Peru: Older adults lead initiatives against climate change

Peru: Older adults lead initiatives against climate change

From urban gardens in Lima to ancestral lands in the Ancash and San Martín regions, these older adults are sharing their wisdom about agrobiodiversity to ensure a more just, healthy, and sustainable future. Bertha Delgado (60), Alejandro Lliuya (65), and Nely Fasabi (65) are just a few of them, guardians of seeds, crops, and knowledge that nourish both the land and the soul of their communities.

Through community gardens, native seed and medicinal plant cultivation, these wise people strengthen food security, revitalize culture, and teach new generations how to live in harmony with nature.

In a world increasingly threatened by monoculture, deforestation, and biodiversity loss, their knowledge is vital. They not only conserve what we have left, but also sow hope, identity, and resilience in each of their communities.

However, this initiative needs allies. You can make a difference by supporting the creation of Mutual Learning Centers (CAMs), community spaces for the intergenerational transmission of knowledge and the revitalization of agrobiodiversity, where native seeds will be shared and community networks will be strengthened.

With your help, we can acquire tools, materials, and resources so that this ancestral wisdom is not lost, but rather flourishes strongly in the hands of new generations and the guidance of older adults.

Donate today and be part of this cause that honors experience and protects nature. Together we can build stronger communities that connect with their ancestral knowledge.

Your support is the seed we need to continue cultivating life, memory, and hope in every corner of Peru.

About PRATEC

The Andean Project for Peasant Technologies (PRATEC by its acronym in Spanish) is a Peruvian institution founded in 1988 and registered with the National Superintendency of Public Registries under file No. 01834584, with RUC: 20148029912. For over 36 years, PRATEC has accompanied local organizations and networks that promote the strengthening of cultural and biological diversity in the country through cultural affirmation programs, capacity-building initiatives, and actions focused on nurturing biodiversity and Buen Vivir (Good Living).

Currently, we are implementing the project “Wisdom of the Elders: Community Education for Biodiversity Conservation and Food Security in Peru,” which seeks to recognize and revalue the potential of elderly adults to address global challenges such as food insecurity, biodiversity loss, and the effects of climate change.

VISION: Creation of a culturally diverse world.

MISSION: To be a leading institution in recovering Andean-Amazonian biodiversity, strategies for climate change adaptation, and culturally diverse education for Buen Vivir.

WORK LINES:

• Training programs for technicians and professionals in interculturality.

• Action research in agrobiodiversity, management of ancestral knowledge for climate change adaptation and mitigation, nurturing and caring for territories, childhood and biodiversity, ecological rights of nature, food sustainability, etc.

• Practices and knowledge for cultural affirmation.

Donate today and help these elders continue cultivating for everyone.

Learn more about PRATEC at this link: https://pratec.org/wpress/

About the organizer

Claudia Tomateo is the person organizing this fundraising campaign on behalf of the NGO Andean Project for Peasant Technologies (Proyecto Andino de Tecnologías Campesinas). She will give the money to PRATEC via bank transfer from the US to Peru.

Tomateo is descendant of the Quechua-Chanka people and doctoral student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she investigates Indigenous data visualizations, pedagogies and methodologies. She has been collaborating with PRATEC for the past year on a variety of projects in the Amazon.