Ayni is a Quechua word for mutual aid.
We
are a small, not for profit, organization founded in 2006 by botanist
Hedy Hollyfield, anthropologist Barbara Wolff, and educator/artist
Kathlyn Avila-Reyes.
Ayni
aims to preserve cultural patrimony in Peru, and promote social welfare
in Andean communities through sponsorship of cultural programs, and
through sales of Peruvian art and crafts.
Your
purchase of our Peruvian handicrafts and textiles supports projects at
the Los Gorriones Orphanage, ANFASEP, and the University of Huamanga as
well as the communities that produce, spin, dye and weave the fiber. It helps keep Ayacucho's fiber tradition alive.