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Summary of CIWY meeting October 2011 Summary of CIWY meeting 29/10/2011 In general all three parks are functioning well. The decision was made not to accept any more animals, except in extreme circumstances, and in this way whilst preventing overcrowding, CIWY will be able to use all their resources to help the animals that have already found homes in the parks.
Projects completed – Relocation of Monkey Mirador Relocation of small animal’s enclosure Projects under construction – New volunteer house Projects looking for funds – Emergency cages Projects for 2012 – Emergency plan Project for Balu’s future Aviary Monkey quarantine and clinic Albifrons
Projects completed – Popular’s cage Ecological banos Secure night enclosure for Sama Improvements to Yaguaru’s cage New quarantine Repairs on Vanesso’s cage Purchase of new fridge Water generator Light generator Projects under construction – Platforms for Yaguarupi Repairs on Engine’s cage Projects looking for funds – Building for security guard Installation of cellular antenna Projects for 2012 – Juancho’s cage Aviary Improvements on Yaguarupi’s cages Clinic River otter’s cage Café Comedor Improve Maggie’s cage Improve Engine’s cage New runner for Yaguaru Runner system for Yaguarupi Improve IWY’s cage New area for the turtles
Projects completed – Sacha’s cage Emergency cage Clinic Administration building Water treatment area Washing area Projects under construction – Quarantine Project’s for 2012 – Finish quarentine Access trails and bridges in the ‘tapir territory’ Cages for monkey socialisation and training Enrichment and isolation cages Water storage tanks and pressurization Plantations and composting Fence boundary Construction of bedrooms
CIWY’s educational programme is progressing well, under the leadership of Veronika. They have been on a tour of a number of communities, running a provisional programme with schools near to the parks to educate children about conservation. Rusber and Veronika have also visited Panama, working with Jane Goodall’s Roots and Shoots programme. Projects for 2012 – Work with 300 children for a year in the 3 parks (2 schools per park). top Summary of CIWY Meeting October 2011 Summary of CIWY meeting 29/10/2011 In general all three parks are functioning well. The decision was made not to accept any more animals, except in extreme circumstances, and in this way whilst preventing overcrowding, CIWY will be able to use all their resources to help the animals that have already found homes in the parks.
Projects completed – Relocation of Monkey Mirador Relocation of small animal’s enclosure Projects under construction – New volunteer house Projects looking for funds – Emergency cages Projects for 2012 – Emergency plan Project for Balu’s future Aviary Monkey quarantine and clinic Albifrons
Projects completed – Popular’s cage Ecological banos Secure night enclosure for Sama Improvements to Yaguaru’s cage New quarantine Repairs on Vanesso’s cage Purchase of new fridge Water generator Light generator Projects under construction – Platforms for Yaguarupi Repairs on Engine’s cage Projects looking for funds – Building for security guard Installation of cellular antenna Projects for 2012 – Juancho’s cage Aviary Improvements on Yaguarupi’s cages Clinic River otter’s cage Café Comedor Improve Maggie’s cage Improve Engine’s cage New runner for Yaguaru Runner system for Yaguarupi Improve IWY’s cage New area for the turtles
Projects completed – Sacha’s cage Emergency cage Clinic Administration building Water treatment area Washing area Projects under construction – Quarantine Project’s for 2012 – Finish quarentine Access trails and bridges in the ‘tapir territory’ Cages for monkey socialisation and training Enrichment and isolation cages Water storage tanks and pressurization Plantations and composting Fence boundary Construction of bedrooms
CIWY’s educational programme is progressing well, under the leadership of Veronika. They have been on a tour of a number of communities, running a provisional programme with schools near to the parks to educate children about conservation. Rusber and Veronika have also visited Panama, working with Jane Goodall’s Roots and Shoots programme. Projects for 2012 – Work with 300 children for a year in the 3 parks (2 schools per park). top Boletín Navidad 2011 top Christmas 2011 Newsletter! top Ambue Ari Land Update Our land appeal has unfortunately been put on hold for now, until some legal issues are straightened out. However, watch this space! We hope that soon the appeal will be back on track, as we are very excited about the chance to save this land that is next door to our beloved Ambue Ari. top Calendarios 2012! Calendarios 2012 ya a la venta! Para comprar, ver http://www.cafepress.co.uk/+inti_wara_yassi_wall_calendar, 586565154 top 2012 Calendars! 