We're building a tech center in the Peruvian Amazon.
Canopy Labs is bringing in-person technology education to Juanjuí, a town of 30,000 in the San Martín region. Founded by someone who grew up there.
Growing the future
Canopy Labs is bringing in-person technology education to Juanjuí, a town of 30,000 in the San Martín region. Founded by someone who grew up there.
Juanjuí is 14 hours from Lima by road. It sits at 350 meters above sea level in the Amazon basin, surrounded by jungle, agriculture, and one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth.
It's also a place where children have almost no access to technology education. The schools are under-resourced. There are no coding programs, no maker spaces, no digital skills training. Kids graduate without the tools that are reshaping economies everywhere else in the world.
This isn't a failure of talent or ambition. It's a failure of access. The kids in Juanjuí are just as capable as kids anywhere — they've just never had the opportunity.
The San Martín region — Peruvian Amazon
A typical classroom in the area
We're not shipping laptops and hoping for the best. We're building a dedicated technology education center on land we already own in Juanjuí — a place where kids show up, sit down, and learn.
All instruction will be in person, led by trained educators. The curriculum is designed for children ages 8 to 17, from first exposure to technology all the way to building their own projects.
Starting with visual blocks, progressing to real programming. Not memorizing syntax — learning how to break down problems and think in systems.
Digital illustration, short films, music production. Kids use technology to tell stories about their world, in their own voice.
Students identify real problems in their community — water access, crop tracking, local commerce — and prototype solutions. Design thinking rooted in lived experience.
Older students teach younger ones. The 15-year-old who learned last year mentors the 10-year-old starting today. Knowledge that compounds.
We're early. We believe in being transparent about exactly where we stand.
We own a plot of land in Juanjuí. The location for the center is real and ready.
The curriculum and operational plans are complete. We know what we're going to teach and how.
Canopy Labs is currently in the process of registering as a nonprofit foundation.
Construction of the physical space — classrooms, computer lab, and maker workshop.
First cohort of students walks through the door. Classes begin.
If this works in Juanjuí, it can work anywhere. One center becomes a model. The model becomes a movement.
We're not just building a classroom — we're building proof that kids in remote communities can learn to create technology, not just consume it. If we get it right here, this becomes a blueprint for centers across the Amazon and beyond.
A place where kids who want to develop a product, a service, or an idea come together. They share what they're working on, help each other, and build things that matter to their community. Not a competition — a workshop.
Juanjuí becomes the first, not the only. Everything we learn — curriculum, operations, mistakes — gets documented and shared. Other communities in the Amazon start their own centers, adapted to their own needs.
The Amazon is the most biodiverse place on Earth. It's full of solutions — in agriculture, in medicine, in ecology — waiting to be understood and developed. The generation we train today could be the one that builds technology to unlock those solutions. Not extracting from the jungle, but learning from it.
We're not asking for donations yet. We're building this the right way — foundation first, fundraising second.
But if this resonates with you, we'd love to stay connected. Whether you're an educator, a technologist, a potential partner, or someone who just believes kids in the Amazon deserve the same shot — leave your email and we'll keep you updated as we grow.