SUPPORT AN AMAZON COMMUNITY AIRLINE THAT PROVIDES A KEY BRIDGE TO PROTECT THE FOREST, SAVE LIVES AND RAISE AWARENESS OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTALISM
AERO SARAYAKU is a community company of the Original Kichwa People of Sarayaku.
Sarayaku is a community of around 2,500 people in the heart of the Amazon jungle of Ecuador that for decades has been the protagonist of activist, awareness and environmental protection movements worldwide; inspiring other communities throughout the Amazon to rise up and join forces to expose the injustice and environmental degradation caused.
In 2012, Sarayaku set a precedent by taking the Government of Ecuador to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, where the court found that the Ecuadorian government flouted Sarayaku's right to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) with respect to the exploitation of oil and resources in the ancestral land of their peoples. This precedent is now at the international level.
Sarayaku received significant compensation at sentencing and used the funds to create her own airline company to serve and help lives and strengthen community efforts.
Evacuations, emergency transfers, mobilization of equipment and supplies in case of natural disasters are part of the support that Aero Sarayaku has been offering for several years in response to the complete lack of state attention in these cases.
AERO-SARAYAKU, owned and operated by Indians, operates two Cessna aircraft as a courier service for passengers and supplies, providing a vital link to this remote community.
In the same way, Aero Sarayaku is in charge of the optimal maintenance of the runway located in Sarayaku, which is used as one of the Emergency runways when Shell's "Río Amazonas" airport is closed.
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