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“We tell the story”: supporting Indigenous communities

  • STARTED MARCH 2025

In 2025 ACIES helped Indigenous children in their program to learn about and care for the environment.

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Supporting vulnerable families in Nuevo Mocupe

  • COMPLETED 2025

In 2024, Madre Oliva Association continued to close gaps in children’s education in the impoverished rural hamlet of Nuevo Mocupe.

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Vols. 10 to 13 of the Campesino Encyclopedia

  • STARTED MARCH 2025

The Rural Library Network continues to update and reprint its 20-volume Enciclopedia Campesina.

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Vols. 5 to 9 of the Campesino Encyclopedia

  • COMPLETED OCTOBER 2025

With travel restrictions lifted in mid-2021, the Rural Library Network again took up its work to update and reprint its 20-volume Enciclopedia Campesina.

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painted mural shows portraits of four children against a background of grass and dirt and below them a mosaic of hearts and hands

“Love the Ravine”

  • COMPLETED DECEMBER 2025

This project, run by ACIES, took as its theme loving and caring for the Quiritimayo neighbourhood, which is built on a steep ravine on the outskirts of Cajamarca.

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Closing the Education Gap in Nuevo Mocupe

  • COMPLETED 2024

Lingering gaps in children’s education in the Zaña Valley were the focus of this project.

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Women sit on a bench against the wall, knitting while a girl in a long skirt stands in the middle of the room

Quiritimayo Community Centre 2022/23

  • COMPLETED 2023

This Centre, run by ACIES, serves the children, youth and adults of Quiritimayo, a marginal neighbourhood in Cajamarca made up principally of Indigenous families who have recently migrated to...

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Support for Children in the Wake of COVID-19

  • COMPLETED 2023

Educational and nutritional gaps exacerbated by COVID-19 are the focus of this project. In the impoverished rural hamlet of Nuevo Mocupe, Madre Oliva Association will provide these children with...

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children in blue pinnies that say "Reding Club" sit at tables in a room while one girl stands at the front and reads

Post-Pandemic Recovery in the Zaña Valley

  • COMPLETED 2023

Latidos continues to help families in the Zaña Valley recover from the impact of COVID-19 on health (including mental health and nutrition) and education.

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Reducing COVID-19’s Impact in the Zaña Valley

  • COMPLETED 2022

Latidos helped families in the Zaña Valley secure healthy food, masks and cleaning supplies and provided them with both educational support and mental health workshops and counselling.

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