He is the only one from his remote village to go away
to school and return. He entered the seminary to become
a priest then changed his career path to return to his
village to contribute as a conservationist. His goal is
to preserve the jungle and his peoples' relationship to
it.
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A number of international conservation and humanitarian
groups and foundations including CARE have field
offices in San Miguel because of its proximity to
the reserve. Hector befriended many of the visiting
researchers and because of his sincere interest
in the local environment they sponsored him on a
trip the to Miami to continue his studies and improve
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At the end of our stay in San Miguel my Canadian Comrade
went his own way. With a spare seat in Baby Blue I was
happy to give Hector a lift to Quito and help him to obtain
his visa to the U.S. It is not easy for an Ecuadorian
without a certain financial status to get a permit. Even
with the support of several American organizations he
still had to jump through lots of hoops the get a permit.
With his visa finally in hand, Hector was one happy camper.
I was very happy to have helped.
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