<p> <img style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 5px; width: 175px; float: right" src="images/zoom/PIILBA/normal_Resized_CIMG1454.jpg" alt="La Chimba photo" title="La Chimba photo" width="175" /> La Chimba is a town of around 360 families located in a fertile valley, a one hour, 60 cent bus ride northeast of the city of Cayambe, within the canton of Cayambe. ... http://www.volunteeringecuador.info Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:13:01 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 <p> <img style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin: 5px; width: 175px; float: right" src="images/zoom/PIILBA/normal_Resized_CIMG1454.jpg" alt="La Chimba photo" title="La Chimba photo" width="175" /> La Chimba is a town of around 360 families located in a fertile valley, a one hour, 60 cent bus ride northeast of the city of Cayambe, within the canton of Cayambe. The valley that contains the city is situated at the northeast end of the basin that contains Quito, the capital of Ecuador. Named after Ecuador&rsquo;s nearby third highest mountain, the canton contains three urban parroquias and five rural ones. La Chimba is in the parroquia of Olmedo, which was formerly known as Pesillo. </p> <p> Before the eighties, cooking was done in a <em>llanda</em>, or indoor fireplace, and the people lit their houses at night with oil lamps. However, this time period saw the installation of electricity and the introduction of stoves with portable gas tanks. It was also during this time that the people of La Chimba built a water purification plant through community <em>minga</em>, eliminating the use of river water for drinking. </p>