Yachana's mission is to provide community-based solutions to poverty and environmental degradation in the rain forest. The future of the tropical forest is inextricably linked to the well-being of its inhabitants. Our socially conscious tourism and training programs are simultaneously conserving the rain forest and providing opportunities in income generation, micro-finance, health, sustainability and entrepreneurism for the people of the region.
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By Douglas McMeekin | Executive Director
Here we are in the beginning of a new year, 2024 and at Yachana it is an exciting time. We have a bunch of different projects we are working on that are in different stages of development. Many of... Read the full report ›By Douglas McMeekin | Executive Director
Here we are in the beginning of a new year, 2024. At Yachana, it is an exciting time. Here are a few examples of the many projects we are working on for students to elderly that are in different... Read the full report ›By Douglas McMeekin | Executive Director, Yachana Foundation
On August 20, 2023, Ecuadorians went go to the polls and voted on a referendum to force the government to not continue oil exploration in the Yasuni National Park, a UNESCO Man and Biosphere Reserve.... Read the full report ›