Project Report
| Jun 25, 2021
A Solstice Celebration
By Anais Rivera | Development & Communications Manager
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Puma Quispe giving a blessing.
3 Generations is committed to indigenous peoples and their struggles to protect their communities, lands and traditions. It is one of the reasons that we recently held a Livestream Solstice Celebration.
As we in the Northern Hemisphere observe the summer solstice the people in the Southern Hemisphere celebrate the winter solstice. It is an important event for the Indigenous peoples of Peru. It is the shortest day of the year and the beginning of the Incan New Year. It is considered a time of rebirth and renewal. This year’s celebration is especially important given the recent hardships endured by the Chinchero indigenous community during the pandemic.
We were honored to be a part of the blessing and celebration ceremony of both the winter and summer solstices with Puma Quispe, Shaman and Community Leader in Chinchero, Peru. He was joined by Alex Stark, world renowned Feng Shui expert, and 3 Generations Board Chair Nadia Zilkha, Deeksha-giver.
Puma Quispe led a sunrise ceremony and blessing. The rite was incredibly special and moving. It was a fantastic way to usher in the summer or winter depending on where you live. You can watch it on our Facebook and YouTube channels.
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May 26, 2021
The Chinchero Community is Still Vulnerable.
By Anais Rivera | Development & Communications Manager
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Children use WIFI.
3 Generations’ is committed to indigenous peoples and their struggles to protect their communities, lands and traditions. That is why we created the Ayni Relief Fund. We recently had the opportunity to speak with Puma Quispe and he updated us on how the relief effort in Chinchero is going.
Your support and solidarity has allowed the people of Chinchero to withstand the pandemic. The community continues to buy food and educational supplies for the village which is a great help to the vulnerable elders and children. WIFI has been set up throughout the village and now the district is in the process of building a Computer Center for the children to allow them to complete their education online.
The situation in Peru has improved and the country is slowly reopening. Tourism however is still at a standstill and the artisan craftspeople are unable to sell their products in their villages and markets. It will be a long difficult path of recovery for all the halted businesses and there will be many economic challenges for the people that live a day-by-day life. The tourism Industry and jobs that are linked directly with artisan crafts have been greatly affected by COVID-19. The social distancing process is threatening thousands of families who have this as their main source of income. Our Chinchero community has been greatly affected as 60% of our village is Artisans and 95% of their sales is made possible by tourists.
So far, there haven’t been any vaccines available in Chinchero and the community will continue to be vulnerable to Covid-19 until they are.
To learn more about this project and others we invite you to visit our website www.3generations.org.
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Plans for the inside of the Computer Center.
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Render of outside of Computer Center.
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Jan 28, 2021
An Update from Chinchero, Peru
By Anais Rivera | Development & Communications Manager
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3 Generations has expanded our focus to all indigenous peoples and their struggles to protect their communities, traditions and way of life. It is with that in mind that we created our Ayni Relief Project. Thank you for your generous donations. We are happy to report that there has been little logistical trouble getting support to the families of Chinchero and today we received this update from Puma Quispe:
In deep gratitude to all our Global Community, Family and Friends we are able to give this first report of how the relief funds are being used for our Chinchero Community. The support for families and children and Artisan women was given in the time in which they were most needed - during Christmas time. The main relief is for our community people to know that we are not alone and we have a global community that will support our most vulnerable families that are still struggling through the hard pandemic. Amid a very severe Covid-19 second wave, many families are stuck in quarantine and not able to produce their daily income to support their families or in most cases even feed them. They are also unable to educate the children because of the very limited non presential Education system. During these hard times where vulnerable people suffer illness and lock downs our indigenous people have to change the way of life they were used to and there is a lot of devastation and grief. We are able to restrengthen our spirit and have Gratitude to our family in 3 Generations and GlobalGiving for being generous with their solidarity.
Thank you for being the light in the mists of darkness and for giving your seed of love to our community and our Indigenous people.
With your generosity we were able to benefit:
- 150 families with food supplies for the beginning of the year for the Artesanos de Chinchero Association.
- 600 children received their Christmas gifts, breakfast and most needed school supplies.
- 50 families in the neighboring community of Mahuaypampa received food supplies.
- We started building the computer center for the children of the Ocutuan community where 200 children will benefit from an online education system.
- 1050 indigenous people have benefited thanks to your support and solidarity.
Our Pledge is to your continuous support for this next part of the process of recovery.
To learn more about this project and others we invite you to visit our website www.3generations.org.
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