Our Program Partnerships & Sponsors
Awamaki
Awamaki works closely with female Quechua artisans in the rural Andean communities of Peru. Together with these communities, Awamaki supports women’s associations, connects them to markets and supports them in creating sustainable income opportunities for their families and communities. Although a non-profit, Awamaki uses market strategies to increase women’s income and women-led businesses.
Our Initiative
Support Awamaki on their current construction of a women's weaving community and tourism center in Ollantaytambo, Peru. Mayu Mission along with Andeana Hats is investing in resources, materials and programs that are needed to operate the new community center. Our goal is help Awamaki preserve the local vanishing weaving technique from the Huilloc and Patacancha region and aid in their women’s entrepreneurship programs.
Roots Studio
Roots Studio works with unreached communities to digitize their cultural works as IP into an online library for licensing. For almost a decade, they have preserved endangered heritage creativity and facilitated economic sustainability through art.
Our Initiative
We have partnered with Roots studio in digitizing and licensing the IP of artisan communities in Central and South America that we have built close relationships with. Through this digitization of ancient textiles and designs, we can preserve the language, designs, and oral history of these indigenous communities while helping them to secure royalties and global recognition for their artistry.
Andeana Hats
The mission behind the creation of Andeana Hats is to empower women, help support global artisans to continue their vanishing crafts, and enable them to support themselves and lead their communities out of poverty. Andeana connects artisans in Peru, Bolivia and Guatemala to global marketplaces.
Our Initiative
We are working closely with Andeana Hats and their artisan partnerships to help digitize their artisans' designs and work with local translators and scholars to document and preserve the woven Quechua language and textile symbols. We also host philanthropic tourism opportunities for travelers to aid in the preservation of vanishing crafts.
Mama Ayni Collective
Mama Ayni Collective unites creators worldwide, blending ancestral wisdom with modern craftsmanship through a decentralized, conscious business model rooted in reciprocity, empowerment, and sustainability. It is a sacred ecosystem of creativity, community, and evolution. They foster economic sovereignty, intercultural exchange, and sustainable solutions for future generations and planetary health.
Our Initiative
Support Mama Ayni in the creation of a living archive of ancestral Andean weaving and wisdom in Pacchanta, Peru. Mama Ayni, in partnership with our nonprofit and the local Weavers Association Mantaykunaq Aynin, is investing in the development of a cultural preservation archeological study, museum presentation and community center. Our goal is to safeguard endangered traditional knowledge, celebrate indigenous identity, and empower local weavers by providing a space for cultural exchange, education, and economic opportunity.
Sumaq London
At Sumaq, each garment is a tribute to Peruvian craftsmanship and the richness of Inca culture. Crafted from the finest alpaca from the White City, their pieces transcend time to become timeless treasures. Inspired by the Andean worldview, which celebrates a living and balanced world, the principle of ayni, reciprocity, the earth, and the art of creating.
Our Initiative
We have partnered with Sumaq London to launch philanthropic trips that visit the artisans who craft both Sumaq and Andeana fashion in Peru. This allows us to visit the artisans with whom we have built close relationships. Proceeds from these trips will directly go to these communities to fund women's entrepreneurial projects and the preservation of vanishing crafts.