Reforestation in the Peruvian Amazon

Brief description of the project: We, the Lima Waldorf School (Lima Peru) since 2014 have assumed the  great commitment  to carry out the Reforestation Project in our Peruvian Amazon.

This project, which we assume as an Institutional Project, we have been carrying out with our 9th graders (age: 15 years) at the Station Biological Panguana, located in the Huánuco Region on the banks of the Yuyapichis River. The young people are in charge of the location of the spaces where reforestation, land cleaning and planting of timber tree seedlings such as mahogany, cedar, capirona and storax in an approximate amount of 1500 units. As these three years have passed, we are increasingly grateful and convinced that it has been and is a great opportunity for our young people to meet directly with the world, raise awareness of what is happening and leave a valuable contribution by recovering the forest through reforestation.  They recognize that through their work, they contribute directly to a positive transformation of the world and that by reforesting the Amazon we can generate a better life option. This experience has also generated a lot of questioning about the behavior of human beings and in several of them it has awakened an option for professional development. This year we continue in our work, which we are already organizing taking into account various aspects from last year's retrospective. Likewise, a work process has begun since March, generating enthusiasm and expectation in young people and sharing with their parents the pedagogical foundation of this beautiful work. Our team will be made up of 26 young people accompanied by 3 teachers from the School and 2 foreign teachers. This year, months ago, Peru went through difficult times as a result of floods, increased river flow, rains and landslides that devastated many districts both in Lima and in other departments of Peru, as a result of a phenomenon called ³The coastal child² and characterized by the increase in temperature of our waters in the Pacific Ocean; this in turn is a consequence of global warming. So once again, this project, our Project, becomes an opportunity for our young people to contribute to the balance of our world.