Our Story

We are an artesania (handicraft) family from Ayacucho, Peru. Our family consists of Ciriaco, Victoria, Danny, Jimmy and two dogs – Tata and Lucas. We have been hosting travelers since 2010. We have been a Workaway and Couchsurfing host for many years, and now have expanded to have our own organisation.
Wiñason is supported by our artesania company Wiñay Maki which sells 100% handmade Peruvian handicrafts and guarantees the existence of the association. You can help us by buying our products and your contribution will support the current and up-coming projects of the association. Here is our website: https://winaymaki.weebly.com/
Our vision
'Wiñason' is a Quechua word meaning 'growing'. It is our goal and dream to help people from disadvantaged backgrounds in Ayacucho so that they can grow and thrive.
We have two main missions:
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To help the people of Ayacucho who come from low-socio economic background. We want to empower these people through education and work, and allow them to broaden their opportunities for the future.
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To preserve artesania traditions and spread our art - unfortunately our traditions are being lost so we want to prevent this by teaching people our handicraft techniques and exporting our products overseas.