If
you take a crafty peek towards the right hand side of this page you
will find the four links to the four charities that I am supporting
this year.
My
cycling efforts are for these wonderful and vital charities and
projects.
Over
the next four weeks I intend to give further details of each in turn;
telling you why I support them and asking nicely that please make a
small donation towards them. Use the links on the right. Thanks.
If you could maybe sponsor me 1p (or
more) for each bird specie I see in this BIGBY (Big Green Big Year)
then that would be wonderful and a spur for my pedalling feet. All money I raise this way will be shared between these charities unless you want to support an individual one.
At the
moment of typing I have seen exactly 250 bird species this year. The
aim is for 300 remember so if I succeed I am asking you to sponsor me
£3, or your currency equivalent. If you want to take this option
then please message me – bikingbirder2010@hotmail.com
OK
let's find out about the amazing children of the Amazonian forest in
The Manu, Peru.
First
a word from the project manager, Maria:-
Yuri
is 16 years old. He is in the final year of high school. He wants to
be a forestry engineer and to work to protect the forest in which he
has lived with his family, the Manu.
Parari
loves animals and it now seems clear his vocation will be with the
nature he loves. He can recognise a dozen birds simply by how they
beat their wings.
Located
in the Manu National Park in Peru, the Chaskawasi –Manu project
gives the opportunity for children from deep in the rainforest
to get an education.
It
gives one a chance to meet, study and enjoy the company of the
amazing children and adolescents from remote Amazonian communities.
Food,
medicine, transportation, books, notebooks and a long list of basic
items that every child in the world needs to go to school. To get
this many things are needed. These children spend 9 months of the
school year at the shelter away from their homes and parents. They
need to feel loved, supported by the values of solidarity,
generosity and community living as they would in their homes.
Educate
and learn to give voice to children in a culture excluded from our
everyday reality. The forest is the center of the life of a
Matsigenka, their whole way of life, beliefs and culture depend on
it. The project looks out from the forest to enrich and teach anyone
willing to approach these children. For the cost of a latte or a day
trip on public transportation, Yuri can take care of their Amazon
rainforest; protect it from illegal logging and preserve the
environment of his community. Parari can protect the colourful
species of the jungle. The Matsigenka, through the quality education
of their children, will continue to live in peace in the land they
love. The Manu rainforest we all need will be protected by them.
Donate
now and support the future of the forest through it's children. The
future of the forest depends on it.
My
support of the project comes from my visits there in 2014. To meet
and become friends with such incredible children and staff was a
tremendous occurrence. The childrens' love of each other and their
rainforest shines through their everyday actions and through their
commitment to their education. They, these brave and lovely children,
spend months away from their families in order to learn how to
ambassadors for their way of life and communities. They have dreams
and ambitions like all children. Their commitment deserves our
support.
So
please go to their website.....
Use
the link to the right. Please if you can donate or sponsor.
Meanwhile
a few photographs from my visit there in 2014.
Location of the Student Shelter Chaskawasi Manu Project (Perú)
The Student
Shelter Chaskawasi Manu is
located in the town of Salvation,
the capital of the Province
of Manu (Peru),
geographical area corresponding to the cultural area of the Manu
Biosphere Reserve.
The Manu
Biosphere Reserve is
located southwest of Peru, partially located in the regions of Madre
de Dios and Cusco, in the provinces of Manu and Paucartambo with an
area of 1.909.800 hectares is divided into three main areas:
- The National Park, with 1.532.806 hectares.
- Reserved Zone, with 257.000 hectares.
- The Cultural or Transition Zone, with 120.000 hectares.
Manu
National Park was
established on May 29, 1973 by Government Decree Nº 0644-73-AG. It
is located in the departments of Cusco and Madre de Dios.
Manu
National Park has
been recognized as a World
Heritage Site in
1987, and in 1977 UNESCO recognized it as the core of the Biosphere
Reserve area.
Manu
National Park is
part of the great biological diversity of the Amazon. It is likewise
one of the most important gene banks worldwide. According to its
recent management plan, it contains more than 3.500 registered plant
species, many of them still unidentified. The variety of Manu
Wildlife is impressive: 160 species of mammals, more than 1.000
species of birds, 140 species of amphibians, 50 species of snakes, 40
species of lizards, 6 species of turtles, 3 species of alligators and
210 species of fish.
Summary of the Project
The Student
Shelter Chaskawasi Manu was
created with the intention of addressing the social and environmental
problems, especially among children and adolescents in the area of
Salvation in Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios, Peru.
Currently
twenty children and adolescents with poor access to education, from
Amazonian native and peasant communities are living in our shelter
which ensures their access to education, identity and health, so that
they can exercise their basic rights of children and adolescents due
to them.
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