2012 CIWY calendars are now on sale! They make great Christmas presents (for yourself or your loved ones!). To buy, visit http://www.cafepress.co.uk/+inti_wara_yassi_wall_calendar,586565154 top Christmas 2011 Buy a special gift for your friends and family this Christmas, and give the animals of Inti Wara Yassi a better life at the same time! Choose to sponser monkeys, birds, cats, baby animals, or those who (lets be honest) sometimes get forgotten. If you can’t decide, it doesn’t matter – sponsor them all! Visit http://www.intiwarayassi.org/christmas.html to find out how you can make a difference. top Popular's Cage is Complete! Populars’ new enclosure has been completed and he’s moved in! After several months of hard work by the whole team at Ambue Ari, Populars’ new enclosure has been completed – a spectacular enclosure measuring 40m by 20m, which encompasses an enormous fallen tree who’s roots are still attached and is therefore still living – which provides Popular with a massive playground and natural platforms. The location also means that Popular, who hates water, will no longer suffer from having a cage that floods. He was moved on Wednesday the 9th of October with no problems – he was put to sleep and carried to the new site, which is hundreds of metres away from the road and other cats. He is now adjusting to his new environment and massive increase in freedom – which he has deserved for his whole life. We have no doubt he will love his new home and new found freedom. Popular's Story: In November 2006, two volunteers from Machia, with the help of the police, went to a circus located close to Villa Tunari to rescue spider monkeys. When they arrived at the circus, they also found a puma being kept in a tiny cage. The volunteers wanted to rescue the puma as well as the monkeys, but the police would not allow it. But the volunteers fought with the authorities and eventually managed to rescue the puma, who was taken to Parque Machia, where he stayed until December of that year. He was moved from Machia to Ambue Ari, and was initially housed in the secondary cage of another puma Elsa, until a new cage for Popular was ready. His new cage was ready in March 2007. Financial constraints meant that this original cage was only 8m by 8 m, which did not provide Popular with very much space to move around. During his time in the circus, it is believed Popular was forced to jump through rings of fire among other acts. His prior living conditions and maltreatment left him traumatised and nervous, and the sight of ropes caused him a lot of stress and fear, which resulted in aggression. For this reason unfortunately Popular could not be walked by volunteers, which meant he was confined to his cage permanently. Much of Ambue Ari floods in the wet season, and unfortunately Poplar’s original cage suffered from this during many months of the year. Popular, being afraid of the water, was constrained to just a couple of platforms connected by walkways. It has always been a dream for Inti Wara Yassi to be able to provide Popular with an enclosure and life that he deserves after all the suffering that was inflicted upon him. After many months of fundraising conducted internationally by volunteers working with Friends of Inti Wara Yassi, as well as many fundraisers conducted by volunteers at Parque Ambue Ari, the money was finally raised to start on his new enclosure. Now, after the tremendous work of volunteers and Bolivians, his new enclosure has been completed. Measuring 20m by 40m, his enormous new domain encompasses a huge fallen tree whose roots are still connected to the ground, which means it is still living and will provide Popular with an adventure playground of natural platforms for many years to come. Inti Wara Yassi would like to thank the dedication and hard work of all of those people who have been involved in the rescuing and care of Popular over the past years, but also those involved in the fundraising and construction of Poplars’ new enclosure. Popular has finally received the home he deserves, and we are so excited for him to be able to start the next stage of his life.
top Roots & Shoots America Latina CIWY va a participar a la primera Reunión Panamericana de Roots & Shoots de Jane Goodall en América Latina y el Caribe! Hace veinte años, dieciséis jóvenes en Tanzania, África del Este se reunieron con la Dra. Jane Goodall para compartir sus ideas sobre cómo hacer de su país y del mundo un lugar mejor para los animales, el medio ambiente y la comunidad humana. Esos jóvenes eran de diferentes razas, religiones y etnias, pero tenían algo en común. Ellos, y Jane Goodall, creen que una persona puede hacer la diferencia. Pero también creían que un grupo de personas con las mismas preocupaciones podrían hacer una diferencia aún mayor. Los dieciséis de Tanzania se han convertido en cientos de miles de personas en más de ciento cuarenta y cinco países y grupos de diez mil que conocemos. Ahora es nuestro turno de unir a esos grupos para cambiar el mundo, de hecho para salvar al mundo. Nadie sabe tan bien como los que viven en América Latina y El Caribe, la rapidez de la destrucción de los bosques, los animales y las comunidades humanas que está ocurriendo y lo importante que es minimizar o detener este flagelo. Roots & Shoots América Latina / Caribe (LACRIB) tiene ahora más de cincuenta grupos en 19 países e islas del Caribe. Ellos están haciendo todo lo increíble que se pueda imaginar para hacer las cosas mejor. Lo que no hemos estado haciendo es compartir con los demás, aprendiendo unos de otros, ayudándose mutuamente. Eso es lo que esta reunión quiere lograr. Estamos especialmente contentos de tener a la Dra. Jane con nosotros, estaremos atentos a escuchar, a compartir, a ser mentores.También estamos honrados de tener representantes de los pueblos indígenas de al menos cuatro países para darnos una perspectiva que necesitamos para recordar de dónde venimos y hacia dónde debemos encaminarnos. Earth Train con Nathan Gray, Lider Sucre y su equipo han hecho un milagro en