The Flor de la Amazonía Animal Rescue Center, locally known as "Wayra Urku", was created out of necessity for a rehabilitation center for a wide diversity of Amazonian wildlife. Animals which have sadly been victims of trafficking, destruction of their natural habitat or mistreatment, still too common today in Ecuador and South America in general.

This is a pioneer project in Ecuador, which through the dedication of volunteers from all over the world, works efficiently with the wildlife of the Ecuadorian Amazon alongside the indigenous Quichuan communities living there, who are today’s deforesters and hunters. Our main concern is to give the indigenous people alternative work options and food resources, along with education, with the objective to stop, very soon, the nature destruction that is ignorantly accepted by the general population.

Our volunteer project is aimed at all people fascinated with the natural world and its creatures, at all people who want to contribute to saving a part of the Amazon Rainforest, a place of natural wonder and beauty, of inestimable importance to world ecology. At the same time, volunteers are offered a great experience working directly with the diversity of Ecuador’s wildlife and, importantly, alongside a local community who struggle to preserve their unique indigenous cultures, in danger of disappearing into the fast rising urbanization and colonization of their tranquil homes in the Amazon.

Using the power of education, we work closely with the Arajuno Road Project, which offers volunteers the opportunity to teach essential subjects to local schoolchildren. These actions help to create a stable learning environment and give a helping hand in all the community activities the project organizes. The Arajuno Road Project is based on helping the Amazonian schools of the area improve their level of education so that when these children are adults they are conscientious of the urgency to act upon the continuing environmental losses and degradation of the rainforests.