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Environmental activities in Leon, Nicaragua; mid-year report. July – December 2011. SONATI is a non-profit environmental education organization which work to increase knowledge, love and care for the natural world. Activities we carried out between July and December 2011:
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Environmental activities in Leon, Nicaragua; mid-year report July – December 2011
SONATI is a non-profit environmental education organization which work to increase knowledge, love and care for the natural world.
Activities we carried out between • July and December 2011: • Campaign against wild animal traffic • Recycling projects • 2nd festival of the tropical dry forest in Leon • Environmental leadership course • Tropical dry forest conservation – Los Madroños Reserve • Different activities, pre-school through high school
Activities for pre-school children We offer FREE various activities for pre-school children where we focus on topics like plants, animals and garbage.
Activities for school children We offer FREE different activities about many environmental topics; we carry out the activities in two main ways: Activities in classroom Outdoor activities
Environmental Leadership course This multi-year course is designed to educate future environmental leaders of Leon and Nicaragua . Children at the age of 9 years old can apply to participate in this course. The course consist of two weekly activities: English classes Environmental classes The participation in the course is FREE!
Environmental Leadership course We carry out some of the activities of this course at the outdoors, for one or two days camping, where the children experience and practice the environmental knowledge they acquire at classroom.
Campaign against wild animals traffic The campaign consist of lectures with pictures and videos about the consequences of this illegal trade. The message is simple: “Do not buy wild animals!” Do not buy wild animals!
Recycling projects Environmental murals
2nd Festival of the tropical dry forest in Leon At the end of September we carried out the 2nd festival of the tropical dry forest in Leon, with more than 2,000 participants. The festival consisted of diverse environmental activities in the outdoors, through different environmental competitions, ALL IS COMPLETELY FREE!
2nd Festival of the tropical dry forest in Leon COMPETITIONS
Outdoor activities • 2nd Festival of the tropical dry forest in Leon
2nd Festival of the tropical dry forest in Leon Excursion to the volcanoes Las Pilas & El Hoyo
Conservation of the tropical dry forest Los Madroños reserve In this 6 months, we involved the children of the nearby community more fully (Santa Rosa de Los Parrales) with the Reserve. We trained the local school children to guide in the reserve; some of them already guiding national and foreign visitors.
Conservation of the tropical dry forest Los Madroños reserve The children of Santa Rosa de Los Parrales community receive sports equipment, as acknowledgement for their active participation in protecting the reserve. We thank Hamid Fazeli-Sinaki (in the middle) for his generous donation. .
In these days (December 2011 – February 2012) we carry out the Adventure-in-nature course This course offers inexpensive and accessible opportunities for the local public to enjoy the many natural wonders of north-western Nicaragua, which, paradoxically, are given far greater attention by the tourist population.
What do we prepare for 2012? Training school teachers in environmental topics We prepare new materials: videos, expositions and posters about different environmental topics, for the ministry of education. At the beginning of the school year we will train teachers to use these materials. We hope that with colaboration with the Ministry of Education the environmental message will reach thousands of children in cities and rural areas at north-western Nicaragua.
What do we prepare for 2012? At this year we plan to open an additional group in our environmental leadership course. These children will have the opportunity to acquire good environmental & English knowledge, and to be actively involved in environmental projects in Leon. The participation in the course is FREE!
What do we prepare for 2012? Green school project It is a new project that we will carry out in different high-schools in Leon. The project will make the schools more “environmental-friendly” and actively involve the school children in this mission.
What do we prepare for 2012? Solar lamps project These days we do experiments to find the best way to make solar lamps of recycled palstic bottles. Soon we will offer these lamps for the local public in Leon.
What do we prepare for 2012? Open a new SONATI ??? Mountain rain forest at Matagalpa region in Nicaragua After establishing a sostainable model of FREE environmental education in Leon, we plan to spread our activities to other sites to establish similar projects. Once funds are raised, our goal is to establish a new SONATI site in the mountain rain and cloud forests of Nicaragua, and to involve local children in the conservation of this special habitat . Resplendent Quetzal, still common at the Nicaraguan cloud forests.
Our activity numbers Participants in SONATI activities at 2011 Total: 7923
Get involved • Be part of the environmental change in Nicaragua! You can get involved and help us carry out FREE environmental education activities in many different ways: • Volunteer with us at SONATI • Spread the environmental message: don’t buy wild animals, don’t buy handicrafts made of animals. • Publication: spread the word about SONATI among friends traveling in Central America, write a review about your experience, share SONATI videos on youtube. • Donations are always welcome.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INSTITUTIONS
CONTACTS SONATI Tel: +505-23114251 E-mail: sonati.leon@gmail.com Website: www.sonati.org
