About
Kuychi Runa is the expression of two life stories, two classmates and “best friends” who followed their life dreams, humanitarian goals and artistic creation both of which one day united as one only dream. The Kuychi Runa non-profit association was founded to work in the area of Ocongate, Cusco (4000 metres above sea level) by supporting women and children in their creative and development endeavours. The Tinki and Ccoñamuru towns have been able to preserve cultural inheritance because they were out of reach of “modern civilization” but with the recent building of the Interoceanic Road (Peru-Brasil) they are exposed to changes which may affect their traditions and culture in a negative way. Kuychi Runa´s purpose is to support preservation of cultural inheritance while contributing to sustainable development by carrying out nutrition, health, education, programs and creative activities to provide women and children with more opportunities. Mission: To support the sustainable...
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In the begining
In the begining we read a beautiful story of the andean civilization going back to about two hundred dynasties of soverigns. This story was told by the Ccoñanuru people to a school teacher who registered and translated it from “runa simi”, (the language of proportions) talked in the peruvian highlands. The story tells about the creation of earth, nature and humankind in a very profound language which still lives in the Andean culture. In meditation, we were told that...