hacer esto posible. Tenemos que desarrollar un programa, entonces que no sólo nos de el conocimiento, la alegría yla sabiduría cuando estemos en Panamá, sino también que nos de las herramientas y la información que necesitamos, cuando regresemos a casa. Esto nos permitirá continuar con nuestros esfuerzos para dar a nuestros niños y nuestros adultos, el poder de hacer de nuestras casas, pueblos, ciudades, países UN MUNDO MEJOR! top Roots and Shoots Latin America 10/10/2011: Breaking News: CIWY will be participating in the first Pan-American gathering of Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots, Latin American and Caribbean! Twenty years ago sixteen young people in Tanzania, East Africa met with Dr. Jane Goodall to share their thoughts on how to make their country and the world a better place for animals, the environment and the human community. They were a mix of races, religions and ethnicities. They had one thing in common. They, and Jane Goodall, believed that one person could make a difference. But they also believed that a lot of people with the same concerns could make an even bigger difference. The sixteen from Tanzania have become hundreds of thousands in over one hundred and forty five countries and ten thousand groups that we know of. Now it’s our turn to join those groups to change the world, indeed to save the world. Nobody knows as well as those living in Latin America and the Caribbean how fast the destruction of the forests, animals and human communities is occurring and how important it is to turn this around. Roots & Shoots Latin America/Caribbean (LACRIB) now has over fifty groups in 19 countries and Caribbean islands. They are doing every incredible thing you can think of to make things better. What we have NOT been doing is sharing with each other, learning from each other, helping each other. That is what this gathering will accomplish. We are especially pleased to have Dr. Jane with us to listen, to share, to mentor. We are also honored to have representatives of the indigenous people of at least four countries to give us a perspective that may be what we need to remember where we came from and where we need to go. Earth Train and Nathan Gray, Leider Sucre, and his staff have performed a miracle in putting this together. We need to perform another one in creating a program then not only gives us knowledge and joy and wisdom when we are in Panama but also gives us the tools and information we need when go home. This will allow us to continue our efforts to give our children, and our adults, the power to make our homes, towns, cities, countries and world better.
top Anuncio de Trabajo de Director de Administración A continuación, detallamos el puesto de Director de Administración. Buscamos una persona para este cargo que pueda empezar en diciembre de este año o en enero del 2012. Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi (CIWY) La Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi (CIWY) es una ONG boliviana que con la ayuda de voluntarios de todo el mundo, trabaja a favor de la fauna silvestre, convirtiéndose en un referente a la hora de realizar la labor de sensibilización y protección del medio ambiente, ayudando a incrementar la conciencia pública sobre su importancia a nivel de nuestro país. Fundada en el año 1992 CIWY ha mejorado la vida de miles de animales en Bolivia, además encabezando campañas y programas de educación alrededor del país en las principales ciudades. La oficina principal está situada en la localidad de Villa Tunari, cuenta con un presupuesto anual de $450.000 y un equipo humano de 20 personas entre bolivianos y extranjeros. La mayoría de los fondos provienen de los voluntarios del presente y pasado, el resto del dinero viene de donaciones realizadas por organizaciones extranjeras como ser Quest Overseas, Friends of Inti Wara Yassi, The Monkey Sanctuary y One Voice. Actualmente estamos buscando una rápida expansión de operaciones con el fin de atender a una población cada vez mayor de la vida silvestre rescatada y para aumentar y mejorar nuestros programas educativos. La organización ha aparecido en el New York Times y la BBC y cuenta con el apoyo del Instituto Jane Goodall y el Monkey Sanctuary en Inglaterra. El Cargo
El Director de Administración es responsable de los procesos contables y administrativos para apoyar las operaciones de la CIWY. Él o ella debe mantener y mejorar los sistemas administrativos/financieros, incluyendo contabilidad, políticas, tecnologías de la información (TI), y recursos humanos. El Director de Administración informa directamente al Presidente y supervisa a los contadores de la organización y a los administradores (4-5 personas). Él o ella también trabaja en estrecha colaboración con los otros directores para planificar y presupuestar las actividades de la organización. Estamos buscando alguien dispuesto a ayudar en múltiples áreas, que a veces no parecen encajar con el papel asignado. Ya que somos una ONG pequeña, se trabaja de manera colegiada para ayudar a otros y hacer mejoras dentro de la organización que normalmente no se pueda asignar a una sola persona. El trabajo es dinámico y no el típico horario de 9-5. Responsabilidades En este cargo tu harás:
Requerimientos Para optar al cargo debes cumplir los siguientes requisitos:
Compromiso de tiempo
El Director de Administración deberá comprometerse a trabajar seis días por semana. Cuatro semanas de vacaciones se da por año.
