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

A MILLION NATIVE TREES IN PERU ANDES !

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

Location and Photos of Second Stage

FLOODS IN CUZCO VILLAGES

The international press has widely aired the airlift of tourists stranded at Machu Picchu on 24 January 2010 by landslides caused by heavy rains.

What was not reported is the effect these heavy rains had on Indigenous communities.

The villagers of Aguas Calientes, end of train ride to Machu Picchu, were evacuated also to Cuzco as communication to village was cut off.

Indigenous communities in the entire department of Cuzco were affected also by flooding, loss of houses and crops.

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

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

December 11: INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN DAY

2009 Theme: Disaster Risk Management In Mountains

21 September 2009: UNEP Billion Trees Campaign reaches its GOAL of Seven Billion Trees around the world

CONFERENCE REPORT

Sacred Sites, Biodiversity and Andean Spirituality (April 2009)

INFORME de la CONFERENCIA

Sitios Sagrados, Biodiversidad y Espiritualidad Andina (Abril 2009)

As of 20 May 2009, Yachay Wasi is a member of the Mountain Partnership

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)

Yachay Wasi Project RECOVERY OF THE CIRCUIT OF FOUR LAKES in the Peruvian Andes was among the 30 semi-finalists toward the Kyoto Water Prize to be awarded in Istanbul during the 5th World Water Forum (16-22 March 2009).

Yachay Wasi Slide presentation shown at Forum on 21 March 2009. Scroll down to bottom of page.

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 Newsletter Winter 2007/2008

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

13 September 2007 - UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by UN General Assembly - UN Press Release

"UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, its pending adoption by UN General Assembly"

Les Malezer, Australia and Hjalmar Dahl, Greenland, address Public Information meeting on 2 August 2007 at NYC Baha'i Center. Statement by Chairperson of the Indigenous Peoples Caucus at UN Press Conference (18 July 2007)

4 October 2007: UNESCO Executive Committee has approved the 13 April 2007 decision of the NGO Committee of UNESCO to admit Yachay Wasi in UNESCO Operational relations, following the March 2007 positive decision by UNESCO Director General.

Marie-Danielle Samuel, Yachay Wasi's main representative to the UN, attended UNESCO General Conference in Paris (16 October - 3 November 2007)

The Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was released on 2 February 2007 in Paris.

As a tribute to outgoing Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Yachay Wasi recalls his visit to Machu Picchu on 12 November 2003.

His STATEMENT

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"

Yachay Wasi's Inka Challenge featured again in a Side event delgado,tamang,luna of the Fifth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at UN Hqrs in NYC

Sacred Sites and the Environment from an Indigenous perspective

19 May 2006 - Organized by Yachay Wasi - Hosted by UNEP

Panel Report

Andean Encounters: November 2003, Mosoqllaqta and June 2001, Acopia

INTERNATIONAL DECADE FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE AND NON-VIOLENCE FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD 2001-2010

Yachay Wasi is featured in the first issue of UNESCO's newsletter (June 2004). Articles provide information on a range of different activities pertaining to a Culture of Peace, including efforts from civil society. English and French

First commemoration of the

WORLD DAY FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY FOR DIALOGUE AND DEVELOPMENT

21 May 2003 at UN Hqrs - Sponsored by UNESCO in collaboration with Yachay Wasi

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

Updated 12 March 2010

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