The Elder’s Fund is a donations account set up during the pandemic to help four Maestro’s\Maestra’s living in the Peruvian Amazon basin that have dedicated their lives to the practice of Amazonian plant medicine and shamanism. The idea came from Chris Odle, an accomplished Maestro in his own right who has been dedicated to the plants for over 20 years now. He has worked with groups from the Heroic Hearts Project and their founder, Jesse Gould and their leader in the U.K., Keith Abraham who also help to support and fund this much needed assistance as the retirement pension system in Peru is less than adequate.
THE ELDER'S FUND
Donations are being primarily sent by the Heroic Hearts Project leaders in the U.S. and the U.K.
Jesse Gould – Founder & President of Heroic Hearts Project
Keith J. Abraham – CEO, HHP U.K.
Don Augustin Rivas Vasquez and his wife Marlene
Don Augustin and Doña Marlene live and occasionally work at their home in Tamshiyacu – a town of about 5000 people where Don Augustin was born in in 1933. Don Augustin’s story is detailed in a book, Amazon Magic. He completed a 5 year Banco series of dietas and over the decades he has helped thousands of foreigners and locals and built an entire school campus for the town.
Don Ricardo Garcia Arevalo
Don Ricardo in his mid 80’s and has been in the San Martin region of Peru all his life and started walking the path of vegetalismo at the age of 35 when he had an accident and seriously damaged his hip. He undertook a 6 month Bachua diet and eventually healed himself after which he continued to learn the secrets of Vegetalismo from 3 different Banco curanderos, including his grandfather.
Don Alberto Ferrari Chavez
Don Alberto was born in Pucallpa, Peru and he started working with the medicines when he was 14 years old. He comes from a generation of Shipibas Yuhuas and his grandfather was a curandero near Iquitos in the village of Manitin. Alberto became a student of a grand maestro from the indigenous race of the Yuhuas tribe and after many years of studying and making many long “dietas” with the master plants and the mother plant Ayahuasca, he began to learn the world of the plant medicines of the Amazon.