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Help Guide Cristobal Cuba reinvent as a farmer

I am Cristobal Cuba  from Cusco-Peru, I am a mountain explorer, amateur photographer and professional TOUR GUIDE since 2000. I  have worked for Amazonas Explorer since 2012 and have led many groups from different nationalities.

To be a Tour Guide has been one of the best experiences in my life. It has given me the chance to share our culture and history with many travellers.

The Covid19 pandemic had made a huge impact on our economy and employment now is very bad.  I have had no work since March and our season is about to end so will have no work till April next year.

So for this is the reason, I want to reinvent myself as an organic farmer.



I have a property an hour away from Cusco city, with  a tropical climate, which will make a great place for a farming project. The soil is good to grow many varieties of organic crops,

The idea of this project is to produce and sell them in the local markets of Cusco city.

I am hoping to raise $3800 to set my new life up as an organic farmer.

The money raised, I will use to buy farming tools, build a shelter for the farm animals,  buy the farm animals (chickens),  rent a tractor to  plough the land and to buy vegetable seeds, avocado plants and orange plants.

My property has 2 acres of area so  for my project this is the estimated budget:

$3800 will buy;

farming tools;

03 shovels
04 pickaxes
05 rakes,  
01 saw
02 wheelbarrows, 
02 fumigators
03 pruning shears

▪︎For the irrigation system:

300mt of two types of hoses
05 PVC pipes 4 inches by 5 meters
04 sprinklers and accessories for installation.


Build materials for the chicken's house

▪︎120 m² Area of building.
1000 bricks
20 bags of cement
15 bags of white plaster
04 medium trucks of materials, gravel and sand.
30 wood ribbons
30 unities for the corrugated roof
03 wood doors 
Nails and bamboo.

▪︎Protection for the property

80 meters of a metal mesh fence
▪︎farm animals
20 chickens (one month old )
20 chickens (two months old)
20 chickens (three months old)

▪︎Local labor work preparing the land and construction


05 local people to clear   the land of bushes, trees and to work in the farm.

▪︎To rent a plough tractor around 5 hours

● Plants to purchase

50 avocado plants
20 orange plants
10 lemon plants
10 banana plants
10 passion fruit
40 kgs. of corn seeds
07 kgs. of vegetables seeds (tomatoes, broccoli,  cabbage, pumpkin, green beans,   carrot, onion, garlic, radish, cucumber, coriander, oregano, etc.)
05 trucks of natural compost
10 bags of plant nutrients etc.

Any donation will be very helpful and a huge  support for my family.
It's been difficult to deal with this situation in the last 6 months but this opportunity to reinvent myself as an organic farmer will really help us survive until we can return to showing tourist around the beautiful country of Peru.



How it works:

I, Paul Cripps, owner of Amazonas Explorer have agreed to help set up these Gofundme crowdfunding pages for my guides who are struggling to make ends meet whilst the tourism industry implodes in Peru. We hope it will be back one day soon, but for now, they need to reinvent themselves in order to feed their families.

The funds will be collected here in the UK into my account and then I will pay the exact equivalent in Peruvian soles from my Peruvian account into their personal accounts to minimise bank transfer fees and exchange rate fluctuations.

I will also personally contribute the first $150 of each proposal to help them get started. This will be donated directly into their accounts to avoid charges.

Our guides provide a big part of the magic of any trip to Peru and it is their personal touches, professionalism, wit and charm that makes each trip they guide unforgettable.

So,  if you enjoyed your trip to Peru with one of our guides, please give what you can.

I know times are difficult everywhere but these guides are true heroes, their projects are borne out a desire to survive this pandemic and come out the other side better for the experience.

If you can't donate, please share and spread the word to help them achieve their goals.

Let me take this opportunity to thank you so much for anything you can do.

Paul Cripps
Amazonas Explorer
Cusco
Peru

Organiser

Paul Cripps
Organiser

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