History

The centre was founded in 1995, in the parish of San Francisco, by the group REZA, that gave milk and bread every Sunday to the shoe shiners working in the main square. Later the centre moved to the Pastoral Juvenil where the same initiative continued. In July 2000, the work was reformulated taking the name Comedor Popular "La Calle" or "The Street" People's Kitchen. There lunch was served daily for the price of 50 centavos. In January 2001, the centre for NATs was transferred permanently to the Casa de la Juventud. In addition to food service, activities were added like soccer, music and games. In June 2002, the centre began creating native music forming the group Ayllu Pukara, developed an area for handicrafts and at the end of 2002 offered drawing and painting.

In early 2003 the centre established a new structure and changed its name to Centro Educativo "Ñanta" - which in Quechua means "the way".