Sachamama Center is a non-profit organization in the Peruvian High Amazon in the town of Lamas, Department of San Martin, dedicated to the bio-cultural regeneration of the region in collaboration with the indigenous Kichwa-Lamistas, the descendants of pre-Columbian inhabitants. Founded in 2009, Sachamama is committed to the Kichwa-Lamistas’ worlview in which the human and the non-human, inclusive
of the community of spirits, are all kin to each other. By ‘bio-cultural regeneration’ we mean to honor this integration of all life and the cyclicity of its rhythms. Like the Kichwa-Lamistas, Sachamama recognizes the devastating experience and legacies of colonialism and together with them is engaged in healing these legacies. Sachamama is bringing together an expanding collective of scholars, activists, healers, and shamans that cross the North-South divide. The Center’s mission is to integrate politics and spirituality, activism and scholarship, bio-cultural regeneration and fair economic practices, with the goal of nurturing inter-cultural dialogue. Sachamama’s mission is to strengthen the culture and other practices of the Kichwa-Lamistas in dialogue with them.
