On the Horizon

On the HorizonBy Meaghan Bogart, Tourism intern As 2017 drew to a close, buzz of graduation increased within the Songuillay cooperative. Over the past year, this cooperative, made up of forty two women, has been taking steps towards their independence from Awamaki. In September of 2017, Awamaki celebrated the first graduation of a cooperative, Virgen del Carmen Rumira. This means that as Rumira continues to maintain Awamaki as a client, they now have the skills to work with and maintain clientele outside of Awamaki. Now at the beginning of 2018, Awamaki is preparing Songuillay to be the first tourism cooperative...