Crafting New Connections

Crafting New ConnectionsBy Veronica Levy, Marketing and Communications Coordinator As an indigenous artisan in the Cusco region, the farther you live from Machu Picchu and the city of Cusco, the fewer economic opportunities you have. Until 2019, the furthest cooperative with which we worked was in the village of Kelkanka, three hours from Ollantaytambo. But as we’ve graduated our veteran cooperatives, and gained capacity as a staff to begin working with new cooperatives, we have begun working with three new cooperatives located in the region of Ocongate, four hours south of Ollantaytambo. By expanding our geographic reach to different regions...