Visits to development projects

For over 30 years, our institution has been aiding and complementing a series of development projects located principally in the Cuzco and Apurimac geographical departmental areas. These territories can be visited by the students in order to grasp and realize local and regional realities. Some of these projects are mentioned below.

Rural Services

This project is oriented towards improving the efficiency and enabling capacities of indigenous authorities and specialised committees, as well as the formation of leaders within rural communities, in order to improve the organisational and management capabilities in the community and to raise their participation and representation in the decision-making process in local forums. Moreover, we offer advise, through legal aid in the city and in the countryside, in a variety of relevant rural topics.

ORTAM DID

The Oficina Regional Tecnica de Apoyo Municipal (ORTAM) has as its main objective the personal development of local governmental authorities and the creation of leaders to improve and reinforce the mechanisms of participatory management and consensus building. On the other hand, it facilitates processes of drafting and implementing strategic local development plans with the participation of overall population, as well as providing normative and managerial instruments.

Scatter Democracy LUCCA

This project assists countrymen in their fight against intra-family conflicts and cattle thief, encouraging the establishment of forums for dialogue and the creation of local and regional watch patrols (rondas campesinas). Additionally, it assists in the exchange of experiences between communities, in strengthening the judicial actors in the community, and in advising in the legal and physical healing of indigenous communities as well as assisting in the creation of committees to form and control watch patrols.

Textiles Project

This project holds workshops for associations of traditional weavers in topics such as organisational management, production techniques, and in ways of strengthening their cultural identity. It supports the commercialisation of their products via fairs and cultural exchanges.

Welcoming the Campesinos into the city

This project creates a free space for cultural exchange amongst peasants, and provides training for regional communicators. The peasants are welcomed in the city of Cuzco, in the premises of the Casa Campesina.