Ccaravan

Mode 01 · for funders

What the lab has left behind.

Numbers, yes — but also the shape of community sense-making. We don't measure engagement. We measure connection, reciprocity, and what was kept.

184

Active builders

5

Indigenous-first languages

35

Solutions deployed

41

Communities reached

Wellbeing impact

Self-reported indicators from anonymous community check-ins. These are not performance metrics — they are signals to listen to.

Community connection

78/100

Collective efficacy

71/100

312

Mutual aid exchanges (no monetary value)

94%

Reciprocity (given ÷ received)

Story patterns

Where do solutions come from?

Every story is self-signified by the storyteller — they place a dot on a triangle to tell us where they think success came from. We just plot the dots. Read the cluster, not the average.

Community knowledge
Outside expertise
Both together
The frost we saw coming — Cusco, PEFailed app, learned plenty — Imbabura, ECQuinoa price morning — Puno, PEThe midwife came first — El Alto, BOLessons by lamp light — Cajamarca, PESpring almost dried — Cusco, PEAyni without ledger — Caaguazú, PYSolar tracker fell apart — Oruro, BODrought meeting in Quechua — Apurímac, PEBirth at the high pass — La Paz, BOBoth togetherOutside expertiseCommunity knowledge

n = 10 stories · last 6 months

On tour

Three vans, three rhythms.

gap · Chaco Borealgap · Western AmazoniaLab 01 — KillaChinchero, Cusco, PELab 02 — IntiEl Alto, La Paz, BOLab 03 — JasyCaaguazú, PY

Lab 01 — Killa

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Chinchero, Cusco, PE

Arrived

2025-08-10

Departs

2025-11-15

Builders

34

Lab 02 — Inti

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El Alto, La Paz, BO

Arrived

2025-09-01

Departs

2025-12-01

Builders

22

Lab 03 — Jasy

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Caaguazú, PY

Arrived

2025-07-20

Departs

2025-10-20

Builders

18

Success stories

Things that were kept.

agriculture

Yaku Willay — Frost Warning by SMS

Pulls SENAMHI frost forecasts and SMS-blasts the ayllu before midnight.

Chinchero, Cuscoby Mama Rosa Quispecommunity propertygift economy

14

forks

38

stars

2

things given

linked story

"When the SMS came at 11pm we covered the seedlings in time. Three families lost nothing."

— MamaRosa-Chinchero

Builder: Weaver & farmer, 58 · device: Nokia KaiOS

communication

Minga Mapper

Schedules and coordinates community work days (minga) across villages.

Otavalo, ECby Tupac Q.community propertygift economy

9

forks

21

stars

2

things given

linked story

"Outside consultants built it without us. Nobody used it. We rebuilt with three elders in the room."

— Tupac-Otavalo

finance

Quinoa Fair Price Beeper

Daily quinoa price by district, sent at dawn so growers know before market.

Puno, PEby Aymara Coop. Punocommunity property

6

forks

17

stars

2

things given

linked story

"We held the harvest two weeks. Sold for 40% more."

— PunoCoop

health

Partera — Birth-care Locator

Finds the nearest midwife OR clinic, respecting the mother's choice.

El Alto, BOby Doña Lila Mamaniindividualgift economy

11

forks

29

stars

2

things given

linked story

"Clinic was 4 hours away. The app showed our partera lived 20 minutes. She came."

— DonaLila

Builder: Partera, 64 · device: Shared phone

Language coverage

Indigenous-first AI.

Runa Simi (Quechua)

Andes — PE, BO, EC · 8–10M speakers

active

84% model coverage

Avañe'ẽ (Guarani)

PY, AR, BR, BO · ~6M speakers

active

71% model coverage

Aymara

BO, PE, CL · ~2M speakers

active

62% model coverage

Español

Pan-regional · — speakers

active

98% model coverage

Português

Brasil · — speakers

active

95% model coverage

Shipibo-Konibo

Ucayali, PE · ~35k speakers

beta

41% model coverage

Mapudungun

CL, AR · ~250k speakers

research

18% model coverage

Device accessibility

Works on the phones people already have.

share of active users · last 30 days