Empower 100 young leaders from Manchay, Peru

Empowered youth that have been part of our school of entrepreneurs have new challenges =) 

Bea (19) and Isabel (20), inspiring young leaders of Manchay, are now part of Ruwasunchis team, and the are leading the project of Kids and Women, respectively. Bea, along with other 5 youth of Manchay that are volunteers, will be leading the project for 50 kids in Manchay. They will nurture creativity and self-esteem in those 50 kids, with arts, sports and creativity workshops every weekend of the year. 

Isabel will have a really beautiful challenge leading the project of weavers. Isa studied Design with a scholarship that Ruwasunchis, individual donors and Chio Lecca gave to her, and she is a very talented and commited woman. The project for women will let them increase their income, and have access to nutrition and "smart eating" workshops. 

We are very happy that the youth that are part of our project now assume the challenges of their communities, and they are now role models for other young women from their community and for our society in general. 

Gerald is 19 years old and has been part of Ruwa's family since she was 10. It’s been an amazing journey together getting to the point that this year she has been leading the youth group to a new level. 

She has been able to mobilize more than 50 youth from Manchay to motivate them to go each Sunday and receive different workshops of our program. She has also been able to manage difficult situations and give positive advise to the younger ones. 

She and other 45 youth have received over 40 hours of training in Ruwa skills development (humble leadership, effective communication, creativity, change management, meaningful collaboration, empathy and entrepreneurial attitude). 

One of our main focus was to help them to discover their own life project. It is characterized by young people from vulnerable communities, it is the dispersion when focusing on their life trajectory and the search for motivation and clarity that allows them to break the circle of the poverty in which they grew up. Each of them will leave at the end of the program with a plan of life armed and reflected by themselves.

Gerald has a clear path now, she knows she wants to help people through her career, psychology and have a social impact with young people from vulnerable places. 

We invite you to contact us any time, Gerald would love to meet you and keep growing through conversations and inspiration. ¡Thank you for being part of our lifes!

Our impact in numbers

• •40 Young People 
• •8 Successful Workshops
• •40 Hours of Training 
• •3 Workshops outside their communities (to be inspired)
• •15 People in charge of the workshop and volunteers involved
• •5 Enterprises visit us to do Enterpreunership and Leadership Workshops (IBM, Edifica, amongst others)
• •1 gang warfare has been disjointed and stopped