by Terry Cumes | Aug 31, 2022 | Andean Children's Education Projects, Blog, Quechua Culture, Sustainability, Women Travel Peru
The Willka T’ika Children’s Fund (WTCF) now also supports several young women who are the first in their families to graduate high school and attend higher education.
by Terry Cumes | Mar 10, 2022 | Quechua Culture
History of the Pachamanca By: Lindsey Masterman (Willka T’ika intern) A Pachamanca is an 8,000-year-old traditional Incan style of meal in which a variety of marinated meats, potatoes, vegetables, and herbs are roasted in an underground pit filled with hot...
by Terry Cumes | Oct 18, 2019 | Andean Children's Education Projects, Quechua Culture, Sustainability
For a glimpse into the life of the healer Don Benito, we filmed this video on our last visito to Q’eros: The most special guest that Willka T’ika has ever hosted is without doubt Don Benito. Don Benito is a Q’ero pakko, or healer. He is among the...
by Vidya Gauci | Oct 25, 2018 | Quechua Culture
In Inkan lore, the Lucuma tree encompasses the three worlds of ancient Andean cosmology. The trunk represents kaypacha, the world of humans, plants and animals, a place of action and interaction, of cause and effect that shapes our lives. The roots represent...
by Terry Cumes | Aug 30, 2018 | Andean Children's Education Projects, Quechua Culture
Terry Visits the Family of the Willka T’ika Children’s Fund’s First University Graduate in Chumpe-Pokes Mountain Community For over a decade, The Willka T’ika Children’s Fund has supported a school in the Andean community of Chumpe-Pokes. Thanks to generous...
by Vidya Gauci | Sep 2, 2017 | Quechua Culture
August is regarded as Pachamama’s birthday. Every year at Willka T’ika, the staff and I gather with our Qero Pakko, ritual specialist, to offer our gratitude to Her. As the name Pachamama suggests, the Quechua respect and honor their Mother Earth....
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