By Dr Paul Roberts | Director Intercultural Education
We have recently hosted a visit of Swedish kindergarten and primary teachers in Pucallpa. Five Swedish kindergarten teachers spent four days working with the kindergarten school in Bena Jema. Three primary school teachers visited the primary school in Bena Jema for three days and had a one day visit to the school in Santa Clara, where they saw the permaculture project we have established in the community.
The Swedish teachers visit was part of a program of intercultural exchange. Next year, there will be an opportunity for three Shipibo teachers to visit Sweden to continue exchanging ideas about educational practice.
Our intercultural book on plant medicines for Shipibo primary school children continues to develop well. We now have all 30 plantings of plant spirits commissioned from Shipibo artist Lastenia Canayo. Additionally, we have most of the botanical drawings from another artist in Pucallpa that will also be part of the book.
The paintings and drawings will soon be shipped to New York where a professional photographer will photograph them. We will be working with the Shipibo-Konibo centre for contemporary art, also based in New York City, on the book design. We plan to publish the book in the early New Year.
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