2009 Projects
School of Natural Resources
Reforestation
Tours of Ecological Park
Lookout deck in Ecological Park
Ecological Forum with Vida Amor de Paz
Marching Band
Art Project
San Andres High School (School of Natural Resources)
Project Cost: $25,000
Funded by Volunteer Petén, Friends and Family
Our most ambition project to date, running a school. We started a formal three year program for local students, and our first year had 22 students.
Project Cost: $0
Assistance from Equilibrium Fund and Rainforest Alliance
Volunteers and students from the School of Natural Resources planted 2000 breadnut trees in Nueva Juventud, and nearly 2000 trees in CALVANI natural reserve.
Tour of Ecological Park
Project Cost: $1,000
Funded by Volunteers
In October 2009, students from the School of Natural Resources gave a tour of the Nueva Juventud Ecological Park to 800 local students.
Lookout Deck in Ecological Park
Funded by International Impact University of Illinois Champagne-Urbana
Funded by Vida Amor de Paz
Funded by Volunteer Peten and Liceo Santa Cruz
Funded by Casa De Cultura San Andres, Peten