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Wooden Playground Andean Children will be the place where children can go to have fun. At the same time, Playgrounds should provide opportunities for children to develop a number of other skills: gross and fine motor skills, social interaction, imagination and cognitive development (discovery, problem solving, and reasoning).
Children will be able to choose from a variety of activities that will stimulate all kinds of active, creative, cooperative, and sensory play. It is our desire to develop this project in 2009 with different kind of games:
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Active: Net Climbers, Balance Beams, Climbing Walls, Chain, Bridges, Overhead Climbers, Chinning Bars, Slides, Track Rides, Swings, See-Saws.
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Creative: Theme Panels, Storefront Panels, Playhouses, Steering Wheels, Telescopes.
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Cooperative: Double Slides, Climbing Walls, Teeter Totters, Tire Swings.
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Sensory: Panels with bells and/or chimes, Talk Tubes.
Andean Wooden Playground will be constructed with locally available natural materials, such as trunks of eucalyptus and ropes, for better protection of the children, and some concrete. Why do we want to build the Wooden Playground? Many Rural Villages and lack safe playgrounds that meet the developmental needs of children, and provide meeting and recreation space for children, teens, adults, and seniors. We want to include the children in the process of planning and design, to produce a result wich better meets their needs and desires, so that the Wooden Playground is consistently used.
The swings will incorporate a net climbers and firefighter poles
Natural Seesaws of locally-available Eucalyptus
Sports fields for Football (Soccer) and Volleyball practice
Slides
Play houses
A Watch Tower incorporating a slide, climbing wall and swings
Swings for infants and older children
Peru Andean Textiles is a micro enterprise project based on the rescue of the Andean Culture in a traditional environment; the project takes into account the local use and customs. These methods include simple production and marketing techniques based on solidarity and Andean communal traditions. Such an iniciative can simultaneously help to preserve the Andean traditions of the Villages of Huerta and Mosocllacta, and also provide economic benefits that will help improve the lives of locals.
Peru Andean Textiles will have its center in Huerta Village in the Province of Anta. The primary beneficiaries of this project will be Quechua-speaking women. The project will use horizontal looms. The use of these techniques will improve the participation of men and children. In this area, many household seek no only economic well-being, but the preservation from Incan and pre-Incan times.
Peru Andean Textiles will allow rural women to weave at home, so that this source of income will be compatible with their other occupations, including child-rearing, animal husbandry, and agriculture. All weaving is performed with naturally-dyed wool, in the same manner as has been performed in the Andes for millennia. This is a work of intense dedication, as each woven piece represents more than fifteen days of work. Women meet to ensure that the benefits and profits of their work are shared in an equitable manner, and that their families all benefit from their handiwork. Sales of these products will also permit the buyer to take with him or her a unique and beautiful product that benefits local people directly.
Peru Andean Textiles have as main characteristic wich andean weaving is traditionally done in a communal way, in which numerous weavers participate in the production of a single piece, before the final sale of the product. This helps to guarantee the egalitarian manner in which profits are shared with the benefits of weavers families. Along with a guarantee of a fair profit for families, this process benefits the technical skills and training of community members, and encourages strong community organization that allows the community to benefit in other ways. In addition, a Work Capital Fund will be created, as an internal mechanism that stimulates a better quality of weaving and better punctuality in deliveries, to improve supervise the production and organization, without neglecting the agricultural and weaving labors of the participating families.
Peru Andean Textiles takes as one of its fundamental features, the self-sustainability of this project. In order to promote sustainability, the exhibition and sale of products will take place in a shop located in the city of the Cusco or in the Archaeological centers in the surrounding area, and through participation in handicraft fairs. Another aim of the project is the eventual exportation of textile products, once a sufficiently consolidated organization, a productive system of good quality, and internet marketing tools have been developed.
Peru Andean Textiles will supervise the Process of production of wool. All the wool we use is obtained from sheep, llama or alpaca. Most of these animals are from the High Andean Zone of Peru, a very cold area. First, animals are sheared, and then the industrial and semi-industrial processes begin. Wool quality is determined by its origin (sheep, llama or alpaca), as each type possesses specific characteristics. Textile characteristic are also defined by thickness, which determines the weight and the texture of the clothes.
Peru Andean Textiles will supervise the process of production of natural dyes which are applied most effectively to fibers of animal origin. Wash: the process to cleaning the wool before applying mordant. Dyes: many plants have natural pigments in their roots and flowers. The selection of the dye depends on the desired color. Most of these natural dyes come from plants present in these rural communities. Soaking: the natural pigments must soak and rest some time before being used. The Mordant: This word comes from the Latin “mordere” that means “to grab”. This step makes the dye adhere to the wool. Water: In some villages, rain water is used because the quality of water has an influence over the final results. Boiling: wool, pigments and mordant are put in containers that have different colors. Then, they are boiled for many hours. Drying: once boiled and the desired color has been reached, wool is put into cold water in order to reinforce the colors. Finally, the wool is dried.
Peru Andean Textiles will supervise the production process of weavings. Traditional loom: colors and combinations are selected according to design. Then, the boll is used and the wool is whizzed. Finally, the wool is put in the warper according to the size of the product. Pedal loom: these European looms allow men to participate in the productive process. In this loom, cloth of larger dimensions can be made. Weaving process: the wood has to be strung according to the design. Each line must be correctly applied in order to produce the correct images. Washing: the finished cloth is washed. Here color and size are defined.
Peru Andean Textiles will supervise the process of distribution and sales. Quality control; verify the weave quality and the design of the final cloth. Establish prices: production cost is taken into account, including the number days of work required, primary material used, etc. Tagging: once the final cloth has been approved, people in charge encode, take a picture, weigh and add the ticket of the institution. Web registration: all the data on the final product are placed on the sales Section of our web site. Direct promotion: all our products will be available for sale in the store in the city of Cusco.
Espíritus Creativos — Christian Ministries admits that God has given skill, capacity and creativity to weavers and craftsmen to realize with Creative Spirits (Espíritus Creativos) their designs and works: “Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun—blue, purple or scarlet yarn or fine linen. And all the women who were willing and had the skill spun the goat hair” (Exodus 35:25-26); “Then Moses said to the Israelites, "See, the Lord has chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts —to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood and to engage in all kinds of artistic craftsmanship. And he has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others. He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as craftsmen, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and weavers— all of them master craftsmen and designers” (Exodus 35:30-35). Amen, Amen and Amen.
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