Art & Education to Save a Bird from Extinction

Dear donors and supporters,

On the one hand we want to share that, as it has been explained before, connectivity in our rural area for the SueTy project is scarce and, on top of that, limitations for a personal meeting with students is not being allowed by educational authorities... which means it is quite a struggle to move forward with our desired plans.

Nevertheless, our first booklet is ready for distribution to all the students of the Guaquira school, and they will be delivered in a few days from now in coordination with their teacher, Ms. M.Castro (video). Here is a copy-image of its content, as it will be received by each child (images attached below).

Soon after and once we get their homework back, we will deliver new booklets and tasks, aiming to gather enough feedback from them to prepare transmedia pieces using their sources by the end of this year, with which we will try to fulfill our project's objective, in the best possible manner provided the difficult circumstances.

On the other hand, we are feeling hopeful and greatful with project SueTy and with you all our supporters, since it has served us for inspiration to materialise a complementary initiative aimed to support children and youth for wetland conservation in rural areas of our region. It´s also partially motivated by the difficulties faced along this pandemic times, and we believe it represents a good answer to contribute on enriching alternatives for our rural children to continue pursuing capacities on nature conservation.

This is the Múcura Award for Wetland Conservation, which was just approved inside GlobalGiving for fundraising, please dive into it and consider sharing to your contacts or networks, aiming for support to prepare ourselves for next Mucura´s call for applications!—I truly hope you will like it: http://goto.gg/49365

And thank you once again, for being our project's supportive partners.

Warm regards,

Felipe Velasco + Fundación Montecito

PS.- Images mentioned:

Links:

• Support Apolinar's Wren Conservation with a Monthly Donation
• Support The Mucura Award for Wetland Care w/ a Monthly Donation

Dear donors and supporters of project SueTy,

We had this interview ready for edition just before the pandemic started, so we had it paused for some time. Now we have finished it and feel it is the right moment to release it, because our project is active despite being forced to re-adjust the path to accomplish our goals - we are preparing a method to transmit our aimed objectives, addapting ourselves to new conditions still in place for schools in our country, and the complications to have a fluent online alternative in the rural area of our implementation.

This lovely interview given by María Mercedes Castro (lead techer at Guáquira school, Lake Tota) helps on revitalising the whole purpose of our project. I hope you enjoy it, and I would love to receive your comments about it: https://youtu.be/rpxupCJrMH8

Please do not hesitate to share about our project to others. What we are doing and are still ahead to do with project SueTy in response to the new conditions we are living in, is fully based on the generosity of people like you who is making it possible despite the many unforseen struggles we are facing.

And thank you again, for being our project's supportive partners.

Warm regards,

Felipe Velasco
Fundación Montecito

Links:

• Support Apolinar's Wren Conservation with a Monthly Donation