CHICUCHAS WASI

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Phone: 707-939-7162

PO Box 1043
Forestville
California 95436
USA
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Target demographics: The culture of the indigenous people of the Andes of Peru, descendants of the Inca, has been and continues to be systematically eroded by the politics of social discrimination inequality and exclusion demonstrated by the neglect of their native roots, Quechua language, lives of poverty, inadequate housing, nutritious food, clean water, health care and education and a gender gap.The indigenous are viewed as primitive, poor, rural, illiterate and ignorant. Of course with this view the system intentionally and systematically keeps people in a state of poverty and social injustice.Many families live on $1.00 a day and though public schools are free-it is in name only. Hefty registration fees, uniforms, books, transportation poor parents cannot pay for. They will send a boy over girls if possible at all. Our school is for these forgotten Girls of rural Cusco, Peru

Direct beneficiaries per year: We have 92 students this year ending Dec. 31, 2012; Next school year we will have 120 due to adding the final 6th.grade to our primary school. Parent, siblings, mothers and the community benefit. They are watching the progress of our students and sending girl siblings when age ready.

Geographic areas served: Our students come from rural Cusco area and many are farmer, day laborers, or unemployed and take any job if possible-even putting children on the streets to beg.

Mission:

Chicuchas Wasi Alternative School for Girls promotes gender equality, personal self-esteem, and human dignity for the ignored, indigenous female population in rural Andean Society in Cusco, Peru by educating, preparing and empowering girls for a womanhood of economic survival, leadership and opportunity. Our parent classes teach the value of female education and leadership preparation, the value of family support, and conflict resolution tactics to stop violence against women and girls.

Results:

Our attendance is 99%, Parent participation is 95% of mothers and a few fathers. We have just completed the construction of our new primary grade school for girls in rural Cusco. Community, parents and girls seeing the value of educating their girls with the success and enthusiasm they students demonstrate. Our students love to learn if given the opportunity.

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Maddy1

04/06/13

I've been associated with Chicuchas Wasi since my first visit to Peru in 2008. By the time I visited again in 2012 incredible changes had taken place! Charitable donations had allowed the school to move to a new purpose-built building just outside Cusco. Pupil numbers had risen from just over 30 ... more »

KarenChicuchas

04/05/13

Chicuchas Wasi started over 25 years ago as a refuge for children living on the streets of Cusco, Peru. We have evolved over time into a school for underprivileged girls - our current enrollment is 113! We don't charge the families for their daughters to attend school, we support the school entirely... more »

Sally36

03/26/13

I visited Chicuchas Wasi in September 2011 from the UK whilst in Peru on a Traidcraft Meet the People Tour. I arrived at the school later than my travelling companions, in low spirits after spending the first part of the morning with our guide, a former CW child, at a police station and the ... more »

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