In 2026, an exciting project is taking shape in the remote mountain community of Pircapampa, located in the Amazonas region of northern Peru. While small in size, this coffee-producing community is working toward a future where education, entrepreneurship, and sustainable agriculture create new opportunities for the next generation.
Pircapampa is part of the district of Pisuquia, home to approximately 4,000 residents. The community is deeply connected to coffee production, with nearly 200 local farmers delivering their coffee to the Cooperative Laguna de los Condores. Like many rural communities throughout Peru, Pircapampa faces ongoing challenges related to educational resources, economic opportunity, and youth migration.
To help address these challenges, local leaders, parents, coffee producers, and international partners have come together to launch the Multifunctional Lunchroom and Coffee-Based Productive Learning Program at Ricardo Palma High School.
The new 40-square-meter multifunctional learning space, known as the Tinkuy Wasi, will serve as a lunchroom, training center, meeting space, and school café. The size of the building reflects currently available funding rather than space limitations, allowing the project to maximize its immediate impact while creating room for future growth.
For many residents, the project represents something they rarely experience: outside belief in their community. Community leaders note that new infrastructure of this kind has the potential to boost morale across the region by demonstrating that rural communities like Pircapampa are worthy of investment and support.
As the multifunctional learning center is built, students are participating in a coffee-focused curriculum that combines classroom instruction with hands-on experience in sustainable agriculture, coffee quality, cooperative business models, accounting, fair trade, and entrepreneurship. A school coffee plot featuring approximately 1,000 coffee plants is also being established as a living classroom where students can apply their knowledge in real-world conditions.
By the end of 2026, the project aims to deliver far more than a new building. It seeks to create a model for rural education that connects learning directly to local economic opportunity.
Stay tuned for more updates!