This video is a sample of the type of work we do throughout the year through the Yo siy Identidad Foundation, rescuing issues of state identity significance and making it public.

100 days of Expedition, 2.000 kilometres & 400 hours paddling, 12 Nations, 36 Islands, 65 Ports, an Epic Adventure

This year we were also able to register and get a physical headquarters for our Fundación Margarita Solidaria and we made the first donation of 4 new computers to the Fe y Alegría project. The project has several proposals to obtain funds to support the training programs of Fe y

Every September 8, the Virgen del Valle is celebrated throughout the East of the country and the fishermen go out in their boats to «Barloventear» their Virgin, which is nothing more than taking her out for a sail, of course we had to be present.

This video is a sample of the type of work we do throughout the year through the I am Identity Foundation, rescuing many themes of our heritage.

Bringing La Piragua home to Margarita To contain costs, the Piragua was built in Cariaco in the mainland coast. In August, 2021, our tribe gathered together, in our allied riverside carpentry shop where it was built, for a crash course on rowing. Then—after a proper launching Ceremony—we paddled her 170

Reposition of maintenance of our “Virgen del Valle” that is submerged in the “Farallon Blanco” about 4 km of the coast of Pampatar.

First time in the water for the Piragua with the intention of doing watertightness tests, determining the waterline to paint with the anti fouling. Also testing the first time our 7 kilogram oars, that we later managed to drop to 4 kilos.

Our recent achievements and what we are aiming for in the immediate future

For five years we have been investigating the pre-Hispanic navigation routes of our Amerindians, building autochthonous replicas of their Curiaras and, of course, navigating them, in the first Experimental Archeology expeditions that have been made in Venezuela. Amerindian Passion is a summary of the expeditions and the project from its

A thousand years ago, the Amerindians living in the basin of Lake Valencia, paddled the open sea from the mainland to “Los Roques” in Curiaras, an extraordinary adventure of more than 140 kilometers and 40 hours of continuous navigation. An enthusiastic team is ready to recreate these voyages, following advice

A legend says that in the Orinoco Delta, in one of its furthest pipes, a river wave occurs once a year: the bore. Appreciated for its rarity, this phenomenon occurs in very few rivers in the world. Reviewed for the first time in a Columbus journal, seven adventurers decide to

According to the Warao mythology their home in the Delta is Paradise and they are the chosen ones on this “Heart of the World”. Warao means Man of Canoes and their lives are intimately linked to them. As days go by and we discover their world from our canoes, we share their intimate space and their laughs,