About Us

Centro Kako is a cultural and ecological center located in the ancestral territory of the Siekopai people in the Ecuadorian Amazon. The center serves as a space for cultural exchange, rainforest conservation, and the transmission of ancestral knowledge. Through nature experiences, cultural learning, and spiritual practices, visitors are invited to reconnect with the wisdom of the forest and the living traditions of the Amazon.

Centro Kako also functions as a living laboratory dedicated to strengthening food sovereignty and forest regeneration through the design of edible forests, regenerative agroforestry systems, and sustainable land practices. In this space, ancestral knowledge is integrated with contemporary techniques to safeguard life—protecting the territory, biodiversity, and the cultural continuity of the Siekopai people.

The center is also a place for the practice and transmission of the ancestral medicine and millenary spirituality of the Siekopai people, where knowledge of medicinal plants, traditional ceremonies, sacred songs, and healing practices preserved for generations are shared. Through processes of Indigenous ancestral education, the culture, identity, and relationship with the forest as a source of life and wisdom are strengthened.

Among the initiatives developed at the center are community fish farming, the cultivation of Amazonian fruits and superfoods, traditional chakra gardens, and the stewardship of medicinal plants, as well as cultural and spiritual learning spaces. These initiatives contribute to the resilience of the ecosystem, the autonomy of the Siekopai Nation, and the well-being of future generations.