Timpoka Singles
Waotededo: Amo enmenga entepogampa kadaba menonkete ante tomenga onko mee gimoninke guiyedo.
Waotededo: Adoke nemonkatay te kontate ongompa omede awaa.
Waotededo: Oone wado wado bapa gawadike iyomo Nani keweñomo timpoka.
Waotededo: Adoke gade wei owopa tiputini epe.
Waotededo: Silver angel baihua Tono Soledad gopodapa wipo tiputini epe iyomo nano kiwiñomo timpoka.
Waotededo: Adoke gawaita oweme beapa waomo emotaia waoka onopogonga.
Timpoka Stories
Preparing tambaqui (cachama) maito
Bolivar Ahua
After fishing cachama from the ponds in the community of Guiyero, Pablo Ahua, Filomena Enomenga, Eduardo Ahua, Gaba Ima, and Timoteo Omene prepare maito for their families. Maito is a fish dish typical to their community that involves wrapping the fish in banana leaves and cooking it over a fire. This is how the communities live in Yasuní.
The pumping station
Joel Enqueri Nequimo
The pumping station is located within Yasuní National Park in the middle of the four communities of Timpoka, Peneno, Ganketapare and Guiyero to the north of the community of Dikaro. The four communities are members of Alejandra Labaka parish in Orellana province in Puerto Francisco de Orellana county.
Due to the production of oil, the pumping station releases a lot of pollution into the air. The inhabitants of the surrounding communities believe that this pollution may be causing children and adults to get sick. Furthermore, the noise produced by the turbine generators and vehicles is one reason animals are moving farther away from the communities. Within the oil station, workers are only people from outside Yasuní. None of the workers are from the affected communities nearby the station, causing frustration within those communities.
The only importance the company has for the local communities is its collaboration in health care, transportation, and minimal logistical support for the community celebrations. However, the Waorani people in this area do not have a good relationship with the company or the staff responsible for community relations.
This story is meant to shed light on this situation and help local, parochial, and provincial authorities understand how to better collaborate with the people in these Waorani communities to achieve a common good.
The pumping station
Joel Enqueri Nequimo
The pumping station is located within Yasuní National Park in the middle of the four communities of Timpoka, Peneno, Ganketapare and Guiyero to the north of the community of Dikaro. The four communities are members of Alejandra Labaka parish in Orellana province in Puerto Francisco de Orellana county.
Due to the production of oil, the pumping station releases a lot of pollution into the air. The inhabitants of the surrounding communities believe that this pollution may be causing children and adults to get sick. Furthermore, the noise produced by the turbine generators and vehicles is one reason animals are moving farther away from the communities. Within the oil station, workers are only people from outside Yasuní. None of the workers are from the affected communities nearby the station, causing frustration within those communities.
The only importance the company has for the local communities is its collaboration in health care, transportation, and minimal logistical support for the community celebrations. However, the Waorani people in this area do not have a good relationship with the company or the staff responsible for community relations.
This story is meant to shed light on this situation and help local, parochial, and provincial authorities understand how to better collaborate with the people in these Waorani communities to achieve a common good.
The tree nursery: Our living heart
Ñewe Boyotai
In the tree nursery of Timpoka, Gabriel Grefa selects seeds to plant in plastic bags filled with earth. Later, these plants will be transplanted to various places in the communities nearby. On this planet, the communities of Timpoka, Ganketapare, and Guiyero want to show that humanity can help conserve the natural world of Yasuní by kindly respecting the flora and fauna. The communities will ensure that this generation will wholeheartedly conserve Yasuní.