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Chichicorumi village on the Napo River is home to the project Kamak Maki. There is an ethnographic museum, botanical garden, and open zoo of local species.

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The community of Puca Chicta lies on the Napo River in the Amazon region in the province of Napo.

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The community of Bua de los Tsa'chila near Santo Domingo

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Estero de Plátano, home to the Chachi culture, now mixed with mestizo and black incomers. An idyllic coastal community that lives by fishing and farming small plots in the remaining rainforest.

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Caimito is a small village on Cabo San Francisco close to the Pacific Ocean. Yanapuma works with George Fletcher, a local biologist, on conservation and other community projects.

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La Chimba is a small village of the Kayambi culture, home to national heroine Transito Amarguaña who was instrumental in gaining education for indigenous peoples in Ecuador during the 1960s. Yanapuma works with "Condor Huasi" a local tourism group that is renovating the old hacienda.

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Yanapuma Foundation
Veintimilla E8-125 y 6 de Diciembre
Quito, Ecuador
http://www.yanapuma.org

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Pacific Whale Foundation is a an international organization working in the area of marine research, education and conservation

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The Cerro Blanco Protected Forest is the project of Fundación Pro- Bosque, a not for profit organization that works to protect, conserve and rejuvenate native forests in Ecuador

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Cerro Seco is a dry tropical forest biological reserve in Bahía de Caráquez

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El Arca is a family run, privately funded centre for rescued and confiscated wild animals

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Hacienda Tranquila is a 50 hectare working dairy ranch in the highlands of San Cristobal, Galapagos, supplying fresh milk and meat to the local population

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Tena´s Municipal Office carries out a variety of programs to help the town’s most marginalized groups

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Jovenes para el Futuro is a foundation that works to improve the quality of life and future prospects of Ambato’s poor and at risk children and teenagers

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The main hospital in the town of Esmeraldas, an underfunded and understaffed central hospital

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A medical center in Otavalo that also combines traditional medicine with modern techniques

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Fundación ABEI, Clinica Jerusalen, CEMOPLAF, Clinica Cemedso, Clinica Pichincha, and more options

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A natural childbirth and health center in the Amazon region

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Itchimbia Park, Niñez y Vida, FUNGERES, CENIT, Camp Hope, Schools, Fund. Cecilia Rivadeneira, and more

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Shayari is an ecotourism centre run by a Kichwa community, and is a great example of community self-management and conservation of natural resources.

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AmaZOOnico is a privately funded centre for rescued and confiscated wild animals from the Amazon region of Ecuador.

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Chilcapamba is an indigenous community of over 100 families that is currently undertaking a range of projects in the areas of education, development, sustainable agriculture and preservation of indigenous culture.

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The current main activity of planet Drum is reforestation projects in the areas surrounding Bahía. These are long term projects repairs eroded areas, secure water supplies and return important biodiversity to these areas.
In addition the Foundation carries out an alternative environmental education program, for high school students, out of school hours

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Finca Sarita is a family owned and managed organic farm and educational centre for local, national, and international communities through training in permaculture, agroecology, and ecological design.

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Fundación Unida y Brethen’s (FUB) main roll is as a facilitator of reforestation and sustainable agriculture projects within the surrounding community.

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The Maquipucuna nature reserve is one of the Earth’s most biologically diverse forest networks, includes primary forest and reforested areas, that are the home to numerous rare and protect birds and orchids, amongst other species of flora and fauna.

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Parque Condor is a foundation which undertakes protection, rescue, rehabilitation, and possible reintroduction to their natural habitat, of birds of prey, vultures (Andean condor) and owls.

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Corpo Ambato is a civil organization that working in Ambato and the surrounding areas to facilitate the economic development of the region.

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Santa Martha is a family run, privately funded sanctuary for rescued and confiscated wild animals. It is sometimes open to the public and school groups for tours, providing education about these species, and their fate as illegal pets or trafficked animals.