The Union of Peasant and Indigenous Organisations Chochasquí Pedro Moncayo (UCCOPEM) is a tier organization with more than 4,000 families, belonging to 32 communities located in 5 parishes of the Pedro Moncayo area: Tabacundo, Malchingui, La Esperanza, Tupigachi and Tocachi, approximately 60 kilometers north from the capital, Quito.