It can only be reached by hiking along a trail and going over a hanging bridge. The barrio is situated at the top of a mountain. There are about 55 families, with a total population of 450, in this community. The inhabitants are mostly farmers and laborers with little formal education. Their hopes lie in having more offspring.
Birth control is a crime against ancestral laws.
The youth identified this area as the focus of their mission during a national camp. The pastor in the area didn't know how to read or write, but he could compose songs of praise in tribal language. He learned to read and write through a literacy ministry. A Mennonite church is the only evangelical church in the barrio. It has a regular attendance of about 20 families.