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Siekopai women presented their Amazonian bio-entrepreneurship projects in Quito

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 ...

Bioentrepreneurship: Women from Siekoya Remolino conducted a workshop

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 ...

Bioenterprises: Women from Siekoya Remolino conducted a workshop

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, ...

Bioenterprises in the Amazon: The Raíz Ecuador Foundation supports Siekopai entrepreneurs

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 ...

A workshop aimed at Siekopai women entrepreneurs was conducted

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 ...

Thanks to USAID, a workshop on resilience and empowerment of indigenous organizations is being conducted

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. ...

The Neapia is sold in stores in Tena and Quito

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 ...

Work with the Siekonomi Women’s Association of Colors

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 ...

Donation of chairs, tables, and paint for a Siekopai school

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 ...

Bioenterprises: A bakery workshop was conducted using sweet potato and cassava

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 ...

The Neapia or Siekopai black chili now has its sanitary and intellectual property registration

As part of the «Bioenterprises in the Amazon» program, driven by the Raíz Ecuador Foundation, which we carry out together with the «Siekonomi» or Women ...

We provided a water distribution system for Mañokó

During the second week of May 2022, the field technical team of the Raíz Ecuador Foundation – CAEMBA was in Mañokó, a Siekopai community on ...

Neapia is now sold at WITOCA LAB

Neapia (black chili), an ancestral product of the «Siekonomi» or «Siekopai Women of Colors,» is now available for sale at WITOCA LAB, a business dedicated ...

Beyond Lagartococha conducted its annual trip to the Amazon

Nature, biodiversity, fun, culture, education, and above all, understanding and empathy towards the indigenous nationalities like the Siekopai, summarize the journey of the students belonging ...

Beyond Lagartococha: Peruvian educational authorities visited Painkenape

Authorities from the Local Education Management Unit (Maynas-Iquitos) of the Ministry of Education of Peru visited the Painkenape school on Saturday, March 19, 2022. This ...

The Curucusí Garden: Sales Point for Enterprises Supported by the Raíz Ecuador Foundation – CAEMBA

On Thursday, March 3, 2022, Cristina Latorre, director of CAEMBA, visited the «Curucusí Garden» store located at Mariano Aguilera E7-243 Street in Quito. In this ...