The causes and charities we partner with have missions that advance sustainable tourism, community impact, cultural heritage, and the environment. By supporting these local nonprofits, Visit Cusco helps organizations thrive while connecting visitors with responsible tourism experiences that encourage cultural respect, environmental stewardship, and meaningful engagement. Through these efforts, travelers can contribute to a more sustainable future for Cusco and the surrounding area while enjoying authentic and enriching experiences.
Globalteer is a nonprofit that supports several programs in and around Cusco. PAWS works rescued street dogs and provide food, refuge, and veterinary care. Picaflor House supports children in rural Peru through education, nutritional support, and extracurricular activities in a safe and nurturing environment, enabling them to reach their full potential and break the cycle of poverty. Pinagua Women’s Empowerment project educates girls to become more aware of their rights so they feel more confident in taking control of their lives.
Awamaki is a nonprofit community-driven enterprise working in deep collaboration with Quechua artisans. Awamaki is a non-profit that helps women start and run their own businesses. They invest in, develop, and nurture skills and leadership. Then they connect them to global markets for their small businesses. Working together we create grassroots programs to support and grow women-led cooperatives through heritage textiles, market access, and sustainable tourism.
Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cusco or CTTC for short has a rich history running all the way back to the 1970s when Quechua weavers began their Cusquenan textile traditions. The nonprofit was founded in 1996 and since has partnered with multiple communities with the goal of keeping the beautiful traditions of the weaver alive today. CTTC second goal is to give the communities a center where women and men could come together and work, free from the distractions of home life and sheltered from the rain.
Añañau is a nonprofit established in 2014 with the goal of creating an educational and social impact for the people and communities of Peru. Ananau works on their goals of sustainable tourism and education with the 2030 sustainable development goals of the UN in mind. Ananau has 5 main values that allow them to provide the most genuine and positive differences for the people of Peru. Ananau believes in integrity, commitment, respect, professionalism, transparency, and participation. With these values at the core of what they do, Ananau has multiple education projects in and around Cusco, Peru including after school programs and scholarships for higher education.
Chaska is a new nonprofit established in 2018. The main goal of Chaska is to break the cycle of poverty in Cusco, Peru. With the impact of poverty hitting women and children the most, Chaska focuses on empowering young women through education and support services! Chaska uses three agents of support, educational, financial, and emotional. Although Chaska is a new nonprofit, they have ambitious goals for the future including sustainable development, no poverty, quality education for all, and gender equality! With the help of Chaska women and children have a brighter future in Peru!
ELIM is a family run non-profit in Cusco, Peru. The orphanage has grown to house up to 30 children at one time. There are two homes, one for the girls and one for the boys. With on site volunteer accommodation this is the perfect place to give something back, and if you contact ELIM directly all proceeds go straight in to the upkeep of the project. You are provided with a safe, comfortable room separate from the children and are treated as one of the ELIM family from the second you arrive.
