WÁKU — A Friend Who Helps

A Friend Who Helps · Achuar Language

Where help is needed
most,
WÁKU arrives.

Health, education and social support for those who need it most. From the jungle to the city.

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Building bridges
between people
and communities.

We bring health, education and social support to those who need it most, turning solidarity into a sustainable and human movement that unites hearts under one shared purpose.

Brigada WÁKU

Amazon Brigade · 2025

The values that
guide every action.

WÁKU is more than an organization. It is a way of understanding the world: with empathy, with respect, with the certainty that together we can transform realities.

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Empathy

Feeling what others live. Every action is born from a deep understanding of those in need.

🤝

Solidarity

Walking together. The most powerful help is the one built in community.

💚

Transparency

Every contribution has a clear destination. Trust is earned through actions, not words.

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Respect

Honoring roots, cultures and nature. Diversity is our strength.

Hope

Remembering that helping also heals. Every act of solidarity transforms both the giver and the receiver.

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Moments that
tell stories.

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Medical brigade · Amazonia

Medical brigade · Amazonia

Shuar Community

Shuar Community

Volunteers in action

Volunteers in action

Community education

Community education

Medical care

Medical care

Amazon Rainforest

Amazon Rainforest

Merch WÁKU

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Impacto WÁKU

Numbers that
represent lives.

+500

People served

In community health brigades

12

Communities visited

Shuar, Achuar and rural communities

80+

Active volunteers

Doctors, lawyers and professionals

2025

Founded

A movement that grows every day

The team behind
every brigade.

Doctors, lawyers, educators and volunteers who decided that distance was not a good enough excuse to not help.

Mateo Andrade

Mateo Andrade

President

Dayanara Alemán

Dayanara Alemán

Vice President

Daniela Delgado

Daniela Delgado

Treasurer

Javier Castillo

Javier Castillo

Secretary

David Sarango

David Sarango

Co-Founder

Martin Vintimilla

Martin Vintimilla

Co-Founder

Historia WÁKU
"It all began in the jungle, where distance is not measured in kilometers but in hours of travel."

In Shuar and Achuar communities, a group of young doctors, lawyers and volunteers came together to bring health, care and hope where no one else was reaching. People called them WÁKU — a friend who extends a hand and asks for nothing in return.

Today, WÁKU Project keeps that Amazonian root alive while looking toward the future. Because the spirit of the jungle can also transform cities, companies and hearts.

WAKU Collective
Est. 2025 · Latin America

Be part of the change

WÁKU doesn't promise to
change the world.
It promises something greater.

Make the world change with you. Join as a volunteer, partner or donor and be part of the most human solidarity network in Latin America.

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