Cooking Campo

After three hours of hiking with about two kilos of food, Escolastica and I arrived at Valentina’s house in Rayan just after sunset. She had already started preparing soup in expectation of our arrival. Valentina is one of Sacred Valley Health’s promotoras de salud (community health workers), and kindly hosts us when we visit her…

Start of a beautiful promotora-ship

Last week, our docentes (mentor promotoras) and their trainee promotoras (community health workers) met officially as colleagues for the first time. All 15 women (five docentes and ten new promotoras) came down to the SVH/Ayni Wasi office from their home communities—the most distant a 2-hour ride by car—to meet one another and familiarize themselves with…