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  • Mama Killa : the summary of the first year of the project

    Mama Killa : the summary of the first year of the project

    June 2023 We embroider our dreams Launched in March 2022 and supported by the Occitanie region, the Mama Killa bag and accessory workshop, as well named “learning and entrepreneurship program for gender equality in times of pandemic”, blew out its first candle! An income-generating activity for the empowerment of women in the Santiago de Cusco…

  • A successful « Maxivacaciones » despite the context

    A successful « Maxivacaciones » despite the context

    The aim of the « Maxivacaciones » program is to offer leisure activities to the children during their school holidays (January and February) and to consolidate their scholar skills by integrating artistic and play techniques that facilitate their social and emotional development. Once again, the Huchuy Yachaq team has demonstrated a lot of determination to carry on…

  • An active first day back in our partner schools

    An active first day back in our partner schools

    June 2023 Mid-March, our partner schools reopened their doors for a new academic year with the same ambition; to open to children of underprivileged neighborhoods and offer them a qualitative education and learning opportunities to help their development. Thanks to the support of Los Chicos de Cusco, a few projects were initiated and created. Picol…

  • Overview of the political situation in Peru: the end of the protests but not of the sense of injustice

    Overview of the political situation in Peru: the end of the protests but not of the sense of injustice

  • Mama Killa, a trustworthy space to learn and exchange

    Mama Killa, a trustworthy space to learn and exchange

    News from the Mama Killa program by Marlene, founder and director of the social center Huchuy Yachaq and two women following the training. A step towards economic independence and happiness … “On the 9th of May, after moving, buying equipment, recruiting instructors and other adventures (furniture almost fell from the 5th floor), the Mama Killa workshop opened…

  • When Carole, godmother, encountered Ruth Camilla, her godchild

    When Carole, godmother, encountered Ruth Camilla, her godchild

    Interview de Carole, the godmother of Ruth Camilla, who went to Peru in September 2022. How did you know Los Chicos de Cusco and since when are you the godmother in the association? A friend of mine who is currently the godmother of two children talked to me about the association and about how serious…

  • Back from the mission “Give a smile back in Peru”

    Back from the mission “Give a smile back in Peru”

    After a first mission in 2019, six new dental surgery students from the French association “Give a smile back in Peru” conducted awareness-raising interventions with the beneficiaries of the Huchuy Yachaq social center during August 2022. Here is their mission report: “Give a smile back in Peru is an association of dental surgery students in…

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