For the last years, we at ESCVDO have worked with the members of the Puerto Miguel Community, a population located off the Yarapa river, in the creation of our signature handcrafted palm-fiber Willow Bags. This community is one of many like it – located on the shores of the Amazonian Rivers, within the Pacaya Samiria Reserve – connected to the rest of civilization only by river. Each year, this area of the rainforest sees approximately 40 feet of rainfall during the wet season, a time that brings with it many challenges for its inhabitants.