December 14, 2018
2018-A Year in Review
Thanks to you, Quechua Benefit was able to accomplish more in 2018 than ever before! Take a look at how your generosity transformed lives this year.
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September 26, 2018
Big Smiles Say “Thank You”
Quechua Benefit supporters provide life-changing surgeries for Casa Chapi students.
November 16, 2012
Quechua Benefit Mission 2012
by Nicholas Skinner This November my sister and I had the opportunity to participate in the 2012 Quechua Benefit Mission in Peru. Our family, as Snowmass Alpacas, has sponsored the building of a medical clinic at Casa Chapi. This year the final construction of the clinic was completed, and we were there to attend the grand opening. The first phase of our journey involved long flights, layovers, sleep deprivation, white-knuckle bus rides along cliff-side roads, and a rapid acclimation to 12,000+ feet. […]
July 13, 2011
Quechua Benefit Peru Trip – Travel Advice
All you need to know about traveling on your first mission to Peru.
July 13, 2011
Sister Antonia and The Mystic Powers of Peru’s Cuy
Sister Antonia Kayser is a plucky 81 year-old Catholic nun with a secret. Born and raised in the borough of Brooklyn, New York she is a member of the Maryknoll Order. Sister Antonia has been feeding 800 dirt-poor people a day since 1973 from the courtyard of the church in Yanque, a small town in the Colca Valley of Peru.
July 12, 2011
Cultural Awareness Tips for Mission Participants
Titles are extraordinarily important – always error on the side of being overly polite by referring to everyone by their appropriate professional of social title (e.g. physicians – “Dr.” or Dra.”).