Description and Impact

Become an intern in Ecuador and join this unique project that works using a holistic market-based approach to blend sustainable economic development, cultural preservation and conservation beneath the Amazonian rainforest canopy. By working directly with indigenous farming families, this innovative social enterprise seeks to regenerate the cultivation of guayusa, a native holly plant used for thousands of years in traditional tea ceremonies. The project works to generate additional incomes based on a fair-trade market mechanism as well as sustaining natural resources by training farmers in permaculture and integrated land use. Importantly, this project also works to restore the ancestral cultural tradition of tea drinking and story-telling.

What's Included

• Housing
• Daily Meals
• Health and travel insurance
• Onsite transportation and airport pickup
• Project funding and support
• 24-hour support from ProWorld Ecuador staff
• Access to Casa ProWorld Ecuador- unlimited filtered water, wireless internet