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Since June 2010, Fundación Pachamama has monitored the development of several conservation and development projects within Yasuní National Park financed through the Small Donations Program of the United Nations Development Program in Ecuador (UNDP-PPD).
Fundación Pachamama Visits Yasuní with Juvenile Leaders Foundation
In May, Fundación Pachamama completed the fourth visit to the Yasuní projects and had the opportunity to accompany members of the Juvenile Leaders Foundation, who were visiting from high schools in Francisco de Orellana (Coca). Thanks to support from the municipal government in Orellana, the Juvenile Leaders Foundation was able to make the dream of the high school students to visit the Yasuní come true.
The Foundation is in the process of developing a project called “Raising Consciousness and Improvement of Environmental Quality in Francisco de Orellana Promoted by Youths,” and the trip encouraged students to feel more responsibility for the care and preservation of this area of the planet. Participants promised to campaign for more students from Coca to visit the Yasuní National Park, using social networks like Facebook, MSN Messenger, and informative posters in their schools.
New Solid Waste Center Moving Forward in Francisco de Orellana
In other news on the UNDP-PPD projects, the Association of Recyclers in Orellana is signing an agreement with the Municipality of Francisco de Orellana for the extension of five hectares of land to create a new center for solid waste classification.
During a capacity building workshop in May, Fundación Pachamama discussed implementation of technological innovations to operate the center using alternative energies (i.e. biogas), which could serve as a model for similar centers in the country.
Composting in the Amazon
The Amazonian Health Foundation, another UNDP-PPD project, recently held a capacity building workshop to encourage bokashi composting using organic household waste. Members of the Amazonian Health Foundation who had received training on this theme led the workshop, part of the “Healthy Communities in the Amazon” project.
