We would like to introduce ourselves... SIMIATUG LLAKTA is an alliance of, and platform for: family groups, women's groups, workshops, youth initiatives and associations belonging to the indigenous communities of the Simiatug-territory, in the Bolivar province of Ecuador:
reference data: total population (INEC, 2010): location: height: surface: coordinates:
12,460 inhabitants / 51% women, 49% men / 44% are 0 to 14 years old; 99% indigenous (in 38 communities) and 1% mestizos (in the Parish); Western Cordillera of the Ecuadorian Andes; East – 4.500 masl.; West – 1.800 masl.; 91 km2; latitude North 9853521.7 and longitude East 724686;
Simiatug territory and Parish are located in the center of Ecuador, at the Occidental Cordillera near the Chimborazo, the highest volcano in Ecuador. Simiatug has an area of 91km2 with a variety of ecological floors between 4.300 and 1.800 meters from the Andean Páramos to the Pacific Coast. The settlers are Kichwas, indigenous people who live in the 38 communities. There is a lot of poverty in Simiatug which is the third poorest parish in the third poorest province of Ecuador. Agricultural resources are very limited, productive opportunities and jobs are very scarce, the Simitanian economic circuit is tiny. Male adults and young people of both genders have to defend the family economy by migrating to cities and the East. While they are women, mothers, single mothers, grandmothers, sisters and aunts who traditionally support the daily life of their large families. These conditions are documented in “LA VIDA EN SIMIATUG”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ0rYalq7Y&t=29s . Since 1986, we have always taken care of women and their daughters; they are the ones that need the most attention and solutions adapted to the changing conditions and aggressions of the several decades. Here is a review of the conditions of women before the Organizations:
Simiatug, since June 1986