About Us
Hi Pana! We are the YANAPANA Project. A group of young, committed, and caring people who are striving to build a better world for the future.
YANAPANA aims to help Ecuadorian families living with malnutrition and whose situations have been worsened by the current pandemic of COVID-19. We seek to provide a basket of nutritious food through resources obtained nationally and internationally. We also provide our beneficiaries with tools and resources so they can learn about nutrition and be able to sustain themselves in the longer run.
Our Story
On 2020, our founders just graduated from University in the midst of the pandemic. In the middle of all the chaos, they saw an opportunity to use the resources that all of them had available as newly graduates to generate positive change in their community. Then, as a group, they came up with this project: YANAPANA!
YANAPANA is a verb that comes from one of the ancestral languages of Ecuador: Kichwa. It means "To Help". This word, being a verb, inspires us to take action and work together as "Panas" which funnily enough means FRIENDS in colloquial Ecuadorian Spanish.
So if you are asking, what is this all about? Well, we are all a group of volunteers working together to help the most affected families in Ecuador who are suffering from malnutrition and hunger. We do this through fundraising events to help provide these families with nutritious food and to fund community projects.
Are you ready to help us fight malnutrition and build a better Ecuador?
If you want to know more about who we are, what we do, and how we do it; feel free to take a look to this website and our social media platforms.
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100% of the money earned GOES TOWARDS HELPING THE COMMUNITY!
PARTNERS
We believe in solidarity and cooperation, that is why we have partnered with various organizations and civic groups to obtain the funds we need to continue our community work.
CONTACT
Inquiries
For any inquiries, questions or commendations, please out the following form
Say hi
You can send an email to yanapanaprojectinfo@gmail.com or call at +593 99 530 1447
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Volunteer
To apply to be a volunteer with YANAPANA Project, please check out our Volunteer Page.