Compensación CIWY se encuentra en transición de ser una organización de voluntarios (personal permanente) a una que compensa a sus empleados de forma económica. Los fondos aún no están disponibles para pagar salarios competitivos, pero la organización ofrece dar comida y alojamiento al postulante. Cómo Aplicarse Para aplicarse, manda por correo a machia@intiwarayassi.org su carta de intencion y su CV. top Job Listing for Director of Administration We are currently looking for a Director of Administration for a Decmber 2011 or January 2012 start. Below is a description of this position and how you can apply.
Organization Overview Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi (CIWY) is a Bolivian NGO that, with the help of volunteers from around the world, works with wildlife and is a leader in increasing public awareness of the environment and its importance in its country. CIWY maintains three wildlife centers where it cares for injured or mistreated animals. Founded in in 1992, CIWY has improved the lives of thousands of animals in Bolivia and held campaigns and educational programs in all of the country’s major cities. The main office is located in Villa Tunari. Its annual budget is $450,000 and there is a current staff of 20, Bolivian and foreign alike. Most funding comes from volunteers, current and past, with the rest being made up of grants and support from organizations such as Friends of Inti Wara Yassi, Quest Overseas, The Monkey Sanctuary and One Voice. Currently we are looking to rapidly expand operations in order to care for an ever-increasing population of wildlife and to increase and improve our educational programs. The organization has been featured in the New York Times and on the BBC and has the support of the Jane Goodall Institute and The Monkey Sanctuary in England. Job Overview The Director of Administration is responsible for accounting and administrative processes to support CIWY’s operations. He or she will maintain and improve administrative/financial systems, including accounting, policies, information technology (IT), and human resources. The Director of Administration reports to the President and supervises the organization’s accountants and administrators, currently four individuals. He or she also works closely with the other directors to plan and budget the organization’s activities. We are looking for someone willing to help in multiple areas that at times may not seem to fit the assigned role. Since we are small, we work in a collegial fashion to help others and make improvements within the organization that normally would not be assigned to any one person. The work is dynamic and not a typical 9 to 5 one may be used to. Responsibilities In this role you will:
Qualifications We will want you to meet the following requirements:
Time Commitment The Director of Administration must commit to working six days per week. Four weeks of vacation is given per year.
Compensation CIWY is transitioning from an all-volunteer organization to one which compensates its employees. Funds are still unavailable to pay competitive wages, but the organization offers meals, as well as accommodation.
How to Apply To apply, please email a cover letter and resume/CV to machia@intiwarayassi.org. top In Defense of TIPNIS The indigenous communities of TIPNIS (Isiboro-Secure Indigenous Territory and National Park) have led a march during the past month toward La Paz in protest of the construction of a new highway that divides their protected land in half. The government in the past few days has reacted with violence, abusing human rights. In light of this, Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi stands with our indigenous brothers y rebukes the violent manner in which national authorities have responded, violating constitutional rights to protest. We demand that the national government repect this protest and repect TIPNIS, which has been declared by law a protected area of significant importance for its biodiversity. To learn more about these unfortunate reaction, please readh this article from the BBC. top Defensa de TIPNIS Los pueblos indígenas del TIPNIS (Territorio Indígena y Parque Nacional Isiboro-Secure) han marchado durante un mes hacia la ciudad de La Paz en contra de la construcción de una carretera que divide en dos esta área protegida. El gobierno, en los últimos días, ha reaccionado de manera violenta contra ellos, atentando contra los derechos humanos y derechos a la vida. Ante estos acontecimientos ocurridos en la marcha por la defensa del TIPNIS, la Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi se solidariza con nuestros hermanos indígenas y repudia la violencia con la que han actuado las autoridades nacionales, vulnerando los derechos constitucionales de protesta. También demandamos al Gobierno Nacional respete esta lucha y respete el Parque Isiboro-Secure declarado por ley un Área Protegida de gran importancia por su biodiversidad. Para conocer mas de lo que sucede, lee este artículo de Los Tiempos. top Jonathan Andrews - Previous Volunteer at Ambue Ari Jonathan (Jono) Andrews August 7, 1992- September 7, 2011 Graduate of Western Canada High School Alexander Rutherford Scholarship Recipient Connor Simpson award (2010)
