VALBINA MIGUEL TORIBIO

Leader, official translator, and interpreter recognized by the Ministry of Culture of Peru (MINCUL), and an indigenous activist from the Yanesha people.

She has participated in various symposiums, talks, presentations, and activities in different regions of Peru, Canada, and France. She actively promotes and disseminates the cultural heritage of the Yanesha people. She is a co-founder of the Yanesha Association "Corazones Solidarios" and has worked as a coordinator with indigenous communities in the cultural organization Amazonarte Peru.

With extensive experience in promoting ancestral knowledge and practices, translation, teamwork, leadership, and socio-political activism, she was recognized by the Congress of the Republic in 2019 for her contributions to the promotion and dissemination of ancestral practices on the International Day of Indigenous Peoples. She is well-versed in the issues faced by native communities and actively promotes entrepreneurship to improve the economy of Yanesha women and their families.

OUR POSITIVE SOCIAL IMPACT

We have built a business model based on the quality of life of our collaborators, starting with fair salary payments. We generates employment cocreating with artists from vulnerable areas of different provinces of the country.
More than 23 popular artists from Ayacucho, Huánuco, Huancayo, Cusco, Pucallpa, Lima and Arequipa are benefited by our teamwork with the craftsmen.

COMMITMENT WITH THE ENVIRONMENT

We have an environmental, health and safety policy that establishes group goals for key environmental aspects. To promote the responsible consumption and to educate our community so they will value the environment as we do. We produce 3 collections a year. We reuse all the waste of our raw material, making accessories or dolls.The materials we use come from sustainable sources, as well as the wastes of deadstock materials from the textile and leather industry.

2025 - 2026 AIDER & NIIBIRI

The main objective is to promote the conservation of the Amazon forests, where families of native communities of the Shipibo Conibo and Cacataibo ethnic groups live, and to contribute to improving their quality of life.
We will achieve this by working hand in hand between NIIBIRI, AGUSTINA, and AIDER, in the development and co-creation of "Products with history", which come from a sustainable management of natural resources, through the Forestry Alliance initiative.