Our Project The Atlantic Rainforest 500 years ago, Brazil's Atlantic Rainforest was almost as large as the Amazon Rainforest. Now, due to land clearing, only 5% of its original land surface remains. That which remains harbors a considerable number of endangered plant and animal species, and is designated a World Biosphere Reserve. More information The Osvaldo Timoteo Ecological Reserve In 2005, the Osvaldo Timoteo Ecological Reserve was established in the state of Alagoas, to preserve and protect one of the last remaining non-clearcut regions of the Atlantic Rainforest in Northeastern Brazil. The Reserve has been established as a permanent non-for-profit trust
Education at the Reserve A new school was recently established at the reserve. This school has the following purposes: 1. To educate students from the region about the rainforest, and how it can be preserved in a fashion that still affords positive economic development [picture to the side? ie text left, picture right] 2. To train environmental educators and eco-tour guides [picture to the side?] 3. To provide school and after-school opportunites for children who live near the reserve (including breakfast and lunch for those students, as an incentive to attend) [picture to the side?] What The School Needs The school has obtained funding from patrons within Brazil for the building, electricity, phone lines, and buses to bring in students. [pictures] However, the school needs computers, in order to give students opportunities to access the internet, and use word processing and presentation software. Computers and computer equiptment are extremely expensive in Brazil, compared to the United States. Computers that are obsolete here will be perfect for the school's students. Our Goal Our goal is to provide computers and associated equiptment (modems, keyboards, a network router) to this school. This will require both obtaining appropriate equiptment in the United States, transporting the equiptment safely and securely to Brazil, and setting it up in a protected and useful fashion within Brazil. Would you be interested in helping out with this project? Go to our "Participate" page! Would you be willing to contribute a computer, equiptment, or funds to this project? Go to our "Contribute" page! |
