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Please inquiry about this program that can only take place with at least six
volunteers.
Program Detailed Information:
The EA is a partnership between Amazonarium
and the Cristalino Ecological Foundation - CEF,
of Alta Floresta in Mato Grosso State of. The EA’s
main objective is the awakening and strengthening of the
children's feeling, admiration and, consequently, the
respect for nature, especially to the forest.
The EA activities were prepared
based on the notion that our attitude in relation to
nature is based on feelings, ethical and esthetical
values and subjectivity's, rather than objective
information like numbers, names and facts. Therefore,
the EA focuses on children sensibility in
relation to nature and not simply information.
At EA the children learn on a active manner. They explore and discover the forest by their own means, thus creating a different and more accurate perception of it. They also get emotionally involved differently from what they do at a typical environmental class where they passively receive information.
Academic information is also a part of EA’s activities, although it
is not used to dictate what is ecologically correct or incorrect. On the contrary, the
academic information serves to allow them to appreciate the complexity, the
fragility and the beauty of nature and so undertake an attitude of admiration
and respect that we just talked above.
The EA is composed of two
components: the first one is to bring children from all
parts of Brazil and abroad to learn about the Amazon
Forest through Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation
Workshops. A share of the workshops income helps to
finance the second one, which is Environmental
Education to children and youths from Alta Floresta and
other districts around Cristalino State Park.
ACTIVITIES
THAT CAN BE DONE BY THE VOLUNTEERS
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Environmental Education
EA brings together children and youth from Alta Floresta and
vicinities public schools for environmental
education activities at the Floresta
Amazônica Hotel. The activities mainly
consist of dynamics in trails within the forest
reserve around the hotel. The activities are
presented in the form of games aimed to
stimulate forest observation and all its
components. In a more theoretical section of
activities, the participants are exposed to
problems that nowadays threaten the local
environment - cattle and agricultural ranchers,
wood irrational extraction - and the possible to
these solutions: preservation units, sustainable
economical activities and the education.
Activities:
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Support to the environment activities
developed by the Floresta Amazônica
Hotel;
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Support to the Ecology and
Biodiversity Conservation Workshops that
take place at the Cristalino Jungle
Lodge, which are essentially the
same activities done in the town, but
deeper and with youths from other parts
of Brazil as the target public.
Nature
Drawing and Scientific Illustration:
Who is the
young artist of nature who would not like to
come to the Amazon to register its flora and
fauna? Drawing is a great stimulus to nature
observation, promoting its appreciation and
valorization.
Activities:
Teach the
children and youths from Alta Floresta
the basis of nature drawing and scientific
illustration.
OBS:
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The
drawing supplies can be provided by EA or
donated by the
volunteers;
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The
products of these activities will belong to EA’s
heap, which will be used as environmental
education tools and to communicate preservation
ideals.
Nature
Photography
Photography,
like drawing, stimulates nature’s observation
and appreciation. Although photography involves
theoretical knowledge, a significant part of
this art can be taught through examples:
composition, theme, lighting and other
activities.
Activities:
Teach the
photography basics through practical activities.
OBS:
Tree
Climbing
Techniques
originally used by mountain climbers are used
today to allow access to the "dossel",
which is the part of tropical humid forests that
withholds 2/3 of its biodiversity. Tree Climbing allows a unique
contact with the forest and serves as a theme
for echo tourism and adventure sports,
developing an economic alternative to
deforestation. This activity will also
contribute to capacitating local guides. The Alta
Floresta district is the main entrance to
the “Legal Amazon Echo Tourism Development
Program” - Proecotur.
Activities:
Volunteers
with expertise in rock climbing and other
activities that involve ropes techniques can
share their knowledge with the youths from Alta
Floresta.
OBS:
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The
infrastructure, including equipments and
specialized monitors can be found at Cristalino
Jungle Lodge;
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In 2004, an
equivalent structure will also be available at
the Floresta Amazônica Hotel.
Craftsmanship
Gathering
material for craftsmanship - fruits, seeds and
pieces of wood - stimulates nature observation
and appreciation. Craftsmanship is a strong
income alternative and also serves as a hook to
the extractive theme as a deforestation
alternative. A good example is the craftsmanship
done with Brazil Nuts, one of the greatest
vegetal species with great economical and
ecological value.
Activities:
Volunteers
with manual abilities, artists and designers can
work side by side with children and youths,
using regional issues as inspiration to create
new pieces with great esthetic value with the
materials found in the region;
Volunteers
who work in the industrial drawing field can
teach the children and youths to develop new
packages that aggregate value to the products.
OBS:
The pieces
produced by this activity will also belong to EA’s
heap.
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PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
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Increase in the number of participants in the
Ecology
and Biodiversity Conservation Workshops;
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Increase in the number of local participants at the
environmental activities;
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Integration with the other volunteers, children,
youths and employees (EA and Iko Poran);
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Enlargement on the horizons of the community's
members involved in the project, by possibly
experiencing exchanges between various cultures;
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Increase in the number of people benefited with the
activities developed by the volunteers;
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Increase of the project's beneficiaries per capita
income by improvements introduced in the craftsmanship
and echo tourism activities.
ITINERARY OF THE TRIP
GROUP SIZE
Each program can receive from 6
to 12 Participants.
ACCOMMODATIONS
AND TRANSFERS
An Iko Poran representative will welcome the volunteers at the airport
of Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso State, on the first day of the program.
The participants will be taken in a bus trip to Alta Floresta. Iko
Poran is responsible for all costs of terrestrial, accommodations, meals,
insurance, adaptation of the volunteers to the planned activities, attendance
and performance evaluation, as specified in the general
conditions of participation.
The
volunteers will be hosted at the Floresta Amazônica
Hotel, in Alta Floresta. The rooms are shared,
but comfortable.
During
the volunteers' permanence in the project, the meals
will be prepared together with the other members of EA.
On all of the meals the food is simple and tasty. There
will always be an Iko Poran representative
accompanying the group.
PROGRAM
FEE
Individual Price: US$ 1.402,22
The
Programs must be scheduled and paid for 60 days before
starting. Iko Poran incurs on substantial
expenses for project preparation and purchase of the
materials and/or supplies that will be used, besides the
analysis of candidates' profiles seeking the elaboration
of his/her Work Plan for the planned activities.
FREE
TIME
The participants will
be in direct contact with nature, in the Brazilian
Amazon. They can take trails in the forest accompanied
with children and observe the greatest biodiversity on
earth. They can also participate community meetings, in
some folk dances presentations or relax in nice hammocks.
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