Yawanawá Sociocultural Association

The Yawanawa Sociocultural Association (ASCY) is an indigenous organization and non-profit organization that represents the Yawanawa people from the villages: Matrixa, Amparo, Yawarani, Sete Estrelas, Tiburcio, Escondido and Mutum. ASCY is a political instrument in defending the rights of the Yawanawa, in terms of territorial protection, strengthening of culture, preservation of the language, artistic expressions, Yawanawa cultural and spiritual manifestation. ASCY has established partnerships with governmental and non-governmental institutions and public and private companies as a way of creating mechanisms that generate income without destroying the environment and ensuring the physical permanence of the Yawanawa people in their territory.