Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi

Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi
Founded1992
(First office opened in 1996 in Villa Tunari, Bolivia)
FoundersTania "Nena" Baltazar, Juan Carlos Antezana,
TypeNon-governmental organization
Focus
HeadquartersVilla Tunari, Bolivia
Area served
Bolivia
Method
  • Education
  • wildlife care
  • research
  • lobbying
Official language
  • Spanish
  • English
Key people
Tania Baltazar (President)
Affiliations
  • Friends of Inti Wara Yassi UK
  • Friends of Inti Wara Yassi Australia
Revenue
$416,000 (2010)[1]
Funding
  • Grants
  • donations
  • volunteer payments
Employees
15
Volunteers
45–140
Websiteintiwarayassi.org

Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi (CIWY) is a Bolivian non-governmental organization dedicated to environmental education and the care of sick, mistreated and abandoned wildlife. It is the country's largest destination for confiscated wildlife and currently cares for around 500 animals, most of them rescued from the illegal wildlife trade.[2]

The organization also carries out environmental activism and education about animal rights and conservation. The name comprises words from three indigenous languages meaning sun, star and moon in the Quechua, Aymara and Chiriguano Guaraní languages.

CIWY is supported by international volunteers that stay for a minimum of two weeks.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-08-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "'I could hear the fear in her voice': Aussies' nerve-racking job in Bolivian sanctuary". 2 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Islanders have 'no words' after caring for rescued pumas in Bolivia". 26 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Backpack South America: Bolivia and Brazil". 28 July 2013.