Join Us in Making
A Difference!
Sumak Allpa Continuing Projects
1. School
teacher's salary - $2,500 per year
2. Larger boat is need to
transport children - boat $5,000, new
eco-friendly Johnson -Evinrude motor $5000,
total $10,000.
3. Text book for students.
$6,000. We are gathering tribal elders
from eight different communities in October to
record their oral histories. This
information, plus other important rainforest
lifestyle information, will be made into a text
book in both Spanish and Quichua.
4.
Fresh water supply on the island.
Currently, rain water is collected in a tank,
and with all the children, the water runs out
quickly and must be brought in from Coca.
The plan is to dig a well and put a solar
powered pump on it. Cost includes larger
holding tank, well digging and pump motor:
$3,000.
Here I am with the students, professor Jorge,
and on my right, Hector. The school
uniforms were hand made and donated by Diane
Zapack of Jupiter, FL, and the children were
surprised and delighted with the gift.
Longer term projects are being formulated which
include a secondary school, and an agricultural
project of planting trees for lumber and herb
harvesting. It is hoped that we can raise
the funds to purchase the land across the river
from the island to put these two projects on.
The agricultural projects would, in 5-7 years,
begin providing income to make the schools and
the surrounding community financially
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How you
can become part of the projects at Sumak Allpa.
Come to one of our fun and informative
events and meet Hector.
more
OR
Become a volunteer or give your financial
support to the non-profit Sumak Allpa
Foundation
here.
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Read about the
mission and vision
of Sumak Allpa by Hector
Vargas here.
More of Sumak Allpa
here.
Join us on tour - meet Hector and experience
Amazon Herbs. here.
See more about Escuela Sumak Allpa, the school
we are helping here.
More school pictures
here.
Read more about Sumak Allpa
here.
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