SKI Charities empowers women of Lebu’s indigenous Mapuche community

A little over a year ago, SKIC founder Shyam K. Iyer spoke to me about his long-term goal to add a third component to his organization: “We have the education [scholarships] and the business [micro-finance loans]. I’d like to do a third, expressing the local culture. Business, education, and culture…The original objective of SKIC is to give a voice to people who would otherwise be forgotten or neglected. Art is yet another way of doing that.”

SKIC is proud to announce the launch of SKILLS, SKI Local Life Survey. It began this month in Lebu, Chile, SKIC’s second operating site, and home to a large indigenous Mapuche community rich with a local craft-making history.

Listen into hear more about how Shyam’s vision came to life!