Sacred Valley Project
- I Implementer
Description
The mission of the Sacred Valley Project is to provide boarding and supplementary education for young women from low-income families in remote areas of the Andes so that they can continue and complete their secondary education.
SVP achieves its mission by operating 3 dormitories & education centers which provide the following services for over 50 indigenous girls:
a) A safe and nurturing space conducive to learning and growth
b) Academic tutoring
c) Language transition tutoring for Quechua-speaking students entering Spanish speaking schools
d) All schooling and indirect schooling fees such as school supplies, uniforms, books, and transportation
e) Extracurricular activities that reinforce self-confidence, self-esteem, empowerment, and promote local cultural values
f) Technical skills workshops to build each student’s capacity to reach economic independence upon graduation
Primary Functions
- Program/Project Implementation
Secondary Functions
- Other
Geographic Scope
- National
Areas of work Back to Top
Education topics addressed
Attainment
- Secondary completion
- Secondary Enrollment
Other
- Remote Learning
Other skills
- Financial literacy
- Life skills/sexuality education
- Rights/empowerment education
- Social and emotional learning
Quality
- School-related gender-based violence
Skills
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Other academic performance-related
Cross-cutting topics addressed
- Climate change
- Community sensitization
- COVID-19 Response
- Digital literacy
- Early/child marriage
- Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
- Emergencies and protracted crises
- Empowerment
- Food/water security
- Gender equality
- Menstrual hygiene management
- Mentorship
- Nutrition
- Other aspects of sexual and reproductive health
- Sexual harassment & coercion
- Social and gender norms and beliefs
- Sports
- Violence (at home, in relationships)
- WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)
Funders and partners Back to Top
Current girls’ education funders
Current girls' education partners
Locations and contact information Back to Top
Website
Headquarters location(s)
- Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru
Office location(s)
- Peru
- United States of America
Contacts
- Christie Cutler
- Director of Development
- christiejcutler@gmail.com
- +17049688626
- Sacred Valley Project
Locations of current girls’ education work
Map showing countries (listed below) where the organization is involved with girls' education programs
- Peru
Projects Back to Top
Not applicable or unknown