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Fundación Para La Tierra @paralatierra.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thank you to everyone who donated to help our 12 partner indigenous schools have Día del Niño parties! The children had the best time & they deserve the chance to be children!

Fundación Para La Tierra @paralatierra.bsky.social · Jun 5

Today is #WorldEnvironmentDay! Today we celebrate our interns who help protect Paraguay's natural habitats. The studies carried out by these dedicated students provide vital information to develop real conservation strategies. Join us for an internship, apply today at www.paralatierra.org.

Fundación Para La Tierra @paralatierra.bsky.social · May 31

Some people may ask what this has to do with environmental education? Children cannot learn if they are freezing. While this doesn’t solve the problem we hope that it helps ease the bite of winter a little. #winter #children #collaboration

Fundación Para La Tierra @paralatierra.bsky.social · May 31

So we went to the market in Encarnacion and stocked up on warm hats and gloves. We managed to give out hats and gloves to 100 children across 5 communities - Ka’aguy Poty, Paraíso, Arasa Poty, Y’aka Marangatu and Manduvi’y.

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Fundación Para La Tierra @paralatierra.bsky.social · May 31

The children in these communities do not have the option of getting the winter clothes out the back of the wardrobe and they really suffer in the cold, wearing the same clothes they do when it’s 40C+, because they have nothing else.

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Fundación Para La Tierra @paralatierra.bsky.social · May 31

This week we were visiting several of our partner Mbya Guaraní schools to carry natural science lessons when the temperature plummeted to around 6C. Winter had arrived.

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Fundación Para La Tierra @paralatierra.bsky.social · May 14

This #WildlifeWednesday lets meet one of Paraguay's more rarely encountered creatures, the Marsh Deer. The largest of the Paraguayan deer, it habits wetland areas and flooded grasslands. It can be recognised by its darkened snout and huge ears. Males possess impressive antlers.

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Fundación Para La Tierra @paralatierra.bsky.social · May 12

Our Executive Director Dr Becca Smith has been awarded a 2nd grant from The Rufford Foundation to expand the reforestation project to a second Mbya Guaraní community; support the education with 12 indigenous schools and help us continue monitoring the fauna of the remaining Atlantic Forest!

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Fundación Para La Tierra @paralatierra.bsky.social · May 7

Actions like these makes a real difference in the lives of these children and we are so proud to be able to facilitate this generosity and help make things a little better for the community.

#indigenous #indigenouspride #indigenouspeople #IndigenousRights #children #childrens #generous #helpinghand

Fundación Para La Tierra @paralatierra.bsky.social · May 7

This week we took the big boxes of clothes up to the community and made sure that everyone received a wooly hat, warm shirt and some gloves to help them through the brutal winter months that are racing rapidly towards us.

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Fundación Para La Tierra @paralatierra.bsky.social · May 7

We are sending a huge thank you to Brian and Susan Smith, Hannah Weigand and the students of Erie 1 Boces school in Buffalo and the staff and volunteers of Buffalo Zoo for the very generous donations of winter clothes for the children and adults of Mbya Guaraní Indigenous Community Mberu Pirapo'i.

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Fundación Para La Tierra @paralatierra.bsky.social · May 4

So much rain in the Gran Chaco over the last few weeks! Looking beautiful but not really normal...

Fundación Para La Tierra @paralatierra.bsky.social · May 3

Saturday morning only means one thing at PLT...Ecoclub time!! The children today had a blast learning about different classes of vertebrates.

#learning #ecoclub #Paraguay #education #conservation

Fundación Para La Tierra @paralatierra.bsky.social · May 2

The sunrise in the Ñeembucú Wetlands just hits different

#nature #beauty #grateful #morning #Paraguay

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Fundación Para La Tierra @paralatierra.bsky.social · May 1

Feliz Día del Trabajador!

Fundación Para La Tierra @paralatierra.bsky.social · Apr 30

Jorge is in charge of our Eco-Leadership for Sustainable Development Program. He’s also leading our research and conservation projects with the endemic Pilar tuco-tuco.

#conservation #heros #Paraguay

Fundación Para La Tierra @paralatierra.bsky.social · Apr 30

He trained in participatory environmental education Mexico and received the 2019 Charles Southwick Conservation Education Commitment Award. In 2023, he participated in the International Visitors’ Leadership Program on Volunteerism and Civic Action.

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Fundación Para La Tierra @paralatierra.bsky.social · Apr 30

Staff intro! Since we are new to Bluesky we'd like to introduce our staff! Jorge Ayala grew up in rural Paraguay & joined Para La Tierra in 2010 as a forest guard. In 2013, he started working with our environmental education programme and co-founded Voces de la Naturaleza in 2015.

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Fundación Para La Tierra @paralatierra.bsky.social · Apr 29

This Sunday saw a brand new Ecoclub in Guazucua, run by our very own Delia!! This club is the first part of our new project focusing on expanding the programme across Ñeembucú department. Thank you to Santa Maria Education Fund and the Municipality of Guazucua!

Fundación Para La Tierra @paralatierra.bsky.social · Apr 28

Many residents alert us to where the monkeys are, where they've seen them passing, and how many they saw. By learning more about the urban monkeys we are looking to find robust measures that can be implemented to improve human-primate coexistence and create a more protected environment for them.

Fundación Para La Tierra @paralatierra.bsky.social · Apr 28

Although it's a sad story, at Para La Tierra we work on studying this species at the ecological, behavioural, and social levels to continue understanding their adaptations to the urban environment.

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Fundación Para La Tierra @paralatierra.bsky.social · Apr 28

This #MonkeyMonday let us introduce Captain Morgan. He is the alpha male in the 'Machete' group. Perhaps a somewhat unusual name for a group of monkeys, but it's not by chance. Our alpha is blind in his right eye likely as the result of a machete wound.

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Fundación Para La Tierra @paralatierra.bsky.social · Apr 27

Happy World Tapir Day!! Let's show our love and appreciation for Paraguay's biggest mammal!

#widllife #conservation #aguadulce #tapir

Fundación Para La Tierra @paralatierra.bsky.social · Apr 26

Another successful ecoclub this Saturday! Teaching children about nature is so rewarding!

#learning #education #sharing #nature #Paraguay

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Fundación Para La Tierra @paralatierra.bsky.social · Apr 25

#Environmental #education is the most effective way to inspire people to protect #nature. Our flagship education program, Voces de la Naturaleza, is designed to share the value of nature with #Paraguayan youth, changing their attitudes towards the natural environment

#children #learn #conservation

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