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Tag: Chile

  • Catching Up With the SKIC Women of Chile

    SKIC’s work in Chile has grown in exciting ways this year. Our newest site, just four months old, has added to the work of two other thriving sites that now span many miles across the country. As of August, there were 33 active women participating in our Chilean sites of Lebu (founded in 2013), Los…

  • At SKIC, Community is Everything

    SKIC has been a community-minded organization since day one. But now, more than ever, the organization is seeing the importance of maintaining and stimulating communities in both of its operating sites – Lebu, Chile and Mutare, Zimbabwe. LEBU, CHILE | Lebu is a rather isolated city, with a static population. It relies heavily upon people-to-people connections…

  • A Word with SKIC’s Founder

    A Word with SKIC’s Founder

    SKIC founder Shyam K. Iyer visiting a site in Myanmar SKI Charities’ founder Shyam K. Iyer discusses the path that brought him to work for women’s empowerment and the impact that this work has made on him. In your own words, what is your role in SKI Charities? My role is to make sure we…

  • A Conversation with Shyam: The Election in Chile

    A run-off election this upcoming Sunday, December 15th, will determine Chile’s next president. SKI Charities founder, Shyam K. Iyer, sits down to talk with us about the political climate in Chile, and how it affects SKIC beneficiaries in Lebu.

  • Our Project Managers: The Heart of SKIC

    Based in New York City, SKI Charities founder Shyam K. Iyer relies heavily on his project managers and field officers in Mutare, Zimbabwe and Lebu, Chile to monitor and maintain the charity on a day-to-day basis. Though he travels to both locations frequently, Shyam emphasizes that it is the project managers who make the decisions…

  • ¿Por qué Chile?

    Of all the places in the world SKI Charities could extend to, you might be wondering, “Why Lebu, Chile?” In our last blog post, we talked with Shyam about his most recent travels to Lebu, where he discussed the vibrant presence of the indigenous Mapuche culture and his admiration of their hard work. How did…

  • A Conversation with Shyam: Putting Voices to the Foundation

    SKI Charities empowers not only women in Lebu, but also members of Lebu’s indigenous Mapuche culture. Listen in on our first audio discussion with SKI Charities founder, Shyam, as he talks about his most recent trip to Lebu, Chile where he had the opportunity to connect with local Mapuches artists. Be sure to check out…