The Project
- LINCCO has worked for over 20 years with Condoray – a training centre for women in the Cañete Valley south of Lima.
Background on LINCCO’s support for Condoray
- The most recent project was a grant of $18,000 to train 48 Rural Women Leaders in 2003/04. The participants came from villages in the Cañete valley and received training to provide leadership to others in their communities for educational, family and social improvements. They received skills training in agriculture, nutrition, hygiene, first aid and child care.
Background on the Cañete Valley in Peru
- Condoray means strength in Quechua, the local native dialect of the Cañete Valley. It was founded in 1963
- More than 20,000 women in 18 villages have benefited from its programs
- Cañete Valley has 156,000 inhabitants of which: less than 10 per cent of women earn a salary allowing them to meet their basic needs, 80 per cent of women are illiterate, 70 per cent of homes do not have running water or electricity, the infant death rate before first birthday is 160 per 1,000 births
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