Kusi Kawsay Andean School Project

An Elementary School in the Peruvian Andes

Sponsored by Pachamama’s Path, Inc., a public charity under IRS § 501(c)(3) All contributions are tax deductible

Classroom Waldorf Inspired School Initiative based on Andean Traditions

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Congratulations to Miriam Wolf!

Raffle Update: "From our hearts, to your most generous hearts, our gratitude goes out to all those who supported us in this fund raising event. We thought you might want to see the actual drawing, and so we are sharing this video with you. And congratulations to Miriam Wolf -- we look forward to seeing you in Peru!"
Pachamama’s Path organized a raffle to support the Kusi Kawsay School with the prize being a very special Trip to Peru for Two!

The symbol of the school is the hummingbird. The hummingbird - tiny and fragile, yet strong - is able to travel great distances to achieve its goals and unite worlds. The hummingbird can be still while active, beating its wings while staying calmly in one place.

The Kusi Kawsay Educational Association is officially registered and legally recognized in Peru since March 2009. The Kusi Kawsay School was granted legal recognition by the Peruvian Ministry of Education in July 2009, and has been legally functioning with permission by the Ministry of Education since March 2009.

Traditional Teachings
*ancestral coca leaf ceremony

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Becoming Hummingbird: Charting Your Life Journey the Shaman’s WayBecoming Humminbird

Profits from the sale of Becoming Hummingbird are donated to the Kusi Quyllur community based school project in the high Andes of Peru.

The Kusi Kawsay Educational Association is officially registered and legally recognized in Peru since March 2009.

Andean Ancestral Culture

The Andean ancestral culture as universal human heritage needs to be rescued, practiced and preserved. This ancestral culture is being destabilized by the impacts of commercialized mass media and by the official educational system, which diffuses values contrary to indigenous culture, thus contributing to the loss of identity so fundamental to socio-cultural development.

This panorama is exacerbated by the current, rampant process of economic globalization whose standardizations and ethnocentric conceptions of development threaten the cultural diversity of the planet, their natural resources and environment.

It is easy to see that in few years traditions, customs, celebrations, rituals, agrarian techniques, weaving techniques and normal daily life have suffered changes through the new social components, religious sect intromission, experimental government politics, new language, economical crisis, as well as the use of new materials such as synthetic products.

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To this day the official educational system has a fundamental impact on traditional life. The tremendous exodus to towns and cities in search of a better education has a huge effect on traditional communities. They leave their community and receive an education that denigrates their heritage, and relays the message that to be successful one must be a “professional”, which implies never returning to their homeland. Knowledge through higher education is rarely put to practice in the traditional communities.

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