Yachay Wasi MILLION NATIVE TREES CAMPAIGN

YACHAY WASI Million Native Trees Campaign in the Peruvian Andes

New Sapling

SECOND STAGE:

During the rainy season in January 2010, the second stage of the Campaign was implemented, under the leadership of Yachay Wasi. Cuzco family

6,350 native trees were planted around the lake of Acopia and the villages of Acopia and Santo Domingo by the Indigenous communities of Acopia and Santo Domingo.

Lake Acopia is part of the Circuit of Four Lakes in the province of Acomayo, Department of Cusco, Peru. Altitude is 3,600 meters.

This time, only a small amount of contributions of $1.00 per tree was received from the public. The saplings were partially bought on credit by Yachay Wasi.

Yachay Wasi wants to thank especially the family Nunez from Cusco who donated 200 trees. Photo right

. Nursery Truckload

Saplings were purchased from a Nursery in Cuzco, loaded into a truck and delivered to the planting area. On way Training Coca ceremony

Luis Delgado Hurtado, President of Yachay Wasi, takes part in a Coca Ceremony to the Apus before planting (Photo right)

(In Progress)