From July 15 to 25 of this year specialists from the Center for the Development of the Amazonian Indigenous (CEDIA) traveled to 16 native communities, 15 Kichwa and one redwood, located in the Napo river basin in the department of Loreto, to carry out community organizational strengthening workshops.
Each community was visited for approximately 3 days. The Kichwa communities visited were: Dos Fronteras, San Juan de Miraflores, Segundo San Juan, Vencedores, Flores Causana, Pedro Isla, Urpi Isla, Tempestad, Yarina Llacta, Tupac Amaru, Chingana, Estirón Santa María, Santa María, Pimvuyacu; They also visited the Vencedor native community that belongs to the Secoya indigenous people.
It was explained how they should handle their communal management instruments - statute, community register or minute book-, how an assembly is organized, what are the functions of the members of the Board of Directors, among other topics. This is so that they can, in the future, manage their community themselves.
The participation of the community members has been effective and they showed considerable interest in the subject since they indicated that until that moment they knew very little about these management instruments and how they allow them a better organization. Likewise, the process of preparing Life Plans for said communities began.
This activity has been carried out within the framework of the Project "Expansion of the Airo Pai Communal Reserve for the Protection and Sustainable Conservation of the Complex of ANPs of Güeppí - Peru" and its second component "Organizational strengthening of native communities around the complex of protected natural areas of Güeppí for community management and life plans ”. This project is financed by the cooperating entity Rainforest Trust; to know more information about it between here.