Where is Alto Cayma?

Alto Cayma is made up of 35 settlements on the outskirts of the city of Arequipa.

• It is located at an altitude of over 3,000 meters above sea level and is 15 kilometers from the city centre.
• Besides there are also 7 villages on the mountains at 4,000 meters above sea level and around 75 miles from the Parish.
• The population is around 31,000 and the people are mainly migrants from mountain villages.

The migrants leave the mountains to find better living conditions in the city.
On the mountains they lack food, health care, education, electricity and live isolated in difficult weather conditions.

When they reach Alto Cayma they occupy a piece of land on which they build a small room to be their future house.
In the beginning life is very difficult. They lack all basic needs and in most cases they find themselves in worse conditions than on the mountains.