The Chijnaya Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that empowers indigenous Andean communities to improve their standards of living and quality of life.
We are dedicated to ending extreme poverty in underserved Andean communities
The Chijnaya Foundation works in partnership with rural communities in Southern Peru to design and implement self-sustaining projects in health, education, and economic development. We work with communities long term to develop a comprehensive development strategy and on-going collaboration to meet their goals.
Economic Development
Rural community economic development is at the heart of the Chijnaya Foundation mission, specifically agricultural microlending.
Health & the Environment
The fortunes of families and communities are closely tied to basic health care access, clean water, and native plant and aquatic ecosystems.
Education
We respond to the overwhelming demand of rural families for access to higher education by establishing a university scholarship program.
Your donations made a huge difference in 2019 and helped communities implement the projects they proposed as a part of their development strategy.
Find out how communities improved their access to water and sanitation, used their rotating loan funds to improve their income generating activities, pursued higher education, and more!
Your donations made a huge difference in 2019 and helped communities implement the projects they proposed as a part of their development strategy.
Find out how communities improved their access to water and sanitation, used their rotating loan funds to improve their income generating activities, pursued higher education, and more!
Your donations made a huge difference in 2019 and helped communities implement the projects they proposed as a part of their development strategy.
Find out how communities improved their access to water and sanitation, used their rotating loan funds to improve their income generating activities, pursued higher education, and more!
Join us in making a difference in 2020!
Community members work with our on-the-ground staff to design projects tailored to their specific needs and goals. Find out what communities would like to accomplish in 2020 and how you can support these projects.
Latest from the #Chijnaya Blog
Letter from the Retiring President of the Foundation
Dear Friends of the Chijnaya Foundation, For fifteen years I have had the privilege of serving as the volunteer president of The Chijnaya Foundation. Working with the men and women in remote communities in the Andes, with a...
A brief video about Altiplano water projects, by Kimmy Mazza
Today, many rural communities’ traditional livelihoods in the Lake Titicaca basin are threatened by water scarcity and pollution from mines, urban settlements, and solid waste. Most people today in the lake basin show awareness about pollution and...
Interviews with Chijnaya Foundation Scholars
Two men discuss their scholarships from the Chijnaya Foundation. A woman discusses her scholarship from the Chijnaya Foundation. A man discusses his scholarship from the Chijnaya Foundation. Two women discuss their scholarships from the Chijnaya Foundation.