Educational Walk With Children Through The Dry Forest:

Piedritas Verde

Last February, we carried out an educational workshop with the students of the Santa Elena primary school at Piedritas. Around 15 kids of all ages joined us on Valentine's Day (Día de San Valentín) to celebrate friendship with each other, nature, and especially the Peruvian Plantcutter. Leading this workshop was our friend and expert ornithologist, Jeremy Flanagan, of SOS Peruvian Plantcutter Project. It was a memorable day where youth could appreciate and learn more about the rich flora and fauna in the Piedritas dry forest. As Baba Dioum once said, "we will conserve only what we love."

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One of our current volunteers, Sean, alongside Piedritas locals and EcoSwell's Peruvian Plantcutter poster

Afterwards, we enjoyed a well-deserved dip on the beach of Malacas, and sang EcoSwell's original Peruvian Plantcutter song to close a great day!

Some Piedritas schoolchildren playing on the beach before returning to sing the Plantcutter song

Stay tuned, we will post the video of EcoSwell directors, @lekeleke and @diego-ecoswell singing the Peruvian Plantcutter song in upcoming posts

We hope to host more field trips like this in the near future to provide children opportunities to connect with and value the natural world around them!

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