Author name: Chiqui

The SIEKONOMI are the colorful Siekopai women who live in Siekopai territory in the province of Sucumbíos in the Ecuadorian Amazon and also on the Amazonian side of Peru. SIEKONOMI is the entrepreneurship of the Siekopai women who are members of the ASOPROASIENW Association. In October, they participated in two fairs in Quito where they […]

During the week of September 19th to 23rd, 2022, the team from Fundación Raíz Ecuador was in the Siekoya Remolino community alongside Ruth Piaguaje, a scholarship recipient from the Siekopai nationality. Ruth is in the final years of her studies at the Crecermás Institute (ISTEC). Ruth conducted a workshop in Paikoka, the native Siekopai language,

During the week of September 19th to 23rd, 2022, the team from the Raíz Ecuador Foundation was in the Siekoya Remolino community alongside Ruth Piaguaje, a Siekopai nationality scholarship recipient. Ruth is completing the final years of her studies at the Crecermás Institute (ISTEC). Ruth conducted a workshop in Paikoka, the native language. We welcomed

The Raíz Foundation supports Siekopai women entrepreneurs from the Siekoya Remolino community in Sucumbíos. The Raíz team in the Amazon worked to implement the women’s entrepreneurship center and to train Liliana Payaguaje, the secretary of the «Keñao» Agricultural Production Association. The training focused on developing inventories and protocols for the proper management of the center.

During the first week of August 2022, the team from the Raíz Ecuador Foundation was in the Siekoya Remolino community alongside Justino Piaguaje, a Siekopai nationality scholarship recipient. Piaguaje conducted a workshop in Paikoka, the native Siekopai language, aimed at women entrepreneurs of the «Keñao» Association. The workshop focused on local governance and the contribution

During the first week of August 2022, a workshop on resilience and empowerment of indigenous organizations in the face of natural risks is being held. This is a project of the Raíz Ecuador Foundation, with the sponsorship and support of USAID. Present at the workshop are the leaders of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of

The Neapia (black chili), an ancestral product of the «Siekonomi» or «Siekopai Women of Colors,» is sold in more retail outlets across Ecuador. One of them is at the Napo Emprende store on the Malecón in Tena, and the other is at Bhumi, a wellness center where plant-based food and organic products are sold in

The Raíz Ecuador Foundation supports the Women’s Association of Colors of Wai’ya (Siekonomi) as part of the project «Promoting Bioenterprises in the Amazon,» promoted by the Raíz Ecuador Foundation – CAEMBA along with other stakeholders. In the second week of June 2022, we conducted strengthening workshops focused on the commercialization of ancestral products, alongside the

The Raíz Ecuador Foundation supports indigenous education in the Amazon. In the second week of June 2022, we delivered 8 tables and 35 chairs for children to the Intercultural Bilingual School of the Secoya Remolino community, of the Siekopai indigenous nationality. We also provided blue paint for the school. This community is located on the

During the week of June 13th to 17th, 2022, the Amazon team of the Raíz Ecuador Foundation was in Shushufindi, Sucumbíos. We worked with the Siekopai women’s association from the Secoya Remolino community, which is seeking legal formalization to achieve formal marketing processes for their products. In this context, a bakery workshop was conducted using