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Our project is located in the exuberant Ecuadorian jungle. It is located one hour from the city of Puyo. The objective is the construction of cabins, construction of trails, cultivation of medicinal plants. It is a cultural area of Kiwcha Indian nationality and there is an abundance of flora and fauna. The project is familiar to encourage tourism, agriculture in order to create a sustainable space.
Nuestro proyecto se encuentra en la selva ecuatoriana exuberante. Esta situada a una hora de la ciudad de Puyo. El objetivo es la construcción de cabañas, construcción de senderos, cultivo de plantas medicinales. Es una zona cultural de la nacionalidad indigena Kiwcha y hay gran abundancia de flora y fauna. El proyecto es familiar para fomentar el turismo, la agricultura con el fin de crear un espacio sostenible.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
The main benefit is to meet new indigenous culture, the daily life of each one of the locals, learn the Kichwa language, learn or develop the Spanish, learn to cook local food, new experiences in the field of construction, new customs and live with the forest.
El beneficio principal conocer nueva cultura indigena, la vida diaria de cada uno de los habitantes de la zona, aprender del idioma kichwa, aprender o desarrollar el español, aprender a cocinar de la comida local, nuevas experiencias en el ambito de construcciones, nuevas costumbres y convivir con la selva.
Help
Men or women who want to participate in various activities are needed.
Voluntary help is 5 hours of daily help from Monday to Friday.
It offers the accommodation of the volunteers in a cultural house built by wood and thatched roof.
The help includes:
Agriculture: sowing and harvesting of crops in the area.
Construction and maintenance of new cabins using local materials such as guadua, chontas.
Se necesitan personas hombres o mujeres que deseen participar en diversas actividades.
La ayuda voluntaria es de 5 horas de ayuda diarias de lunes a viernes.
Ofrece el alojamiento de los voluntarios en una casa cultural construida por madera y techo de paja.
La ayuda incluye:
Agricultura: siembra y cosecha de los cultivos de la zona.
Construcción y mantenimiento de nuevas cabañas utilizando materiales de la zona como la guadua, chontas.
Languages
Languages spoken
Spanish: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
In the place you can sleep comfortable with sleeping, we are still building we do not have electricity, everything is natural, we need ideas to innovate and create comfortable spaces for volunteers is a quiet area.
En el lugar se puede dormir cómodo con sleeping, todavía estamos construyendo no disponemos de electricidad, todo es natural, necesitamos ideas para innovar y crear espacios cómodos para los voluntarios es una zona tranquila.
What else ...
They can go by canoe to visit a native community.
They can swim in the river.
They can travel to the city of Puyo to know different places of fun and entertainment by bus.
Pueden ir en canoa a visitar una comunidad indigena.
Pueden bañarse en el rio.
Pueden viajar a la ciudad del Puyo para conocer diferente lugares de diversion y entretenimiento mediante el bus.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
Es muy grande el patio cualquier carro o camioneta puede ingresar
Can possibly accept pets
This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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It seems like everything is possible if you want it.. you just need to take the initiative and tell hektor or Oskar, what you would like to do,learn or see! So we went to a canoe trip, made an absolutley… read more
From the moment I contacted Victor, he was very patient, answered all of my questions and helped us so much. He organized accomodation for us in Puyo for one night because we took the bus to Wayra Wasi in the morning. He made sure we got on the right bus, explained the driver… read more
Hektor and his family are very very… read more
Le projet par de loin mais ces personnes sont rempli de volonté. L'appui de volontaire est pour eux très important car il se base sur l'échange culturel pour amener à terme et aux mieux leur projet.
Le… read more
A place with a wonderful potentiel. We had magic moments there. This project is probably the best we have been truth : the welcoming and the cultural exchange were amazing.
You can, without fear, give them your trust : they will lead you into the jungle and they will take care of you as they own kids.
We wish this project keep… read more