Jonathan beloved son of Robert and Kathy, cherished brother of Sarah, and devoted pet owner of Russell passed away on September 7, 2011. Jonathan was deeply loved by his grandparents, Elizabeth and Bob Andrews, and Colleen Reimer. His aunts and uncles (Peter and Susan Reimer, Beth Reimer-Heck and Barry Heck, Laurena and Kendry Smales, Julia Reimer-Rock and Tyler Rock, Scott Andrews and Rob Almack, Susan Andrews) adored him except when he emptied their fridge! His expertise at cake eating and making people laugh was envied by all his cousins (Candice (Tim and Liam), Kyle, Jared, Kathryn, Alexander, Emma, Luke, Andrew and Karma).His early passing is a tremendous loss to his family and friends. Jonathan was a dynamic, thoughtful and talented young man who accomplished a great deal in his very short life. Jonathan attended Jennie Elementary school where he enjoyed working with the TASC class. This was the time in his life when he started swimming with Glencoe Gators. He won a number of swimming awards including the age group club championships. Jonathan attended Bishop Pinkham Junior High in the French Immersion program where he was often on the honor roll. Jonathan continued on with the French Immersion program while attending Western Canada High. He truly embraced the wonderful urban setting and was sometimes seen near by the dumpsters as he often chose to give away his lunch to the resident homeless people. He immersed himself in high school life where he played football, rugby, swam on the school team and participated in the environmental club. He remained on the honor roll due to his hard work and support by Carol, his tutor and friend. In his graduation year he played on two city championship teams. Jonathan then went on to work three jobs to pay for his dream trip (to travel to places where none of his family had travelled before). He particularly enjoyed his time working nights at Wallace-Carey where he learned to pack pallets quickly, convince his colleagues to their share snacks and to finally recycle their empty bottles. He also managed the art of working 12 hour night shifts while still finding time to date, hang out with buddies (Jon, Evan and Hailey) and play rugby with the Canucks. Jonathan departed with his three gr. 1 buddies (Ian, Andrew and Brandon) to South America in November 2010, highlights of this trip for Jonathan were hiking Machu Pichu and the time he spent at Communidad Inti Wara Yassi, Ambue Ari Reserve working with Leoncio the puma and Katie the jaguar whom he was responsible for. He spent five weeks enduring the Bolivian jungles so that he could walk both animals 20 km. daily. These experiences impacted Jonathan greatly and deepened his love for animals and thoughts of returning one day to work at one of the other reserves. Jonathan and his buddies also reveled in carnival in Brazil where they were graciously hosted by the Cavalcanti family. Jonathan loved the floats, parties and the bikinis on the beaches. In addition to his school activities and travels Jonathan learned to play piano, build go-carts, ski and mountain bike at the family cottage in Fernie and most recently develop his skill as a brew master. Tragically, Jonathan’s life ended as he started the next phase of his life as a student at Acadia University. He was excited to enter the faculty of science and play club rugby. He told his parents the last time he saw them, was that he planned to make as many friends as he could in the next two weeks. Jonathan’s spirit will continue on as he left a legacy of love, humor and deep enthusiasm for life. Jonathan’s organs have been donated for transplant as his family knew that this was wish of Jonathan’s. The family wishes to thank the staff at Acadia University, Valley Regional Hospital and QEII Hospital Halifax for their excellent care of Jonathan during this tragic time. A celebration of life will occur on Friday Sept. 16th at 2:30 PM at the Glencoe club (636-29 Ave. S.W. Calgary 403-243-2506). The family requests in lieu of flowers that donations be made to CIWY, please click on the button below Alternatively donations could also be made to the Calgary Humane society http://www.calgaryhumane.ca/. top The Jungle Roadshow's first tour! MESSAGE FROM THE “SAVE THE AMAZON” JUNGLE ROADSHOW!
September 5th 2011 We would like to thank the local authorities, individuals, CIWY staff and park volunteers which in one way or another helped to make a reality of our “Save the Amazon” Jungle Roadshow. This event, part of CIWY's education programme, passes on the message from our animal cousins to look after their home, much of which is on the brink of destruction by people who do not care about the damage it will cause to both the animals and to themselves. The roadshow was well received everywhere we went, helping to awaken the awareness in our children of the importance of protecting our biodiversity.
A special congratulations go to the protagonists of this initiative, Dr Veronica Gomes, Dr Pascual Quispe, Sandra Padilla and our Roadshow director Carlos Giraldo, who should be very proud of its success. top La primera Gran Gira! COMUNICADO DESDE LA GRAN GIRA DE LA CARAVANA
5 de septiembre 2011 Queremos agradecer a todas las autoridades , personas particulares , personal de CIWY , Voluntarios de los parques que de alguna u otra manera apoyaron para la realización de la Caravana “ Salvemos la Selva “ como parte de nuestro programa de educación, llevando el mensaje de nuestros hermanos animales de la selva pidiendo a gritos que cuidemos el hogar de ellos que esta a punto de desaparecer a causa de algunos que sin importarles el daño que no solo les causan a ellos , sino al mismo ser humano estan destruyendo nuestro medio ambiente. .La caravana fue muy bien recibida en todos lo lugare s donde se presentaron despertando la inquietud en niños y adultos la importancia de cuidar nuestra Biodiversidad.
