Asociacion Huchuy Yachaq-Pequeno

Huchuy Yachaq, a nonprofit based in Cusco, acts with the conviction that a quality education for children and teenagers in vulnerable situations, together with the family bolstering and community organization, contributes to a better future for them. When we started our work in 2006 in the Hermanos Ayar periferic Cusco's zone, we were guided by two main purposes: On the one hand, we aimed to reduce the hours of work in the streets of boys and girls who carried out ambulatory trade activities in the main square of Cusco, washed tombstones in the local cemetery, or washed cars in squares, putting at risk not only their personal integrity but also their schooling. On the other hand, we aimed to strengthen family ties to avoid an early ruptures that would condition the permanence in the street. With this, we intended to improve the conditions and quality of life of children and teenagers at high risk of social deterioration. Currently, we continue working with this purposes through several projects. PROJECTS INITIAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF CHARITABLE ACTION (IEIP) "LAS HORMIGUITAS" (2009-running) IEIP "Las Hormiguitas" aims to provide equitable access to quality education at the pre-school level, promoting the integral development of boys and girls, identifying and giving timely attention to bio-psychosocial problems. It involves parents and the community in educational management to guarantee quality education for children under 6 years old. Theatrical techniques, plastic arts and music and choir workshops are incorporated. Las Hormiguitas has Directorial Resolution of the Regional Directorate of Education Cusco, No. 1630 of July 14, 2009. PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL SKILLS AND ORGANIZATION OF FREE TIME (2006-running) Its objective is that children and teenagers develop social skills, improve their performance in society and expand their social networks. It is divided in the following projects. 1.Library (2006-running): Provides services for students from primary and high school, providing books and texts, stationery materials and guidance for completing homework. Through it, we have implemented school leveling and educational reinforcement programs, reintegration into the formal educational system and the program of "solidarity support", which seeks to provide economic aid or educational materials in situations of extreme urgency. 2. Free time program and Maxivacaciones (2006-running) : Although various courses are offered during school vacations, these are not accessible. For this reason, most children opt to work. So, this program seeks to: reduce the hours that working children spend on the streets, reinforce learning in the key school areas and facilitate the development of social and artistic skills. 3. Assistantship Program (2007-2011, running): After finishing high school, the lack of economic resources and opportunities makes young people join the already large economically active population in conditions of informality and exploitation. With the purpose of providing them opportunities to continue higher education, a proposal for assistantships is promoted; it seeks to grant economic aid to students of the higher technical or university level TROTABARRIOS: (2022-running) It replicates the experience of Huchuy Yachaq, encompassing recently formed neighborhoods that welcome a large number of families despite the lack of basic services, access to public transportation, etc. It is dynamized by former local volunteers and former users of our programs MAMA KILLA WORKSHOP (2022-running) Its aim is the learning and undertaking for gender equality in times of pandemic. It seeks to expand women productive and technical capacities, trough production of accessories (bags, wallets, backpacks, backpacks, etc.) in many materials. Currently 20 women are training. At Huchuy Yachaq we firmly believe that social change can be achieved through the agency of community members, especially of empowered children and teenagers. For more than 15 years, we have been an important partner in this task and we will continue to be.