1. YACHAY WASICHA
"The Little House of Learning" in Quechua. At the heart of our work is Yachay Wasicha, our comprehensive educational program serving local children in Pisaq.
2. MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY
PROGRAMS
We offer weekly classes and hot meals in both communities, bringing education, nutrition, and connection to children and families in remote mountain villages.
Pampallacta & Paru Paru
Our School in Pisaq
OUR CURRENT PROGRAMS
3. ELDER CARE
4. CULTURAL PRESERVATION
& EXCHANGE
Everything we do carries a single thread: keeping the living culture of the Andes alive — its language, its traditions, its pride — and passing it whole into the next generation's hands.
Amistad Sagrada (Sacred Friendship) is a registered Peruvian NGO that has served the indigenous Quechua communities of Peru's Sacred Valley since 2009. For nearly seventeen years, we have built deep, trust-based relationships with local families through education, cultural preservation, and community care.
Each day we carry a hot meal — and quiet companionship — to a grandmother who lives alone, nearly blind. A simple act of love, and the seed of something larger.
It's in:
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The grandmother who receives a warm meal and a friendly face every day.
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The child who learns to read in both Spanish and Quechua.
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The teenager who plays Andean music and dreams of university.
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The family who gathers in the maloka we built together.
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The elder who sees traditional knowledge honored and passed forward.
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The community that knows we will show up, week after week, year after year.
17
YEARS
of continuous service
2
MOUNTAIN
COMMUNITIES
with active weekly programs
Countless relationships built on trust, respect, and reciprocity
Multiple families supported through elder care, education, and infrastructure
OUR IMPACT: BY THE NUMBERS
12
INDIGENOUS
COMMUNITIES
connected and served
100
+ CHILDREN
served through Yachay
Wasicha and mountain
programs
But the real impact can't be measured in numbers alone.
This is what 17 years of sacred friendship looks like.
