yanapay (Cusco) |
Aldea Yanapay run an alternative school
for children from the age of six to fourteen. Their aim is to alleviate the
social injustices faced by the children of Cusco. Directed by Yuri Barrio De
Mendoza, the school provides a haven of love, creativity, and learning for
street kids, orphans and abused children. They also run a small restaurant
in Calle Ruinas. |
www.aldeayanapay.org |
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Peru Treks & Adventure (Cusco) |
Local tour operator specializing in
operating the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu that donate a large
percentage of their profits to community projects. |
www.perutreks.com
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Awamaki (Cusco) |
Awamaki is small NGO based in
Ollantaytambo. They run a weaving project in the indigenous Quechua
community of Patacancha, located in the mountains high above Ollantaytambo.
Their aim is to empower young impoverished indigenous women to participate
in a modernizing economy in a way that allows them to maintain their
culture. The project supports 30 weavers from the indigenous community of
Patacancha. |
www.awamaki.org |
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Casa Ecologica (Cusco) |
Casa Ecologica was created with the aim
to expand knowledge about Cusco and the surrounding mountain communities.
Their projects includes the production, elaboration and sale of ecological
products, the diffusion of information and the coordination of projects in
different ecosystems, directly helping indigenous communities. Casa
Ecologica have two shops in Cusco. |
www.casaecologicacusco.com |
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Living Heart (Cusco) |
The NGO Living Heart was formed in
August of 2007 with the goal to improve the lives of the Andean children and
women within the communities of the Sacred Valley, near Cusco, Peru. The
actions and programmes have been developed to combine educational
strategies, conservation, nutritional and health advice, include family
planning support, with the purpose of promoting sustainable development and
improving the quality of life for the Andean people. Current projects
include; providing breakfasts, educational activities and supplies for
schools, organizing art and theatre classes for children, providing seeds
and plants so schools can create scholastic organic gardens, and organizing
doctor visits to communities. |
www.livingheartperu.org |
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Mosqoy (Cusco) |
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www.mosqoy.org |
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Rufada Peru (Cusco) |
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www.rufadaperu.com
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