TOMÁS

Colquepata, Cusco
3679 masl
District : Paucartambo
Province: Paucartambo
Region : Cusco

Colquepata registers peaceful landscapes, this district is one of Paucartambo, province denominated as the folkloric capital of the country, for the Festivity of the Virgin of Carmen on July 16 and other expressions of immaterial culture, when passing through this locality you can enjoy the Checopia Cascay lagoon.

Tomas learned to embroider at a very young age, as he says for love of his culture. Today he works with his wife Santusa, she is a true master of the backstrap loom, both have been weaving and embroidering stories for more than 20 years. Today their workshop and their weavings are their main economic activity.

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.

2022 AIDER

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 Polleras de Agustina, native communities 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.