Sumampa

,Sumampa was born in Argentina in '2000, thanks to the publication of the book "Un Arte Escondido", which is a document about rural life in Santiago de l'Estero, the monte argentino, through this population's personal belongings. which testifies a daily life totally connected wìth nature and expression of an artcraft and a culture, which roots are deeply linked to the Inca civilisation (the quichua language is actually still .spoken widely there).

This book has been a first contribute in preserving and valuing this rich cultural north-argentina heritage, which is almost disappearing. Soon afterwards the no-profit Sumampa Association and Sumampa Show Room followed up.

 The onlus  Association has started a social and cultural development project in a very .abandoned area in Santiago de l'Estero, north  west 'of the country, inhabited by a rural minor community. The project is improving their life conditions especially by supporting their own precious and traditional handcrafts, in an unspoiled eco-system of life.

These.handmade goods find a commercial space in Sumampa Show Room(Milan) which offer, together with specific cultural events, a discovery journey of thìs  fascinatìng country's culture and history.

Thanks to the commercial activity income and to private’s  contributes Sumampa has realised up to now:

• Qimili  Paso Property to guarantee a house and a land for more than 300people
• The Community House Building
• A Weaving School
• The Library, furnished with books and 2 P.C.
• A school bus for the children
• A plant and orchard garden in order to preserve the wild reserve
• Water tanks reserves
• Medical prevention by doctors staff
• The infirmary and a bike for the male nurse to move around
• A primary school
• A weavers women co-operative.
• A show room in Buenos Aires, where to sell the carpets made in Qimili Paso
• An aqueduct to pump and carry water from the river. to Qimili Paso.