Volunteering your time to an organization and dedicating some of your time to a cause is one of the most noble and meaningful things a person can do. Whether assisting the poor, taking care of abandoned children or helping communities grow, the simple and generous act of participation is a rewarding experience to both the volunteer and the people they help.

Being that our own volunteer program is only months away we thought it a good idea to highlight why volunteering in Peru is such a special and rewarding experience. Right now there are thousands of volunteers preparing to travel to Peru for the Summer and hundreds of organizations taking applications. Whether volunteering in a coastal city, a small Andean village or in the jungle, the same reasons hold true for all who decide to journey to Peru and help make a difference. [Continue Reading...]

Often I go back to the date of September 13th, 2007 as the birth of the Karikuy Organization, that’s when the original website launched under our previous name of Manchakuy. Since then I have been blogging annually about the organization and the progress we’ve been making with our programs. So you guessed it! this is one of those posts and below you can read about each one of our programs and where they are at right now. You will also read about some new programs and how you can help in achieving our most important goals. So Happy New Year from Karikuy, we see a bright future ahead for the organization, we hope you can join us for the ride! [Continue reading...]

Previously at Marcahuasi…(recap)
• “Our path to Chosica (the connecting point to SPDC) was blocked by a 10 ton truck that somehow veered straight into a bridge, spilling coffee (of all things!) over both lanes of the highway.”
• “With the amount of booze increasing and the immaturity levels decreasing at that point it’s probably best to leave some of the stories to one side : general yank and Brit bashing etc . None the less we made it some of the way home before I bumped into Alberto again. He asked me where Lucho went and I pointed to the hilltop with a grinning limeñen on top of it, my wine bottle in his hand, whaling into the night. There I said, with a cocked smile.”
An orientation picture map to San Pedro [Continue reading...]

In a nationally-televised speech on Wednesday evening, President Alan Garcia Perez called for peace and reconciliation among Peruvians so as to achieve the country’s main goals, such as saving Peru from the global crisis and promoting more development projects.The Peruvian leader said that it is the time to evaluate and acknowledge a series of mistakes and exaggerations, such as the fact that indigenous communities were not consulted about the controversial Legislative Decrees.
He added that, in an attempt to enforce and uphold the law by re-opening blocked roads and oil pipeline pumping stations in the Amazonas region, the government did not anticipate that there were criminals hidden among the natives.
In addition, President Garcia backed Prime Minister Yehude Simon’s decision to go back to the beginning and revoke legislative decrees 1090 and 1064 [Continue reading...]