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• - Indigenous Kichwa community of Pastaza province, Amazonian region of Ecuador. About their music, pottery, tourism, wildlife management, and how to help them in their struggle against the petrol companies.
  
• - In-depth features, links, action alerts, news digest on americas.org, the human rights news portal focused on the American Hemisphere.
  
• - Ecuadorian professor of engineering in Ambato. Contains links to Ecuadorian institutuions, media and universities.
  
• - A non profit organization which works with an orphanage in Mindo, Ecuador.
  
• - Volunteers are needed to work with children of immense need in Ecuador. Global Volunteers is a private, nonprofit organization based in St. Paul, Minnesota.
  
• - Non-profit organization, independent from political and religious ties, that provides educational and therapeutic services to street-working children and their families.
  
• - Labor rights abuses on banana plantations.
  
• - Features a small collection of links relating to human rights in the country, available in Spanish, Russian, and English.
  
• - This site contains a wealth of information on the Quechua language and culture in general.
  
• - Network of indigenous kichwa communities in the Amazon, a non-governmental organization, dedicated to develop projects for development, education, nature protection and conservation, and resistance against the oil exploration.
  
• - Works with local communities of the Amazon to improve their education, provide medical care, and develop environmentally sustainable micro-businesses to support the local economy.
  
• - Non-profit organization, established with the goal of supporting the indigenous populations of Ecuador through self-directed development and fair trade.
  
• - Rural environment and agro-forestry projects in Ecuador for international volunteers. Information on programs and activities. (Spanish and English)
  
• - Supports the indians of Ecuador with clearly defined projects that rely on the direct participation of indian organizations, church groups, and government agencies.
  
• - Indigenous peoples in Ecuador. Includes Amazon, people, pueblo people, organizations, movements, and other links.
  
• - Foundation for providing medical attention, including surgery, and basic necessities such as food and clothing for poorest children and families.
  
• - includes photos of Andes, Amazonia and Galapagos; music clips; history, geography, and cultural information.
  
• - Report about banana workers in Ecuador, sometimes victims of serious human rights abuses. Human Rights Watch.
  
• - An independent, non-governmental, non profit organization dedicated to assisting and supporting the development of individuals with disabilities of all ages, providing social and medical services in its Integral Assistance Center for People with disabilit
  
• - Christian team working many hours to provide optical, medical, and dental services to over 600 needy people in the villages of Custag, Guantul, and Caliata.
  
• - Local news, information, events, forums, opinion of the runas(indigenous people) and eveything related to Otavalo in Ecuador.