The Alpaca Pan Peru Project began in 2018, when nonprofit Pan Peru began training a group of women from rural Peru in knitting and crochet. Today these women are using their skills to start a small business of their own, selling their hand knit Alpaca apparel in United States markets.

The purpose of the Alpaca Pan Peru Project is to empower women in rural Peru through entrepreneurship and business. Our knitting entrepreneurs receive 100% of the profits from their artwork and are involved in making business decisions.

Our vision is to equip and train these women so that they can build the structure of their business, which will be self-sustaining and independent.

Our garments are made of 50% Alpaca fleece and 50% acrylic. The Alpaca fleece is sourced from Peru. All of our products are hand knit will special time and care. It generally takes our women ten days to make a sweater, two days to make a scarf and one day to make a hat.

Pan Peru is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that improves the quality of life of the undeserved in Peru. Founded in 2004, Pan Peru has built 8 libraries, 3 computer labs, and 7 greenhouses to help the local population. One of their programs is to equip rural women to become entrepreneurs by selling handmade alpaca clothes.