Fundación Azúcar

Founded in 1993, Fundación Azúcar is a non-governmental organisation based in Quito, Ecuador working on human rights, arts & culture, heritage +5 more.

Fundación Azúcar is an Ecuadorian non-profit foundation, founded in 1993, that works for the rights, identity and development of Afro-Ecuadorian and Afro-descendant people. Its work covers three areas: non-formal education and training in human rights, gender and youth issues; cultural preservation of Afro-Ecuadorian heritage, including the Casa Museo de la Memoria Viva; and political advocacy for social justice, equal rights and a plurinational, intercultural state. It runs leadership and political training schools for Afro-Ecuadorian women and young people, in partnership with the Universidad Central del Ecuador, and monitors public policy and discrimination cases, including racial profiling. The foundation is based in Quito and operates across Ecuador.