Awamaki
From Perupedia
Awamaki is a small NGO based in Ollantaytambo, Cusco, Peru. They run a weaving project in the indigenous Quechua community of Patacancha, located in the mountains high above Ollantaytambo. Tapping the Quechua weaving tradition for its international marketability, Awamaki aims to empower young impoverished indigenous women to participate in a modernizing economy in a way that allows them to maintain their culture.
- - Placements available:
- - Health clinics
- - Elementary School - Teach English
- - High School - teach English
- - Awamaki fair trade weaving project
- - Photographer in Ollantaytambo or Patacancha
- - Indigenous Andean community of Patacancha - photography, ethnography, textile project, or in the school
- - Children's Environmental Project
- - Preschool Teacher Helper
- - Volunteer's work: All volunteers are also encouraged to help with our after-school play-in-English Kids' Club and the Sustainable Tourism Trail Guide.
- - Length of stay: One-month minimum stay for all placements
- - Costs: volunteer donation ($550 USD) includes $250 USD for your first month of accomodations, $100 USD as a donation to your host organization and $200 USD for Awamaki's expenses in hosting a volunteer
- - Contact: kennedy@awamaki.org; +51 84 984 521292 or +51 84 792529
