Dear Mosqoy Family,

We are excited to once again announce the kick off of our Annual Giving Campaign! As we move forward into 2025, we reflect on all the ways youth bring passion and innovation into their vision for the future, investing in progress for the years ahead and tackling some of humanity’s greatest challenges. In many ways, our future relies on our youth!

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Here at Mosqoy, we believe in youth, and are grateful for the opportunity to witness firsthand their successes. With the support of the Mosqoy Youth Program and our donors over the years, students have pursued careers such as Environmental Engineering, Education, and Business (and many more!) - making their dreams and aspirations come true with a little help from people like you.

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Since 2006, your gifts have truly been an investment into the future, showing returns of a better world - supporting Quechua youth who have the capacity, values, and desire to be the future leaders for their communities’ needs and priorities. You are making that difference happen. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

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In addition to Mosqoy’s Youth Program, Mosqoy Peruvian Textiles is gearing up for additional growth, working towards the revitalization of a vital part of Peruvian culture. Textile revenue for 2024 may surpass any other year previous (wow!) and we intend for that growth to bolster the success of our scholarship students, both current and future - as well as our partnering artisans, their families, and communities. This program is proving that economic and cultural resilience can indeed support one another. And once again, you are making that happen. Thank you!

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Our successes in 2024 are also thanks to our incredible team in Cusco (a staff of four Quechua leaders). Our team offers on-the-ground leadership by managing the students’ education, health, and housing, as well as our ongoing relationships with our partner weavers and retailers to continue building our Textiles program in a sustainable way. And additional fundraising is ongoing! Just this season we have been busy with events such as:

• Raffle, in collaboration with local tourism businesses across Cusco and the Sacred Valley

• Two Yard Sales and Community Fairs in Casa Mosqoy 

• UVic Annual Textile Fair

• Participation in VIDEA’s Fair-Trade Fair

• Photography Workshop for Travelers, led by Ashli in Cusco, Peru

• Two “Introduction to Photography” workshops , led by Ashli in Cusco, Peru (in Spanish)

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And so, we are launching Mosqoy’s 2025 Annual Giving Campaign, with high hopes of sustaining the good work of Mosqoy in Peru, to continue to provide housing, tuition, wrap-around support, and food for our scholarship students. Last year, your gifts through the Annual Giving Campaign were enough to cover all of our students’ tuition costs not covered by other grants, donations, and fundraising! It truly is an investment in the future.

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This year we have a fundraising goal of $20,000, reachable with your continued support. With matching donations from the Board of Directors, your donation will be doubled up to the first $17,500, helping your gift go that extra mile! ​

We are a registered Canadian charitable organization (#839145414RR0001), so all Canadian donors will receive a tax receipt.

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Please join in and give whatever you are able to reach our goal. No gift is too big or too small, as every contribution will continue to foster hope and aspiration for the students of Mosqoy and its partnering weavers.

thank you. merci. gracias. sullpayki.

With gratitude,

From all of us at Mosqoy​