Hampi Mama is Quechua for “Medicine Mother”
Hampi Mama is a Botanical Sanctuary nestled in the town of Huaran in the Sacred Valley of Peru,
led by Quechua women to share traditional highland knowledge of medicinal plants, restore Andean landscapes,
and foster healthy communities through regenerative practices.
led by Quechua women to share traditional highland knowledge of medicinal plants, restore Andean landscapes,
and foster healthy communities through regenerative practices.
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In 2017, Reviveolution sponsored the purchase of a family-sized farm in the Sacred Valley of Peru. In deep partnership with Quechua medicine woman Leticia Guevarra, “Hampi Mama” was born. Step by step we began designing and building an Eco-Cultural Sanctuary that models regenerative land practices, preserves traditional botanical medicines, serves as an intercultural meeting and learning space, and a sacred site for traditional ceremonies. This is a promising beacon for ecological, social and economic regeneration, restoring barren land, enriching impoverished conditions, and reviving gems of ancestral knowledge.
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What We Do
REGENERATIVE LAND PRACTICES
We support the land to regenerate through Botanical medicines. We focus on botanical medicines and superfoods because Quechua Herbalists dedicated to this path are quite rare to find these days, and our local partners want to spread health in their community by passing on specialized knowledge of Andean Highland medicines and therapies. The sanctuary models the following regenerative land practices:
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FEMALE-LED INITIATIVES
Research show that when women stand in roles of decision making, they make choices that increase the health of their community, the health of ecosystem, and the health of the next generation. We are partnered with Quechua women who have a wish to bring well-being to their community. Together we bring complimentary skills to strengthen locally-led initiatives. Organizational Structure: The phenomenal women leading Hampi Mama want to ensure their project generates true health in their community and continues beyond them to benefit future generations. They asked for support with professional skills that allow their knowledge to flourish in the modern world and to be connected to a broader network for knowledge and resources exchange. They want to share traditional wisdom that brings benefit to modern lifestyles, while learning from practices that work in other contexts around the world. |
INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE
Exchange education. When we share, we learn from each other. The botanical educational gardens will continue to host an array of organic farming workshops, peer-to-peer farmer exchanges, and intercultural gatherings to pass on traditional knowledge. We are honored to be partners with an array of excellent educators including Permaculturalist Penny Livingston, Quechua Ecologist Mauro Escalante, Maestros of the Q’ero Nation, and tribal leaders from all across the Americas. Our project engages with a diverse network of local farmers, international educators, local authorities, market partners, intercultural neighbors, multi-watershed allies, mentors in holistic management and regenerative design, technology partners, ecosystem allies and tribal leaders. Hampi Mama is committed to strengthening partnerships across local, regional, and global networks. |
AN UNEXPECTED YEAR
In 2020, the entire world went through a reckoning with the pandemic. In our rural Andean community, we were called upon as “cultural interpreters” between the local indigenous farming communities and the foreigner population to address access to food.
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Together with our neighbors, we supported the emergence of a closed-loop system to deliver emergency food baskets via horseback to over 300 families at 15,000 feet in the mountains and coordinated over 20 meetings and mutual learning sessions on regenerative farming. In the process, inspiration to create long-term regenerative food systems, restore essential landscapes, and revive ancestral knowledge strengthened partnerships and collaborations along our broader watershed. |
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As we adjust our timeline and look forward to 2022, Hampi Mama is ready for a new phase of growth! Leticia currently offers herbal therapies to her Sacred Valley community while also providing plant walks at the sanctuary to groups and individuals interested in learning about traditional Quechua medicines. Hampi Mama needs funds to upgrade the water system, provide stable salaries to Leticia's teams members and support product development for herbal medicines as we begin offering them at local stores in the Sacred Valley. |
Your thoughtful donations throughout 2022 support:
- Stable salaries for Quechua Medicine Women
- Upgrading the Hampi Mama water system to support the dry season
- Living library of traditional botanical medicines
- Product development and market readiness
The Timetable
