Americo Andrade with local school children and some of the chicken donated by the Hummingbird Collective

From 2007 to  2011, some sixth year primary school students and fifth year secondary school students in the Huayopata district of Peru have received the opportunity to join the chicken project.

The project started after a group approached the Hummingbird Collective sking for funding towards their graduation outing and party. Instead of giving them a sum of money, and thus acting in a paternalistic manner, we decided to donate one hundred chicks to each of these classes. After forty five days, during which time students learn to take care of the chicks, feed and water them, they are sold at market by the classes involved. One hundred percent of this end result goes to the school participating and they feel that they actively earned their graduation activity.

“Tolerance is another word for indifference.” – W. Somerset Maugham