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Our current development projects . . .

Current sustainable development projects carried out in Ecuador  Current Activities
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As a relatively young foundation we are continually refining our methods and learning how to work in a participatory and integrated way with communities to create sustainable development.

Over the last four years we have rapidly worked towards beginning more complex projects. These projects all form components of our integrated approach, which focuses on the interconnectedness of the social and environmental reality affecting rural indigenous and marginalized Ecuadorian communities.

We are actively looking for funding for these projects, and due to the interconnected nature of the program areas, we can define projects in different ways according to the level of funding available.. Monitoring and evaluation is always an embedded component of any project and we strive to make this a collaborative effort between the community, ourselves and our funders.

Click on the photos below to learn about each of the areas we are working in:

Sustainable community development in Bua de los Tsa'chila in the Santo Domingo province of Ecuador by NGO Yanapuma Foundation Estero de Platano on the Pacific coast is where non profit foundation Yanapuma carries out sustainable development projects
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Click here to read about the communities that we are working with