What is Guayllabamba Waterkeeper and our mission?

Guayllabamba Waterkeeper (AGWK) is a private non-profit Association, subsidiary of the Waterkeeper Alliance, legally established in Ecuador since Aug.2nd.2010 and registered at Environmental Ministry.

Our MISSION is the preservation, protection and recovery of water and streams in the upper basin of the Guayllabamba River, whose tributaries cross the Metropolitan District from Quito - Ecuador.

OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Patricio Chambers Mejía is the Guayllabamba Waterkeeper. He replaced his father Rafael Chambers, the former Guayllabamba Waterkeeper. Patricio has a civil engineering degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador and more than 20 years of experience in project planning. in addition, Patricio earned a specialized degree in management, a Master's degree in higher learning teaching, and a certification as expert in comparative Eastern and Western philosophies.

He has been a university professor at undergraduate and postgraduate level for 15 years. He founded and led the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador’s School of Systems in the town of Ambato in the central Andean valley of Ecuador and led the drafting and implementation of strategic plan for that town.

Patricio worked for several years as project administrator for oil operations and for web information systems and serves as a consultant on various engineering projects. He has also worked as Coordinator and Director of Planning at the Municipality of Quito.

For almost three decades he has volunteered as an instructor of human values and practical philosophy as a member of the New Acropolis Educational Corporation, leading activities linked to the protection of the environment and waterways, reforestation, management of parks and building the capacity of concerned citizens around environmental stewardship.

He has been linked to Guayllabamba Waterkeeper from its inception as a labor of love of the Chambers family. Guayllabamba Waterkeeper aims to rid the upper reaches of the Guayllabamba River of urban and industrial pollution