My name is Kai, and last November I had an opportunity to accompany Jens Jarvie, Sarai Shapiro and nine other (mostly) Californians to undertake a Dieta at Kushi Ayahuasca, a forest healing and educational retreat center, deep in the amazingly biodiverse Amazonian rainforest near the Sierra del Divisor National Park in Contamana, Perú. More info can be found at https://www.kushiayahuascacenter.com

Here we learned the healing techniques and methods of Shipibo-Konibo healers who are preserving the ancestral understandings and traditions. It turns out that 15 hectares of land adjacent to the Retreat Center is currently for sale at the price of 1000 soles/hectare (which is basically $110 per ACRE!) On this land are several Shiohuahuaco trees that are estimated to be over 1,000 years old. This land is home to jaguars, monkeys, macaws and countless species. What's special about this opportunity to protect the rainforest is that the people who can steward and tend the land are already on-site regularly. Maestro Wexa Metsa and his Harvard-educated wife Macarena and all of the rest of the support family are deeply dedicated to land stewardship and preserving the ancestral traditions for the Benefit of All Life. All money collected from this fundraiser will go to this indigenous family, earmarked to enable the procurement of this additional forested land.