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A Snapshot of ChoquekillkaBy Ashley Wade, Marketing and Communications Intern “The synthesis of the Catholic and Andean religions is something magic, something I have inside me.” Jenny, an Ollantaytambo local, shared with me the importance of the Choquekillka festival for her community and her family. The festival celebrates Señor de...
Meet Fie! We have brought to you many artisan profiles, now it’s our staff’s turn to get a little spotlight. We want you to learn more about the amazing women who work on the ground in Ollantaytambo. Take a few minutes today to learn about our Sales and Production Coordinator,...
Abby Weaves a New PathBy Abby Hollis, Design Intern In a small, rural, Peruvian village, I witnessed raw material become finished product—quite a novel concept to the modern consumer. As my classmates and I passed around chunks of raw wool, fresh off the alpaca, women of the village stood before...
Carnaval Around OllantaytamboBy Allegra Bundy, Marketing and Communications Intern “What do you do for fun?” is a question we get quite often living in the remote community of Ollantaytambo, Peru. As those of you who have been keeping up with us on our social media accounts already know, there is...
Spend Your Summer With Awamaki By Caitlin Lally, Marketing and Communications intern Download Flyer Interns are committed to Awamaki’s mission, enjoy taking initiative, have skills to contribute and are ready to learn and adapt to whatever situation may arise. Summer interns work in one of the following areas: Design, Sales,...
A week in the life of an Awamaki volunteer By Caitlin Lally, Marketing and Communications intern Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018 I returned from the three-day weaving immersion in Patacancha today. After learning how to weave a headband yesterday from Sábina, this morning we headed to a local family’s chakra (farm)....
Ollanta Withdrawal By Abby Hollis, Design Intern During my time in Peru, I spent a weekend by myself in the jungle. This was when I realized that Ollanta had become my home. I attribute part of this realization to my unprecedented ease breathing but most of it to how much...
A New CultureBy Sara Swisher, Monitoring and Evaluations intern Before coming to Awamaki to complete a summer monitoring and evaluation internship in Ollantaytambo, Peru, I had never been outside the United States. I wasn’t sure what to expect but one of my goals was to learn about a new culture....
Meet SoraidaFor a week, Awamaki was host to six students from the World Leadership School in San Diego, California as they came down to volunteer with us. They were tasked with interviewing local women about their role as leaders in the community, and to write corresponding blog posts about their...
A New HomeFor a week, Awamaki was host to six students from the World Leadership School in San Diego, California as they came down to volunteer with us. They were tasked with interviewing local women about their role as leaders in the community, and to write corresponding blog posts about...
Redefining LeadershipFor a week during the month of March, Awamaki was host to six students from the World Leadership School in San Diego, California as they came down to volunteer with us. They were tasked with interviewing local women about their role as leaders in the community, and to write...
A Fresh LookFor a week, Awamaki was host to six students from the World Leadership School in San Diego, California as they came down to volunteer with us. They were tasked with interviewing local women about their role as leaders in the community, and to write corresponding blog posts about...
Alexandra (host sister), Josef (cousin), Jenny (cousin), and Janis (host sister) ready to dance in the festival. By Shira Yeskel-Mednick, Marketing and Communications intern Voices reach from room to room, calling out well worn and familiar phrases. It’s clear that the same sentence with the same cadence and the...
4 Things I Learned in the Sacred ValleyBy Isabel Strebe, Marketing and Communications intern I write this sitting in a coffee shop back home in Minnesota, where the air temp is below zero and the roads are being dusted in snow. While I’ve only been home from Ollantaytambo for a...
By Shannon Walsh, Sales intern When I first arrived in Ollantaytambo I thought, “What did I get myself into?” That feeling lasted for about two weeks as I adjusted to life in Ollanta. Instead of heading back to Boston for another semester at Northeastern University, I decided to head...
