Dear All, 

Thank you for visiting our page. We are running on Sunday 17th in aid of our house charity, Amantani, a cause that is well worth sponsoring the boys of Brooklands to attempt a 13.17 mile run for! 

Amantani works to defend the rights of indigenous children and young people in the Peruvian Andes. The charity enables children and young people from Quechua families to access high-quality education and fair employment, helping to stimulate social development for Peru’s rural communities. Their intercultural philosophy promotes social inclusion, whilst encouraging indigenous autonomy and cultural pride.

Since 2008, Amantani has been working in Ccorca; a Quechua district nestled high in the Andes of Southern Peru, just an hour from Cusco. Ccorca is a vibrant district with a historically strong sense of community, making it well-disposed to their collaborative approach. However, it is also host to many of the problems all-too-often associated with marginalised indigenous communities in Peru, including discrimination, alcoholism, and domestic violence.

Amantani firmly believes that education is the key to enabling local people to resolve these issues. Driven by a commitment to social justice, Amantani works with children, their parents and their communities to create highly contextualised projects along their core themes of ‘Access to Education’ and ‘Access to Employment’.

This charity is particularly relevant to us as a boarding house due to the fact that Amantani aims to provide a very similarly styled education system to the one in which we live.

We would really appreciate any donations, may it be 50 pence or 50 pounds , every little helps! 

Thank you so much in advance for your kind donations! We shall post an update once (and if) completed! 

Many thanks, 

The Brooklands Upper Sixth