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Commerce and Utilities

Source of Income

Sale of Rice, Maize, Cocoa crops Sale of Domestic Animals Labour for Amada Enc.

Sale of Maize, Cocoa crops, some Rice Sale of Domestic Animals (only in immediate need)

Sale of crops and some domestic animals

Sale of crops and some domestic animals Definitive about not working for plantations or petroleum companies

Sale of Bananas, very little sale of other crops

Sale of crops, wild grubs and domestic animals

Primarily sale of palm nuts for oil, some cattle, chickens, rice

Water Sources

River (washing, bathing and some drinking). Some houses with rainwater

Small creek for washing & bathing, rainwater for drinking

River (washing, bathing). Rainwater for drinking

Groundwater for bathing and some drinking Nearby river for washing Rainwater for drinking

Rainwater and groundwater for everything

Rainwater for drinking River (washing, bathing).

Groundwater (windmill & hand pump) for bathing & drinking, wash in river

Electricity Sources

Personal petrol generators, non-operational Communal Generator ($35000 Gov´t grant, requires 3 gal/hr) power lines installed but missing wires linking gen. to transformer

3 families with petrol generators only

3 families with petrol generators only

None

2 families with petrol generators only

All families and public building with solar cells (cost $3 each with government subsidy)

All families and public building with solar cells

Centro Union

La Merced

Los Ángeles

Fuerzas Unidas

Ciudad Los Piñas

Secoya Remolina

San Pablo

Electricity Uses

House lighting, Refrigeration, TV, mobile phones

Lighting

Unclear

None

Basic mainly lighting, a mobile phone

Lighting, small scale refrigeration, TV, radio communication with other Secoya communities, mobile phones

Lighting (house & street), small scale refrigeration, TV, stereo, radio communication with other Secoya communities, fax, internet, mobile phones

Cooking Method

Gas, in cylinders

Gas, in cylinders

Gas, in cylinders

Gas, in cylinders

Wood fire on stones

Some Gas, in cylinders, others wood fire on stones

Gas, in cylinders