The national education campaign started on the 11th of January with a large reception held in the central office of INRENA in Lima. The ceremony was attended by 200 public and press and was opened by the director of INRENA Dr. Roberto Ángeles. The meeting was organised by Fanny Fernandez of Yunkawasi and a team of volunteers. The event was covered by many national newspapers. Some of these articles can be accessed through our projects page.
In La Esperanza we started the environmental education program with the help of volunteers from Lima and Arequipa. They made activities with children and a talk for the adults.
Members of the communities formed, with our help, an association to promote the production and commercialization of locally produced handicrafts and tourism. The inauguration of the association, called ADESBI, was officiated by the founding resident of the community Doña Sulema Montoya.
We got information of a captive yellow tailed woolly monkey in the neighbouring village of Buenos Aires. The monkey was a sub-adult male tied with a small chain in the middle of a room. He was very scared and was alarm calling. When we came back to rescue the monkey we noticed that he is half paralyzed and can not move
his right leg and arm. The owner was willing to let us take the monkey to the IKAMA Peru rescue centre where he is now. Unfortunately, even with the very best care and attention that he gets he is unlikely to survive. This is just the latest of a long list of illegal pets that we encountered in the last few weeks. We hope that the education program will be effective in reducing this.
