SAMARUTA

Organization of young people from the Sarayaku Indigenous People that fights for the defense of their territories and political participation from an intergenerational approach.

Its organization lies in the participation of young people in spaces for permanent training and exchange of knowledge.

Celebrating the memory and struggle of young people is celebrating life in the territories, protecting their lands and culture.

The Original Kichwa People of Sarayaku are located in the Amazon of Ecuador (Pastaza province), in the middle course of the Bobonaza River basin. It is made up of 7 community centers in a territory of approximately 135 thousand hectares. 95 % of the Sarayaku territory is primary forest, with high biodiversity.

According to the Sarayaku worldview, the ecosystem of their territory is made up of three essential ecological units: Sacha (Jungle), Yaku (rivers) and Allpa (land), which they sustain an infinity of faunal and floristic species transcendent for their existence.