There are many efficient stoves on the world market. All are expensive. None address the unique situation of the Q’ero people. John Whitaker (Ivins, UT) of Whitaker Studio was inspired to develop a low-cost, easy-to-transport, fuel-efficient stove that can be assembled in the Q’ero villages with no tools. We call it the
Twenty years ago Santos crushed the bone in his thumb when he fell onto a rock. The injury became a festering wound, the bone was infected, yet he never received medical treatment. Though Santos suffered constant pain in the hand, he continued to cultivate potatoes to keep his family fed. He still manages to
Heart Walk Foundation hired obstetrician Karina Bello Pacco, and nurse Briggite Ivone Benavente Arape to serve Q’ero villagers in their remote Andean region for 2018. These two brave and dedicated women endure deprivations, hardships and risks to their safety so they can provide basic medical care to Q’ero villagers.
Help keep the Peruvian doctor and nurse in Q’eros through the coming year by making a donation on Giving Tuesday, November 27. Your gift will be DOUBLED by an Angel Donor. Donate online on November 27 or write “Tuesday” on your check.
A spiritual crisis led me to join the 2018 Heart Walk Foundation expedition to Peru. Earlier this year, I’d been struggling with school, work, and my perceived failures as a single parent. Everything that once gave my life meaning and purpose had become pedestrian. I needed to remove myself from bandaging my defeats with social media, Netflix, and online shopping binges and alter my perspective.
A small child walks gingerly over a rocky mountain field as he returns to his home after watching over his family’s alpaca herd. It's late afternoon on a cold [...]
While you were sweltering in summer heat, six dedicated volunteers from the USA and our Peruvian field director, Bertha Ramirez, trudged at high elevations in two feet of snow [...]
While you were sleeping six inspired volunteers sat upright all night in cramped airline seats as they embarked on a twenty-two day service expedition to remote Q’ero villages in [...]
When we look at a Q’ero weaving, we are viewing a visual narrative about the role of humans in the universe and the meaning of life. The beautiful colors, [...]
Our volunteers and donors are a global “village” spanning three continents and all ages. Every HWF supporter helps the success of our projects to increase food security, build schools, improve [...]