Sacred Valley Health

What Sacred Valley Health does

Sacred Valley Health is a US-registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 45-4890401), founded in 2012, that operates a community health worker ("promotora") model across 14 remote Andean partner communities in the Ollantaytambo, Urubamba, and Huayrocondo districts of Peru's Sacred Valley, with 2025 expansion into the high jungle via its AGEI program. The organization recruits and trains local women as promotoras de salud who deliver primary care, maternal and child health services, chronic disease screening, nutrition education, and women's health programming in communities lacking consistent access to formal healthcare infrastructure. Programmatic offerings include the foundational Promotora Program, the Docente Program (trainers-of-trainers), Wilderness Medicine, Advanced Nutrition, Women's Health, and AGEI; technical delivery is grounded in human-delivered community health workflows rather than software or technology platforms.

Revenue is generated through two streams: tax-deductible individual donations and foundation grants, and fee-for-service experiential learning programs (medical brigades, university study-abroad rotations, and custom group trips). Pricing for experiential programs is bundled on a per-participant basis covering lodging, meals, transport, and programming. Foundation funding sources include the Hope for Poor Children Foundation, Dining for Women, the Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund, and other family and private foundations. The organization maintains academic partnerships with UC Davis, SUNY Upstate, Virginia Tech, and the University of Utah, which serve both as clinical training partners and as channels for paid experiential programming.

Name

Sacred Valley Health

Legal name

Sacred Valley Health

Website

https://sacredvalleyhealth.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sacred Valley Health is a US-registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, founded in 2012, that trains and deploys local women as community health workers (promotoras) to deliver primary care, maternal health, and nutrition services across 14 remote Andean partner communities in Peru's Sacred Valley and high jungle.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Health Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (6117)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Health, Prevention & Health Education (BPAGACAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Health Promotion, Prevention & Community Health Programs (BPAIAJAC), Public Health & Medical Volunteering Programs (EDAIAGAC), Adventure Therapy & Therapeutic Wilderness Programs (THAAAOAG)

Keywords

• Community health workers
• Public health training
• Preventative health education
• Maternal child health
• Experiential global health

Headquarters

HQ city

Anchorage

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donor Contributions and Grants: Sacred Valley Health is a donor-supported, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization (EIN 45-4890401). The majority of funding comes from individual donors, institutional grantors, and matching campaigns such as the Give to Grow Campaign targeting $25,000 (matched by Hope for Poor Children Foundation).
2. Experiential Learning and Group Visits: Revenue is generated through multi-day immersive experiences, half-day and full-day excursions, wilderness medicine training, and herbal remedies workshops for visiting groups, university students, and traveling professionals. These experiences fund social projects while providing economic opportunities for local women and communities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Sacred Valley Health operates a community health worker (promotora) program in remote Andean communities of Peru, training local Quechua-speaking women as promotoras de salud to deliver preventative health education, basic care, and linkage to government clinics across 14 partner communities at 9,500–13,500 feet altitude. The training portfolio spans a 2-year Promotora Program, Docente train-the-trainer, Women's Health, Advanced Nutrition, Wilderness Medicine, and the 2025 Adolescent Girls Empowerment Initiative. Revenue-generating experiential learning services (half-day visits, full-day community excursions, multi-week immersions, wilderness medicine training, herbal remedies workshops) for visiting universities, groups, and professionals supplement donor and grant funding.

Product overview

Sacred Valley Health operates as a community-based public health non-profit organized as a unified platform of community health worker training programs complemented by experiential learning services. The core offering consists of the Promotora Program (2-year CHW training), the Docente Program (train-the-trainer professional development), Women's Health Program, Advanced Nutrition Program, Wilderness Medicine Program, and the 2025 Adolescent Girls Empowerment Initiative (AGEI). These training programs are supported by experiential learning services including half-day visits, full-day community excursions, multi-week immersive packages, wilderness medicine training, and herbal remedies workshops. The organization functions as a 501(c)(3) non-profit formed in 2012 with EIN 45-4890401.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Promotora Program Required 2-year training program focused on fundamental learning techniques and health education for Community Health Workers (CHWs). CHWs receive monthly trainings to prevent, early detect, and treat diseases common in the high Andes region of Peru, using a custom Quechua-language curriculum co-developed with local staff.
• Docente Program Train-the-trainer professional development program where CHWs who have completed the Promotora Program become paid part-time employees facilitating trainings and providing support to new and experienced CHWs in their communities.
• Wilderness Medicine Program Collaborative program with Virginia Tech Carilion Clinic Wilderness Medicine Fellowship where graduate promotoras are trained annually in wilderness first aid skills. Promotoras also earn income by helping train local and visiting groups in wilderness first aid.
• Advanced Nutrition Program Certification program integrating indigenous knowledge of local foods with specialized nutrition education. Training focuses on anemia, breastfeeding, complementary feeding, nutrition across the lifespan, identifying high-risk children, and risk factors associated with obesity.
• Women's Health Program Provides graduate promotoras intensive training in women's health topics including female anatomy over the lifespan, reproductive health and family planning, healthy pregnancy, breastfeeding, and infant nutrition. Includes annual Women's Health Fair with cervical cancer screenings in partnership with CerviCusco.
• Adolescent Girls Empowerment Initiative (AGEI) 18-month transformative program designed to empower adolescent girls in partner communities to become leaders in healthy gender relationships and sexual and reproductive health through culturally sensitive education and leadership training.
• Full-Day Excursions to Partner Communities Full-day visits to remote partner communities in Peru's Sacred Valley offering Andean perspectives on life, health, and wellbeing or herbal remedies workshops with local women guides.
• Half-Day Visits in Ollantaytambo Half-day experiences in Ollantaytambo including herbal workshops, chats with local women, presentations on the Community Health Worker Program, medical emergencies training, and health literacy education.
• Multi-Week Immersive Experiences (Group & University Packages) Multi-week immersive experiences for individuals, groups, schools, universities, and traveling professionals. Customizable programs include community visits, wilderness medicine training, herbal workshops, Machu Picchu visits, and cultural exchange activities.
• Responding to Medical Emergencies Training Hands-on training in essential skills to respond to emergency situations in remote locations far from medical facilities. Trilingual (Quechua-Spanish-English) training led by Community Health Workers focusing on improvised solutions and local resources.
• Herbal Remedies Workshop Workshop on herbal medicine and remedies in the Peruvian Andes, engaging in conversations about local health beliefs and traditions. Participants create herbal preparations with local women and staff.

