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I (Joel) had the wonderful opportunity to visit the jungle town of Pacto Sumaco this last Sunday.\u00a0 Pacto Sumaco is a community that began or at least transitioned because of natural disaster.\u00a0 There was a earthquake in 1985 that caused a landslide that destroyed a community of Indigenous folks in the area of El Chaco.\u00a0 Since the town was destroyed, the government went about giving them new land to start up again.\u00a0 This is when they transitioned to the area near the volcano named\u00a0Sumaco.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the government didn’t give them much of anything else.\u00a0 This is where the Evangelical Covenant Church of Ecuador (IPEE) stepped in and really helped them out.\u00a0 The went about assisting with building a well for clean water, helping set up the government, and eventually helping bring electricity.\u00a0 They helped the community out so much that the eventually renamed themselves Pacto Sumaco, the “Pacto” meaning Covenant as in Evangelical Covenant church.\u00a0 Pretty cool, eh?<\/p>\n

Right now, IPEE is helping them out with suggesting new ways to farm.\u00a0 It is basically a farming community which for the most part produces Naranilla, which is a small orange like fruit.\u00a0 The problem with farming Naranilla is that it only has a two to three year life cycle before it destroys the earth that is producing it.\u00a0 IPEE is recommending that they do two things.\u00a0 Switch their primary crop to one that is more long term sustainable, as well as trying to show them that personal gardening is possible.\u00a0 Because of their poverty and lack of variety in crops they produce, their nutrition is very poor.\u00a0 If each farm would create a personal garden with a variety of produce, their level of nutrition would be significantly increased.<\/p>\n

You can see pictures below of Sumaco as well as a picture of the personal garden that IPEE has created to demonstrate to the other farmers.<\/p>\n

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Fellow missionary Chris and a giant leaf in the rainforest in Pacto Sumaco<\/p><\/div>\n

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The garden that IPEE has setup in Sumaco to show the other farmers.<\/p><\/div>\n

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