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During the second week of January 2022, the final tasks were completed prior to the launch of the collection and processing center for the «Amazon Bioenterprise» project. In the community of Wai’ya, Sucumbíos province, this collection center will operate, a space that will be used by the Siekopai Women’s Association ASOPROASIENW. A water system and […]

As part of the «North Amazon Bioenterprise» project, during the week of December 13th to 17th, 2021, the «Workshop on the Production of Products Based on Native Fish Species of the Amazon; Neapia and Yuca» was held. It was aimed at representatives from communities such as Sinangoe, San Pablo, Limoncocha, Waiya, and Seguaya, among others.

Several national and provincial authorities visited the Wa’iya community on November 17, 2021, where they learned about the field activities of the Raíz Ecuador Foundation – CAEMBA. We built a collection and processing center for Amazonian bioenterprises, constructed with bamboo, in this community of the indigenous Siekopai (Secoya) nationality, in the province of Sucumbíos. The

The Raíz Ecuador – CAEMBA Foundation is constructing a bamboo collection center in the Wa’iya community, belonging to the Siekopai (Secoya) indigenous nationality, in the province of Sucumbíos, in the Ecuadorian Amazon. This place will serve to process the products collected from bioenterprises in several neighboring communities and will be managed by the Siekopai Women’s

On October 7, 2021, this gastronomy course, which began on July 21 at the ‘El Salnés’ restaurant, part of espai epicur, in Quito, concluded. ‘United by Cooking’ (UNICO) was led by Chef Mauricio Acuña, who shared knowledge and flavors with 11 young people from the Siekopai, A’i Cofán – Sinanwe, and Siona nationalities. At the

Workshop of the ‘Bioenterprises’ Project On Tuesday, September 21, 2021, members of the Raíz Ecuador Foundation – CAEMBA met with the rest of the teams from the ‘Boosting Bioenterprises in the Northern Amazon’ project, driven by the Small Grants Programme (SGP) with the support of the Program for Supporting the National System of Protected Areas

In the last week of August 2021, several authorities visited indigenous communities involved in the ‘Bioenterprises in the Amazon’ project. Representatives from the United Nations Small Grants Programme (SGP), the Ministry of Environment, Water, and Ecological Transition (MAATE), and the German cooperation KFW attended. These organizations jointly finance and coordinate the ‘Bioenterprises in the Northern

In the first week of August 2021, the first of several phases of the total relocation of the Siekopai (Secoya) community of Painkenape was completed. In this phase, the community’s school was moved from its original location on the banks of the Napo River in the Peruvian Amazon, near Nuevo Rocafuerte in Orellana, Ecuador, to

On Wednesday, July 21st, the «United for the Kitchen» (UNICO) course was inaugurated at the «El Salnés» restaurant. Fundación Raíz Ecuador – Caemba is responsible for supporting six scholarship recipients from the Siona and Siekopai indigenous nationalities of Sucumbíos who are currently participating in this gastronomic training as part of the project «Conservation of Biodiversity

The week of July 12th to 15th was very active for Fundación Raíz Ecuador – Caemba and the bioentrepreneurship project with the Siekopai and Siona indigenous nationalities in Sucumbíos. As we mentioned in a previous note, in the first part of the week, several activities were carried out in Siekopai communities in this Amazonian province.