Quantifiable outcome

• 58 promotoras trained; 1,182 pregnant women/new mothers served; 7,105 community members educated; 66 children evaluated for malnutrition
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GlobeMedcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobeMed is an international partner supporting SVH's mission. GlobeMed collaborates with student groups and works to strengthen global health partnerships. SVH's program originated through service learning trips for medical and nursing students, evolving into more ethical, sustainable community-based partnerships.
• SUNY (State University of New York)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSUNY is an international university partner that brings students to SVH for experiential learning and global health education programs.
• UC DaviscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUC Davis, through its Global Health program in the Department of Emergency Medicine, partners with SVH. Dr. Shakira Bandolin, Board Chair, is an Emergency Medicine Physician at UC Davis Medical Center.
• Virginia Tech Carilion Clinic Wilderness Medicine FellowshipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partner on the Wilderness Medicine Program where graduate promotoras receive annual wilderness first aid training and can earn income by training visiting groups.
• Where There Be DragonsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational experiential travel organization that brings student groups to SVH for immersive experiences in the Sacred Valley.
• World Leadership SchoolminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEducational travel partner that brings student groups to SVH for wilderness medicine training and community engagement experiences.
• New York Times Students JourneysminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNYT Students Journeys brings educational travel groups to SVH for immersive global health learning experiences.
• Carilion ClinicminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare system partner associated with the Wilderness Medicine Program collaboration.
• University of UtahminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity partner that brings students to SVH for experiential learning and global health education.
• CerviCuscocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal Peruvian nonprofit partner that collaborates with SVH on the annual Women's Health Fair, providing free cervical cancer screenings to women in partner communities.
• Minsa (Peruvian Ministry of Health)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSVH's educational content is based on recommendations from the Peruvian Ministry of Health, ensuring alignment with national health priorities and regulatory frameworks.
• AwamakiminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal Peruvian NGO in Ollantaytambo. Keri Baker, SVH co-founder, previously worked with Awamaki. SVH collaborates with Awamaki for visits and cultural exchange.
• Ayni WasicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAyni Wasi (meaning 'House of Reciprocity' in Quechua) is SVH's Peru headquarters location, representing the organization's value of reciprocity with partner communities.
• MosqoyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPeruvian nonprofit partner that SVH collaborates with for cross-organizational visits and cultural exchange.
• Sacred Valley ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal nonprofit organization in the Sacred Valley that SVH partners with for community programming.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Partners in Health: Global health nonprofit operating community health worker programs in multiple low-resource countries. Much larger and broader scope, but directly comparable in that CHWs are the core delivery channel for primary care in remote settings.
• Medical Teams International: Global health nonprofit providing community health programs in Latin America and elsewhere. Comparable CHW training and mobile health delivery, though larger and broader portfolio.
• Last Mile Health: Operates community health worker networks in Liberia and other African countries. Different geography but a directly analogous model of training local women as paid community health workers serving remote populations.

Direct peers

• Health in Harmony: Partners with indigenous communities in Indonesia and Brazil (Amazon basin) on health and conservation. Comparable combination of community-led health, indigenous knowledge integration, and donor-supported service delivery.
• Curamericas Global: Community-based maternal and child health nonprofit operating in Latin America and Africa. Comparable promotora-style CHW model aimed at reducing maternal/child mortality in underserved rural communities.
• AMOS Health and Hope: Nicaragua-based nonprofit that trains and supports community health workers in remote Central American communities. Highly comparable CHW-led model focused on maternal-child health and preventive care.
• World Leadership School: Educator-led experiential travel partner bringing high school and university groups to Peru and other countries. Comparable inbound educational travel model that already partners with SVH to deliver programming.
• Where There Be Dragons: Experiential education provider that runs student programs in Peru's Sacred Valley. Directly comparable in experiential learning model, target audience (university/high school students), and Sacred Valley geography; SVH is a partner program host.
• Timmy Global Health: Sends university student volunteer groups to Latin American partner sites to support community health work. Directly comparable experiential-learning + CHW model serving indigenous communities in similar geographies.
• Maya Health Alliance (Wuqu' Kawoq): Guatemala-based nonprofit providing community health services to indigenous Mayan populations through a culturally-adapted CHW model. Extremely comparable operating model: indigenous-language curricula, train-the-trainer pipelines, and remote rural geographies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

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