Una felicitacion especial a los actores de esta actividad la Dra. Veronica Gomez ,Dr. Pascual Quispe , Sandra Padilla y nuestro Director d e la Caravana Carlos Giraldo que juntos lograron con mucho éxito este nuevo emprendiemiento. top Segunda Oportunidad para Nombrar a un Monito! Si te gusta poner un nombre a un monito, y apoyar al trabajo de CIWY al mismo tiempo, haga clic aqui. top Second Opportunity to Name a Baby Monkey Would you like to name a baby monkey, and support CIWY's work at the same time? Then click here to start bidding! top Boletín Agosto 2011 top Summer 2011 Newsletter top Gran Caravana CIWY!
Muy pronto en tu pueblo! Hoy, el 19 de agosto 2011, esta saliendo desde La Paz nuestra campaña movil de concientizacion para la conservacion. Llevando espectaculos y entretenimiento para los niños de varios pueblos, CIWY va a estar compartiendo el mensaje de Salvar la Selva! Pronto tendremos noticias y fotos de sus viajes y eventos, las colocaremos aqui en la pagina... top CIWY Conservation Roadshow!
Coming to your village soon! Starting today is the return of the roving CIWY campaign team, bringing shows and fun for kids throughout Bolivia, all with the message of conservation and care for our wildlife. They are departing from La Paz today en route to Rurrenabaque, check back soon for news on how they are getting on. top Julio 2011: Nueva Directora en Jacj Cuisi Querubina (voluntaria Boliviana de largo plazo en el Parque Machia) esta en el parque Jacj Cuisi con su familia y trabajara de Directora del parque! Queremos darla la bienvenida a Querubina y a su famila y desearla todo lo mejor en su trabajo en Jacj Cuisi. top July 2011: New Director for Jacj Cuisi Querubina (long term Bolivian volunteer at Parque Machia) has moved to Jacj Cuisi with her family and is the new director of Jacj Cuisi! We would like to take this opportuity to welcome Querubina back to the team and wish her all the best for the work ahead in Jacj Cuisi! top El Bebé de Skinny Necesita Nombre! Por favor visitan a nuestro ebay auction para ofrecer al bebé de la Skinny en el mirador de Parque Machia un nombre! El mejor postor puede poner nombre al bebé. Por favor ofrecen generosamente como todo lo recaudado irá directamente a la mejora del mirador del Parque Machia! HAGA CLIC AQUI para visitar nuestro top Skinny's Baby Needs a Name! Please visit out ebay auction to give Skinny's baby in the mirador or Parque Machia, a new name! Highest bidder gets to christen the baby. Please bid generously as all proceeds will go straight to improving the mirador of Parque Machia! Click HERE to visit our auction. top IPPL Newsletter The International Primate Protection League (IPPL) are an U.S. based grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the world's remaining primates, great and small. They have been kind enough to support CIWY's work particularly over the last 6 months and so we would like to say a big thank you to them! Check out page 3 of the newsletter for an article on CIWY! http://www.ippl.org/newsletter/2010s/111_v38_1_2011-05.pdf#page=3 top CIWY Boletin Junio 2011 top CIWY Spring Newsletter 2011 top Entrevista Con Paola Marquina - Representante Regional para CIWY ¿Que es un Representante Regional? Un representante regional de la CIWY, es el responsable de la coordinación, con las autoridades de medioambiente, fiscalías y personeros de la gobernación, para la elaboración de proyectos para evitar el tráfico de animales, realizar el rescate de animales y devolverlos a su medioambiente.
¿En que consiste en trabajo del Representante Regional? Mi trabajo consiste en asistir a reuniones con autoridades, y exigirles el cumplimiento de las leyes, rescatar los animales silvestres y coordinar con la fiscalía y la policía para decomisar animales de domicilios particulares o de los mercados los cuales están en condiciones de crueldad. Luego de rescatarlos hay que informar inmediatamente a la presidenta de la CIWY. En caso de que los mismos presenten algunas lesiones graves o que necesiten una atención de emergencia, recurrir inmediatamente a un veterinario o en caso contrario transportarlos de inmediato al parque.
