Riverine communities and other remote communities in Amazonia are a very important aspect of the preservation of the Amazon rainforest itself. It is Drops of Amazon’s mission to protect our worldwide critical ecosystem here in the Amazon by helping remote communities that are an ancillary aspect of its preservation.
Riverine people come from a variety of ethnic backgrounds, including indigenous tribal people, caboclo mixed indigenous/European ancestry and many others. In spite of the widely diversified origins of the riverine people, their customs today and values and lifestyles are quite similar to each other.