SAM Splints Save the Day for Q’ero Villagers
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 [...]
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, [...]
“Hualpay kusunchis," Graciela says as she offers me three coca leaves held together in both her hands.” Loosely translated this means, "let us eat coca together." I accept her gift [...]
The exquisite handwoven Q’ero textiles offered on the Heart Walk Foundation Tribal Store are more than beautiful art. The rich and complex Q’ero textile tradition conveys much about ancient [...]