¿Como llegasta a trabajar de voluntaria como Representante Regional? Demostrando mi capacidad para amor, lealtad y mi trabajo constante e incansable por los derechos de los animales y la naturaleza. Al arriesgarme a tantas amenazas, empecé a buscar ayuda con las autoridades a los mismos que invite a que conocieran el trabajo de la CIWY. Los mismos que quedaron impresionados con la labor que realizamos. Al ver la CIWY el trabajo que realizaba me nombraron como representante regional de Cochabamba
¿Que significa este trabajo para ti? Significa una satisfacción para mi vida. y poder aportar con un granito de arena por los que no tienen voz.
¿Que es lo peor que has visto durante tu tiempo de Representante Regional? La crueldad y las condiciones: los animales son transportados en bolsas de ciudad en ciudad para ser comercializados por los traficantes. También la falta de interés de las autoridades para controlar el tráfico de estos. He visto muchas cosas: en los mercados los animales están en jaulas pequeñas, monos bebes abrazados de los gatos loros sin comida los maltratan les cortan las alas y a los monos los dientes… loros siendo vendidos en las calles insolados con las patitas amarradas a un palo sin tomar agua, monos en bolsas. Las autoridades en coordinación con nosotros voluntarios, decomisaron alrededor de 200 loros como 25 en bolsas (saquillos) mojados uno sobre otro sin comida. Y lo peor animales torturados trabajando en circos .
¿Que es lo mejor de tu trabajo? La felicidad de verlos cuando ellos ya entienden que nosotros los estamos salvando de la crueldad y el maltrato y que están volviendo a su medioambiente. Es un trabajo que no tiene palabras: es salvar una vida. Significa mucho para mí ya que son seres vivos que perdieron su libertad vivieron muchos años enjaulados algunos sin sus madres y verlos libres saltando de árbol en árbol me llena de vida y esperanzas para otros que algún día volverán a ser felices.
Cuentanos sobre un momento memorable en tu trabajo: En realidad tuve muchos momentos memorables uno fue cuando rescatamos a popular de un circo en Ibirgarzama fue tan hermoso ver que el llegaría a tener un buena vida ya que lo maltrataban y lo hacían saltar por fuego. Otro fue el rescate de yepeto, villa y ignacio a ellos tb loes rescatamos de un circo y lo memorable de estos dos casos fueron que CIWY cochabamba logro a que se empezara a decomisar animales de los circos conforme a las leyes. El más importante fue tener el contacto de madre a hijo con el puma quirqui y haber aportado a que el puma quirqui haya tenido una mejor calidad de vida. Y uno de los peores momentos fue cuando fuimos a decomisar animales del mercado y la gente me empezó a atacar y ATENTARON CONTRA MI VIDA, en ese tiempo las autoridades no nos escuchaban fue un día muy duro ya que muchos animales se quedaron en el mercado y no pudimos hacer nada. Pero la verdad es que todos los casos son muy buenos para mi principalmente cuando vuelven a su selva.
¿Como pueden ayudar los voluntarios de CIWY en el trabajo de los Representantes Regionales? La ayuda que podrían darnos los voluntarios es con material de rescate ( jaulas, material de primeros auxilios) y una de las ayudas que mas necesitamos es económicamente por que no contamos con un presupuesto para los rescates ya que contamos con nuestra propio dinero para los rescates y que los fondos de la Comunidad no son suficiente para nuestros animales albergados en los parques y no alcanza y la mayoría de los rescates tenemos que hacerlo en taxi , otra de las ayudas seria material educativo para así poder dar mas educacion y concientizaciona la gente.
TAMBIEN QUIERO CONTARLES que en mi casa tengo un pequeño refugio de perros y que se hacen esfuerzos muy grandes para las esterilizaciones de las perritas de la calle con mis propios recursos.
top Regional Representative Interview with Paola Marquina What is a CIWY regional representative? CIWY’s regional representatives are responsible for coordinating with authorities and governmental bodies in charge of the environment in their region, in order to formulate plans to contend with and reduce animal trafficking, rescue wild animals, and return wild animals to their natural environment.
What does your work as a regional representative consist of day-to-day? My work consists in meetings with the authorities in order to promote law enforcement and encourage them to rescue wild animals. I coordinate with the authorities to seize wild animals from cruel conditions in homes and markets. Once rescued I coordinate their rehabilitation with the president of CIWY. If they require urgent medical care then I arrange that with a local veterinary team. If not then they are transported immediately to Inti Wara Yassi’s care in one of the three refuges.
How did you come to work as a regional representative? I demonstrated my capacity for love and loyalty, and my constant and untiring energy to work for the rights of animals and the environment. I underwent a number of threats in my work in defence of animals and finally decided to ask for the authorities for help in the work I carried out. These authorities told me about Inti Wara Yassi’s work and so I started to coordinate rescues with them. Once CIWY saw the work I was doing, they invited me to become one their regional representative in Cochabamba.
