By Dr Paul Roberts | Director Organizational Development and Research
This last three months, our major permaculture project in Santa Clara has continued to advance.
We have been creating small food growing areas - biohuertas in Spanish - in part of the permaculture site. This has been done together with the children from the primary school. This is part of our long-term goal in growing more nutritious food in the community and helping the community to be more sustainable in terms of food production.
Additionally, the community, especially the young people, have hosted a visit from the organization 'Where They Be Dragons.' This is a US based organization, which provides authentic immersion experiences for teens and young adults in other cultures. The group of 12 people from 'Where they Be Dragons' spent five days in Santa Clara, living in the community, and engaging in a rich cultural exchange with the young people from the community.
In another area, related to intercultural education, we have received a grant from the 'Endangered Languages Fund', to help revitalize the Shipibo language and begin the long term project of creating a Shipibo/Spanish/English dictionary. We have established this as a separate microproject on GlobalGiving and you can read more about this here.
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