PERUVIAN SUN/SOL PERUANO
A Photography Exhibit to Support
the People of Alto Cayma:
An Andes migrant community living in the mountains above Arequipa, Peru
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Last exhibit:APRIL 2007 @ 1369 COFFEEHOUSE
INMAN SQUARE:
1369 Cambridge Street,
Cambridge, MA. 02139 USA
00.1.617.576.1369.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!
The ALTO CAYMA COMMUNITY consists of over 30,000 people who have migrated from rural Andes mountain villages to a more livable altitude & climate, & a closer proximity to urban amenities & employment opportunities. Many are women & children who have lost husbands & fathers to political violence & its poverty. Although close to the city of Arequipa, Alto Cayma is nearly 1,000 feet above it (approx. 9.000 ft.) & thus the basics - food, potable water, electricity, health services, education, paved roads & transportation - are at present out of reach for most people.
There is hope for improved conditions, but much work to be done. Your gift will support their initiatives.
To learn more about the ALTO CAYMA COMMUNITY, visit: www.serving-alto-cayma.info.
*Exhibited photos - 5 color & 5 black and white - taken during arts therapies/ peacebuilding fieldwork in 2005, are available for purchase. Suggested Donation: per 8x10 print: $20; with mat & frame: $50.
*To purchase - contact photographer/ benefit coordinator, Colleen: creating_peace@yahoo.com.
$500USD (1,585 Peruvian!) WAS DELIVERED BY HAND TO ALTO CAYMA LATE MAY 2007! Many thanks to MIKEY, GEMMA & SEAMUS of THE DRUID, to KELLI & JOSH of 1369 COFFEEHOUSE, to DEBORAH & TOM of OUT OF THE BLUE ART GALLERY and to everyone within the Inman Square village for their support!
