Kathleen Julca was a student in D-Lab: Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in spring of 2024. She brought with her a project - Pucará Project - Qocha and fog collector, which she has carried forward with funding from PKG and MISTI and through UROPs with oversight from MIT D-Lab's Libby Hsu.
The current project, Q’ochas Resilientes is a participant in this year’s PKG Social Innovation Incubator. "Q’ochas are reservoirs which collect spring and rainwater to keep water in the territory, they are estimated to be more than three thousand years old. In our collaboration with Pucachupa Secsecani, they represent the memory and future of community and sustained stewardship of the pacha (land).” The project seeks to address the looming water shortages created by climate change faced by Andean agricultural communities.
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