Alma Healing Center works with a network of both national and international charities to promote community development projects in Ecuador, described below. To learn more about how you or your organization can support this work, please contact us.
Women’s economic empowerment through traditional handicrafts
Kichwa women of Pastaza indigenous communities are already highly skilled in traditional ceramics, weaving, and jewelry production. They produce artisanal handicrafts available locally and to visiting tourists.
Building on existing skills and knowledge among these women, Alma Healing Center organizes regular workshops to facilitate an exchange of knowledge and skills between women from neighboring communities in the region. To encourage sales, Alma has created an online shop where locally-made handicrafts are sold. Visit the shop!
Refugee rights and integration
Ecuador hosts more than 400,000 Venezuelan refugees and migrants, many of whom cannot access basic rights, such as safe and lawful employment and education. The Ecuadorian government is simply unable to address the extensive needs of this population – that’s where local and international nonprofits step in.
With funds raised through retreats, Alma Healing Center supports organizations and/or projects advocating for refugee rights and integration in Ecuador.
Though Alma Healing Center isn’t directly involved in activities supporting refugee rights and integration, we work closely and fund organizations that do, depending on their objectives and funding requirements.
Conservation and reforestation
Without the Amazon rainforest, the majority of South American traditional medicine would cease to exist. Alma Healing Center is actively involved in protecting primary and secondary rainforest in Ecuador through conservation and reforestation, both on our premises and on land owned and managed by nearby indigenous communities.
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