SCHOOL AMENITIES PROJECT
On July 2012, the Inti Raymi Fund set out in a small boat up the Ucayali River traveling 175 kilometers, in search of an extremely remote village untouched by modern, western ways and found this small village of Simkiote. It took the community a bit of time to get used to us, but upon gentle approach, we realized that they too had some of the modern amenities but were extremely limited in scope. Many of their ways remained traditional and unspoiled, which provided us insight into villages comparing some “beyond return giving way to modernity” and others which keep the old traditional ways. Villages such as Simkiote, need only a slight “gentle hand” with assistance. This is the reason for the minimal amount of funding of only $1,401, because they were lucky and didn’t need much from the outside world.
The Inti Raymi Fund provided funds to facilitate their purchase of items they chose such as books, art supplies, a complete set of school supplies, a complete set of table and chairs for the school which they were going to hand make and sporting equipment for the village children of Simkiote Village. The Simkiote Community was an example of harmony in the Jungle, which required little intervention; all they asked for were these minimal items. The whole idea behind the Inti Raymi Fund is to provide the assistance “if they” need it with Respect and Dignity so that they preserve their way of life, their culture and pride.
Video shown below is from a nearby community of the Shipibo Peoples, different but similar to the Ashaninka Peoples of the Amazon Region.
Deseo poco, y lo poco que deseo, lo deseo poco- Facundo Cabral
“I wish for little, and the little that I wish for, I wish for, little.”
