Mapping Patacancha
By Merel Haverhals, Monitoring & Evaluations Volunteer Last weekend I joined a team of two other volunteers and the Awamaki Tourism Coordinator, Giulia, to complete a GPS mapping project. We journeyed to Patacancha, the community of the oldest and largest of our five cooperatives of female artisans, to conduct surveys and to take GPS coordinates. After settling into our homestays, we began the trek to visit the homes of each and every one of the 37 women of the cooperative to collect the GPS coordinates of the houses and information that will help us determine the standard of living of...