We're just going to quote Achkiy's website because you really need to know is what they say (below) and how good their stuff looks (left). Here's the quote:

"Since 1995, Achkiy has been working to bring light and hope to some of Peru’s most impoverished communities. From the rubbish tips in the north of Lima to the shanty towns in the south, Achkiy has been training resourceful women to make high quality jewellery for a non-poverty wage.

"The project was set up by Ruth Pacheco from Peru and Julia Crellin from the UK who shared a deep concern for the plight of Lima's marginalised women. Together, they organised simple jewellery making workshops, hoping the women might achieve some degree of financial stability and a greater sense of self-worth.

"Fifteen years on, these women are empowered to design and create different jewellery collections that fuse traditional techniques with contemporary trends. Taking inspiration from the materials that surround them, they have recently introduced a new range of distinctive pieces to the collection that use felt, recycled plastic bags and vegetable ivory."