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Handcrafted items from women in Ecuador
OrganizationColibris Women´s Artisan Cooperative
websitehttp://www.colibrisecuador.org/Colibris-Home.html
CountryEcuador
Program CostsUnknown
DurationVaries
Room & BoardUnknown
Language RequirementsEnglish
The Colibris are a group of women living in the village of Marianitas, in the Chocó cloud forest bioregion of northwestern Ecuador. The Colibris produce sustainable arts and crafts from renewable natural materials like bamboo, coconut husks and tagua (vegetable ivory). The mission of the women is to provide a sustainable future for themselves, their families and their community, while protecting the incredibly rich diversity of their natural resources.

The Colibris crafts include earrings, pendants and seed/bead necklaces, as well as napkin rings, key chains and other articles. The group has also begun a program of receiving ecotourists and volunteers, who enjoy homestays with local families while helping with crafts and other community & conservation projects. For more about these projects, see Volunteering. Or click Ecotourism to see a video on milking a cow, and learn more about birding, hiking and other eco-adventures in the cloud forest.