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'''Noemí Gualinga''' (born {{birth based on age as of date |44 |2012|May|25}},<ref name="Caspani2012" /> known as "mother of the jungle") is a community leader and activist for the [[Sarayaku]]. Sarayakus are the [[Amazonian Kichwas|Amazonian Kichwa]] [[indigenous]] group from the [[Ecuador|Ecuadorian]] [[Amazon rainforest|Amazon]].<ref name="Castro2020">{{Cite news |last=Castro |first=Mayuri |date=2020-12-13 |title='She goes and h(contracted; show full) consent before development projects, laws, or policies affecting their way of life.<ref name="Amnesty">{{Cite web |title=Ecuador: The Sarayaku struggle goes global |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2012/05/ecuador-sarayaku-struggle-goes-global/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126215217/https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2012/05/ecuador-sarayaku-struggle-goes-global/ |archive-date=26 November 2020 |access-date=2021-04-01 |website=www.amnesty.org 
|date=25 May 2012 |language=en}}</ref>

== 2020 flooding and COVID-19 pandemic ==
In 2020, the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] began to spread among indigenous communities. The [[Bobonaza River|Bobonaza]] and [[Arajuno]] rivers flooded, heavily affecting the Sarayaku villages. During the [[quarantine]] period, from March to July, Noemí Gualinga organized daily missions to bring food relief from the city of [[Puyo, Pastaza|Puyo]] to her home. She helped organize [[COVID-19 testing]] in Sarayaku.<ref name="Castro2020"(contracted; show full){{Reflist}}

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[[Category:1960s births]]
[[Category:Ecuadorian environmentalists]]
[[Category:People from Pastaza Province]]
[[Category:Indigenous rights activists]]