Moving Mountains is working with the School of Communications at the Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) to promote investigative journalism in Áncash, a region typically overlooked by the mainstream Peruivian press which is concentrated in Lima.

We have created five undergraduate scholarships for independent research projects. Collaborating with five talented students of journalism, we are producing a documentary about the Yungay landslide and two long-form articles about the history of press coverage and forced adoptions. In August 2023, Moving Mountains sponsored a week-long field trip to Áncash for the students participating in the programme. Read our blog to find out what they got up to.

I would even say that I’ve healed, psychologically, through writing. Writing is catharsis. When I’m in pain, I write and write and write.

More collaborations

Wandering and Sleeplessness

Wandering and Sleeplessness is a performance that was first staged by Lucho Ramírez in 1981. Born and raised in the town of Yungay, Lucho is one of the founders of experimental Peruvian theatre group, Cuatrotablas,...

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Armando Armero

Sponsored by AHRC Language Acts, this project brought together Colombian NGO, Armando Armero, with a Leeds MA Student in Translation and Interpretation to translate the NGO’s website and digitize archival materials.

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Nosotros, los Andes

Nosotros, los Andes is a collaborative book project that brings together the voices  of artists, mountaineers, geologists, tour guides, climbers, anthropologists, and disaster survivors to explore our multifacted relationships with the Andes.

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