Teachers will learn about the unique biodiversity of their local environment, as well as its interdependency with all other environments and vital global importance. They will learn valuable skills, helping them to preserve their most valuable commodity - their natural and cultural heritage. The preparation and production of workbooks and curriculum materials in Spanish is a vital part of the project. Sponsoring a Peruvian rural amazon teacher provides excellent opportunities for the exchange of experiences and information between Amazonian teachers and USA teachers. More and more, there is an increasing interest of worldwide teachers to network with Amazonian teachers to explore opportuniities for organizing joint activities, or for designing travel study and other educational opportunities for them.
Experienced instructors are volunteer professionals from the USA and Peru.
Sponsors receive a certificate for their contribution, a report of the program, and information and photographs of their sponsored teacher. Back to the Rainforest Workshop Home Page.