This month, we’re proud to share that — thanks to your support — we’ve officially exceeded our goal for the Ríos–Javá Family Impact Campaign. When we first sat with Uli Ríos-Javá, curandera and wife of the late Maestro Jhonny Javá, we asked how we could best support her family and community in the wake of their loss. She offered a clear, grounded goal — and together, we reached it.

Through your purchases, donations, and word-of-mouth support across our Kambô community, we were able to send 17,160.65 PEN ($5,118 USD) — exceeding our original target of 15,000 PEN. With these funds, the family rebuilt the core structures at Ecomunidad Nativa Kambo Family: the maloca (ceremonial space), guest rooms, staff housing, kitchen, and living area.

This milestone means more than bricks and wood. It represents the restoration of a sacred space — a home for healing, for cultural continuity, and for the sharing of ancestral wisdom in the Napo River Valley of Peru. And most importantly, it continues to keep the land in the hands of the families who are living extensions of the rivers and their rich biodiversity.

Our friend and colleague, Caitlin Thompson, recently made another visit to Uli’s nature reserve and healing center in Peru, and shares her first-hand account below!

The Kambô Collection was born from a deep reverence for the rainforest, for the frog, and for the people who have carried its medicine across time. As we continue sharing this story, we’re also preparing to unveil what’s next: new designs, new materials, and new ways to give back.

Thank you for walking this path with us — for wearing your values, for sharing these stories, and for believing that fashion can be a vessel for healing, remembrance, and regeneration.

With reverence and gratitude,

Founder, Earth Medicine Apparel Co.