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Below is a list of the communities that we are currently working with, in the Andean Sierra, the Amazon region, and at the coast. Currently our main focus is on the community of Bua de los Tsa'chila. But programs in other communities are ongoing dependant upon the resources that we have available to carry out our work.
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Estero de Platano is a village by the
ocean in the province of Esmeraldas, home to the Chachis culture. They live by
farming in the jungle and fishing in the ocean. This is one of the last
remaining places where the rain forest still reaches down to the sea. |
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Bua de los Tsachila is one of only 7 communities of the Tsachila culture, in the foothills of the
Andes towards the coast, about 4 hours from Quito. They are renowned as shamans
and healers There is an ethnographic museum, medicinal garden, and
interpretative trail through the jungle. |
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La Chimba is a community of the Kayambi culture, in the sierra about 3 hours to the
north-east of Quito. Restoration of the local hacienda to serve as a museum,
visitor center and accommodation is one of the ongoing projects. |
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Chichicorumi is a Kichwa community by the Rio Napo. Our project there is to construct an
ethnographic musuem, medicinal gardens, visitor accommodation and small zoo of
local species. Live on the site and help with its development.
We are also working in a small nearby
community called Puka Chicta with the local school. |
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Siecoya Remolino is a small and isolated community of the Secoya culture, of which there are only
1500 left. They have a 24000 hectare reserve which they are struggling to
protect against colonists, petrol companies and loggers. |
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Caimito is a tiny village on the Esmeraldas coast of Ecuador, close to Estero de Platano. The terrain is humid rain forest with many small farms. We are working there with a biologist to promote sustainable agriculture and to create a biocorridor connecting the ocean with the inland rainforest, as well as in the local school and daycare centers. |
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Peribuela is a small village high in the Andean sierra with remnants of the original forest nearby as well as hot springs. Yanapuma´s work there at the moment is restricted to helping in the development of tourism and sending visitors there on our Cultural Exchange Program
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Click
here to read our Norms of Conduct for visiting an indigenous community |
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