Pachaysana

Pachaysana is a non-governmental organisation based in Quito, Ecuador working on education, community development, environment & climate +1 more.

Pachaysana, also known as Fundación Pachaysana or the Pachaysana Institute, is a non-profit based in Quito, Ecuador. It works in decolonizing education, grassroots community development and fair-trade study-abroad programmes. Its work is carried out with Indigenous, rural and Afro-Ecuadorian communities in the Amazon, the Highlands, the coast and the Galápagos Islands. Its programmes include semester-long and short-term study abroad for students and faculty, forest restoration with community partners, a forest school for children in the Amazon, and unlearning workshops. The organisation is a collective of Ecuadorian and international educators, nature restorers, teaching artists and community organisers, and it describes community educators as leading its courses. Its programmes are partly financed by student tuition.