Hello :)

As some of you may already know, on Saturday 3rd of March I will be heading into the wild forest, along with several other GVI volunteers and staff, carrying all my food, clothes and my trusty hammock to hike for two days with a Huaorani guide into their territory. The first night we will stay with the community of Wentaro, sleeping in our jungle hammocks. From there we head to the community of Kewediono, where we´ll get involved in some commmunity activites like a building project. After our relaxing first few days of hiking hilly jungle terrain and manual labour we will kayak all day down the Shiripuno River. We´ll stop for the night with the community of Nenkepare, where we´ll hike, again, up to the regions largest waterfall. Our last day will be a canoe ride out to the Shiripuno bridge, where oil development meets jungle head on, and we'll see firsthand the realities of development in the Amazon, and why it's so important for these communities to receive access to education, so they can fight to monitor, defend and protect their lands.

Money raised through this challenge will go to support the following projects:

- camera traps/equipment for the Nongi Togoro high school in the Huaorani community of Kewediono

- sponsorship of the sustainable development seed planting project through Sumak Allpa, another GVI intern site, and the Sumak Allpa youth environmental group

- books, supplies and hands-on science equipment for the GVI Mobile Museum, to take environmental education to our local school classrooms

- future support of education projects at Sani Isla, where GVI interns teach English, science and sports

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Please help me! This is a once in a lifetime opportunity and a worthy cause :)

Thank you!