Yachay Wasi

YACHAY WASI
("House of Learning" in the Quechua Language of Peru)

RUNA SIMI (Quechua) is the Inka language still spoken by the descendants of this ancient Yachay Wasi Logo

civilization. The Inka empire was called TAWANTINSUYU (the Four Quarters) and extended through South America. The Four Quarters were:

Northeast - Antisuyu
Southeast - Qollasuyu
Southwest - Kuntisuyu
Northwest - Chinchaysuyu

The Report and DVD of Yachay Wasi 2009 Conference "Sacred Sites: Biodiversity and Andean Spirituality" in Acopia, Peru is currently shown on the website of the Mountain Partnership. Yachay Wasi is a member of the Partnership

International Conference on Cultural and Biological Diversity: Montreal, 8 - 10 June 2010

On 9 June 2010, Luis Delgado Hurtado, President of Yachay Wasi, had a presentation on “Sacred sites: Perspectives from the Inca Descendants”, at the funded invitation of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biodiversity

Group Photo of participants

Program and documents

Final report and Participants

Yachay Wasi upcoming Second Local Conference in Raqchi, Peru - 9 thru 11 August 2010

Yachay Wasi Campaign of Planting Native Trees in Peru Andes is mentioned with a photograph from Acopia, Peru on Page 35 of UNEP 2009 Annual Report

During the 2010 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF BIODIVERSITY:

"Biodiversity and Spirituality in the High Andes"

A Side event (22 April 2010) of the 9th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

Yachay Wasi Newsletter Winter 2009/2010

A MILLION NATIVE TREES IN PERU ANDES !

Yachay Wasi reaches out to the Public

$1.00 per tree

A US personal check or an International money order can also be sent to

Yachay Wasi, Inc., 708 West 192nd Street # 6B, New York, NY 10040

Donations $10.00 or more will receive a US Tax Exempt receipt by USPS mail

In May 2008, Yachay Wasi started its Campaign of planting ONE MILLION NATIVE TREES in the Circuit of Four Lakes in the Peruvian Andes (español)

Yachay Wasi is a Partner in UNEP Billion Trees Campaign

FIRST STAGE: 6,000 native trees were planted in January - February 2009, during the rainy season. List of DONORS

Campaign Update: SECOND STAGE: 6,350 native trees were planted in January 2010, during the rainy season

Location and Photos of Second Stage

INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY: (March 2009) Planting one million trees for life in Peru - Incan descendants clean up Mother Earth

Yachay Wasi is one of the first 100 participants to join UNEP Climate Neutral Network

CONFERENCE REPORT

Sacred Sites, Biodiversity and Andean Spirituality (April 2009)

INFORME de la CONFERENCIA

Sitios Sagrados, Biodiversidad y Espiritualidad Andina (Abril 2009)

39TH ANNUAL UN PEACE BELL CEREMONY ON EARTH DAY 2009

Yachay Wasi was presented with the International Earth Day Award by the Earth Society Foundation, in recognition of its “outstanding contribution as a dedicated Earth Trustee”.

Marie-Danielle Samuel, Yachay Wasi Main Representative to the United Nations, accepted the award on behalf of Luis Delgado Hurtado, President of Yachay Wasi, and spoke briefly of the environmental projects which they are implementing in the Peruvian Andes.

Yachay Wasi has joined UNEP Climate Neutral Network and, as one of the first 100 participants, receives Commemorative Trophy

United Nations Environment Programme Press Release at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Poznań, Poland - COP 14 ( 1-12 December 2008)

RECOVERY OF THE CIRCUIT OF FOUR LAKES

an ongoing project in the Peruvian Andes

The First Phase of the Recovery of the Circuit of Four Lakes was completed in February 2008

Project is ONE of BEST PRACTICES IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT by NGOs in Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

Yachay Wasi President Luis Delgado Hurtado, Cuzco, Peru, was invited to attend the

White House Conference on the Americas (July 9, 2007)

Luis is shown with Mrs. Laura Bush in picture on left Photo by US Embassy, Lima

The White House Conference on the Americas was hosted by President and Mrs. Bush. The Conference brought together a total of 250 voluntary organizations, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, and foundations to discuss and highlight the vast array of societal interaction between the United States and its neighbors to better the lives of the region’s citizens.

On July 6, Luis and other representatives from NGOs in Peru, met with the US Ambassador in Lima.

Photo by US Embassy, Lima, Peru on right

60 Ways the United Nations makes a difference LDHphoto

A photograph by Luis Delgado Hurtado, president of Yachay Wasi, is featured in a brochure published by the UN Department of Public Information for the 60th anniversary of the United Nations.

See page 48: The 60th way "Improving the plight of Indigenous peoples"

This homepage was created by George Maroti and is maintained by Marie-Danielle Samuel

Updated 20 July 2010

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