By Dr Paul Roberts | Director Intercultural Education, Alianza Arkana
These last three months, we have started a major new project in association with a local Shipibo organization called IDEARA (Instituto de Desarrollo Altérnativo Raíces Amázonicas - in English, the Institute for the Alternative Development of Amazonian Roots) to join them in their task of helping revitalize Shipibo culture with young indigenous people living in the city of Pucallpa. They have a site with great potential of over four hectares on the edge of the indigenous area of Pucallpa.
With time, we will be helping them create a cultural center and residential accommodation on this site, based on the principles of permaculture design, which will offer workshops on key areas of traditional Shipibo culture such as arts and crafts and medicinal plants, as well as alternative models of development such as natural building methods and permaculture.
One of our volunteers has already helped them build a clay oven, which will be used to make rocket stoves, which are a more economic and environmentally friendly alternative to the traditional cooking methods of cooking on an open fire, which works fine in rural communities but is more problematic in urban areas due to the enclosed spaces and difficulty in finding firewood.
Meanwhile, our work in Santa Clara continues with the setting up of a library in the school there, which includes another beautiful mural created by our talented muralist working with the children from the school. Do look at the accompanying photos of the wall before and after this mural was painted.
Many thanks for your support which makes this work possible.
By Dr Paul Roberts | Director Intercultural Education, Alianza Arkana
By Dr Paul Roberts | Director Intercultural Education, Alianza Arkana
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