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Visiting CIANAH in the native community of Yutupis
The Takiwasi Center has supported for some years the project CIANAH: Indigenous Support Center for Abandoned and Orphaned Children, promoted by José Petsa in the Awajún native community of Yutupis, located in a remote area of the Peruvian jungle.
The purpose of CIANAH is to welcome children who are abandoned and orphaned from an early age and to support them in services such as basic health, education, food and clothing. The project also wants to promote among the native population values of solidarity, responsibility and justice and favor the expression of the cultural values and traditions of the Awajún and Wampis peoples.
In order to carry out this project and build the orphanage, CIANAH receives support from foundations such as Terre de Vie and Fondation Vermont and from private donors who, being fascinated by the place and the project, have decided to contribute their little grain of sand to this initiative. The orphanage, in addition to donations, also receives people interested in volunteering.
Since 2019, the collaboration with Fondation Vermont allows CIANAH members and more generally the young people of the Yutupis community, once they finish high school, to receive scholarships to continue their higher studies in the cities of Lima or Iquitos, thus entering the university or technical institutes to specialize in careers such as nursing, education, accounting, administration and fine arts.
During our visit last October, we had the opportunity to see the progress of the construction of the second floor of the orphanage and start a selection process so that next year other young people from Yutupis will be benefited by the scholarships granted by Fondation Vermont.
If you wish to support CIANAH, you can do so with a donation through our website or by contacting directly its director, José Petsa.
CIANAH: Indigenous Support Center for Abandoned and Orphaned Children
Phone: +51 945175497
E-mail: jyaunpetsa@yahoo.es
Web page: www.cianah.weebly.com
Flyer: CIANAH