Wäicuni Foundation
Wäicuni \ wy-ˈkoo-nee \
This project originated in the confluence of prophecies foreseeing the need to uphold pillars of indigenous culture around the world for the benefit of all beings. The blessings of Masters and medicine elders from north, south, east, and west weave a tapestry of sacred wisdom strong enough to withstand the pressures of a planet and people in crises.
In the Uwọttüjạ tradition of the Venezuelan Amazon, Wäicuni was the child of the Goddess Chejeru and the first human entrusted to receive and protect the sacred knowledge of the Natural World. This project carries that spirit, striving to support a diversity of the world's living ancestral lineages.
Our team is comprised of individuals whose great honor it has been to collectively study for decades with teachers from ancient lineages of the Americas and Asia. These elders tasked us with the creation of a foundation capable of supporting their vision and of connecting people around the globe in an alliance of sacred reciprocity with their traditions.
After five years of operating through funding from a private foundation, our team initiated Wäicuni Foundation to carry forward their projects and amplify our impact.
We seek innovative solutions through personal and long-standing relationships with the principal leaders of each lineage tradition. We honor their direct requests to support the preservation and proliferation of their lineages in the following ways:
Fund and logistically support the creation of community run ceremonial and educational centers and sponsor intergenerational training and mentorship.
Provide support for human necessities, critical infrastructure, and economic self-sufficiency in the poorest communities.
Create an integrative database of Amazonian, Andean, Tibetan, Indian, and other regionally specific plants. Establish educational training in these ancient healing modalities for indigenous students and allopathic doctors.
Create written literature, ancient text translations, recording of oral tradition, digital products, documentaries, and publications.
Land conservation, acquisition, and regeneration.
Establish intercultural alliances and immersive educational retreats in the communities.
Some of the projects initiated in the last four years:
Q'eros Ancestral Wisdom Preservation School "Ñaupa Yachay" (Andes, Perú) · Uwọttüjạ Bi-lingual Cultural Center of Traditional Medicine "Yahaurapu" (Amazonas, Venezuela)
Humla Sowa Rigpa Indigenous Healing Clinic for the Amchi Lama (Humla, Nepal) · Renovation of Padma Samye Chokhor Ling Monastic Institution (Deer Park, India) · Renovation and expansion of Nyingma Monastery (Humla, Nepal)
"Path of the Sun" cross-cultural, educational, and spiritual public event (Cusco, Perú) · Creation of Mipham Institute: a higher-learning institute for the study of Tibetan Buddhism (New York, USA)
Drikung Kagyu Dharma Practice and Retreat Center (Cusco, Perú) · Translation and Preservation of the Archives of Kyabje Thinley Norbu Rinpoche (USA) · Shedra program, Stupa and Zhitro Temple at Tara Mandala (Colorado, USA) · Light of Berotsana: Sacred Texts Translation project (USA) · Funding operations of the White Lotus School for children (New York, USA)
