The Protestant missionaries have built schools, medical clinics, toilets, and other beneficial structures. Many children that live in rural areas are unable to attend schools because they are too poor to even have schools. Most people are not competitive with the U.S., although some are, because the U. S. has begun to form groups of teachers to go over to Ecuador and help teach them. Some are mostly Spanish, Quechua, Inca language and very little English. Spanish is the most popular and most used language throughout Ecuador.
Many children live together with their families until they have been married.
A lot of children now go out and get an education or a job and their own house. Dating includes getting together to go dancing or other activities. The people of Ecuador wear an old western type clothing. In the Rural areas of Ecuador the people would normally wear skirts and hats. People in the coastal part of this land wear lots of bright colors such as white, yellow, and red.