Aldea Yanapay

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Industry	Non-Profit
Location	Cusco, Cusco, Peru
Introduction	Lo mas bello de la educación es el poder dar posibilidades. The most beautiful thing about teaching is the ability to give opportunities. Aldea Yanapay is a non-profit civil organization, founded by Yuri Valencia, with a great dream to build an alternative school, an eco-village, and an orphanage. The first alternative school was founded in 2004. By 2005,the school already had more than 160 children that came every afternoon to receive education, so Aldea Yanapay had to move to a bigger place. Mid 2005, Yuri started a volunteer program, and the first website - http://www.aldeayanapay.org/. At the end of 2005, the money that Yuri had saved was running out, so Yuri started to make artwork and cards to sell in order to make money to maintain the school. That lasted a few months until he created the Magico Hostel where, if they want, volunteers can stay, paying for their room and board. Now the Yanapay school is being maintained with that money. At the beginning of 2006, Yuri created the Yanapay Village Restaurant and Cafe which will help fund the next project “The Yanapay Cultural Center,” which is opening soon. Thank you for visiting the Aldea Yanapay page :)