What does this work mean to you? This work signifies a satisfaction for me as I am able to give my grain of sand for those that don’t have a voice.
What is the worst thing you have witnessed in your work as a regional representative: The Cruelty and the conditions that the animals endure: they are transported from city to city in plastic bags in order to be sold. Also the lack of interest by the authorities to control illegal trafficking. I have seen many things: animals kept in tiny cages in the markets, baby monkeys that have had their teeth pulled out, kept in tiny cages together with cats and other domestic animals, parrots with no food or water that have been abused and had their wings clipped. I have seen parrots suffering from heat stroke and with no access to water, being sold in the streets with their feet tied to a stick. Recently the authorities, together with our volunteers, seized more than 200 birds that were found in 35 bags in a hotel room (featured in the last newsletter). They were in terrible conditions. Animals seized from circuses are often in even worse consitions.
What is the best thing about this work? The happiness that I feel when I see that the animals understand that we are saving them from cruelty and abuse and that they are returning to their natural environment. There are no words to describe the feeling of saving a life. These are living beings that have lost their freedom for many years, kept in cages and many without their mothers. Seeing them jump from tree to tree fills me with life and hope for the others who will also return to happiness one day.
Tell us about a memorable moment of your work: I have had many memorable moments. One of them was when we rescued Popular from a circus in Ivirgazama. It is wonderful to see that he is able to have a good life now despite the abuse he endured whilst being made to jump through fire. Another great moment was rescuing Chepeto, Villa and Ignacio from another circus. The memorable thing about these two occasions was that CIWY Cochabamba managed to start seizing animals from circuses with support of Bolivian law. My most important work has been in my mothering role for the puma Quirqui, and supporting him to have a good quality of life in Parque Machia. One of the worst moments was when we went to seize animals from a market and the people started to attack me and tried to kill me. During these times the authorities did not listen to us. It was a very difficult day as many of the animals stayed in the market and we were unable to save them. The truth is that every experience is good when it involves the animal returning to their natural environment.
How can volunteers of Inti Wara Yassi support your work? We desperately require supplies for rescue (cages and first aid supplies), and one of the biggest forms of support we require is financial support. We also need educational materials in order to raise awareness of this problem.
top *****CIWY FORUM**** Calling old and new volunteers alike! Please check out the CIWY forum for updates on all the animals, as well as a forum especially for new volunteers to discuss travel options and questions. have you recently come back from volunteering? Please help us to keep the forum updated by adding your news. top **Mirador Update** As those of you are aware who were present during the construction of the road through Parque Machia, a lack of space throughout the rest of Parqye Machia led to the move of the Monkey Mirador to an area near the beach, as the old Mirador site was in one of the most affected areas by the construction of the road. Due to the heavy rains during the wet season, the River Espiritu Santu flooded its banks and as a consequence, flooded the new mirador location. Sadly this natural disaster caused the deaths of ten of our Capuchin brothers and sisters. The days following the disaster were long and hard: the remainder of the area had to be evacuated and a safe location for the rest of the Capuchins had to be created. This was done in Quirqui’s old area, where most of the monkeys had to be held in small cages whilst they awaited the completion of the new Monkey Mirador area, which was built around Sonko’s old cage. After a physical examination of all of the free monkeys who had remained in the old mirador location, these were transferred and introduced to their new home. It was an invaluable experience to witness again the warmest of greetings between the free monkeys and those already established in their new home and see them explore every corner in order to recognize that place as their new home, while taking full advantage of the delicious insects and some wild fruits – delicacies of their new home. top Noticias Del Mirador Como es de conocimiento de todas las personas que estuvieron pendientes acerca de la problemática del camino que atraviesa el parque, lamentablemente por la falta de espacio se traslado el área de Mirador de Monos a un área cerca de la playa, una de las áreas más afectadas por la construcción del camino. Debido a la fuerte temporada de lluvia y el desborde del rio Espíritu Santo, provocó la inundación de este lugar. Desgraciadamente este destastre natural causo la muerte de diez de nuestros hermanos capuchinos. Fueron días largos y duros despues del desastre para poder evacuar lo que quedaba del área y ofrecerles un espacio seguro al resto de los capuchinos - para esto se improviso la vieja área de manejo de Quirqui. La mayoría de ellos permanecieron en jaulas pequeñas esperando la conclusión de la nueva área del Mirador de Monos (ex casa de Sonko). Gracias al trabajo y esfuerzo de aquellas personas que nos acompañaron en esos momentos duros se logró terminar la nueva jaula de Sonko para así comenzar la construcción del nuevo lugar. Aprovechamos la oportunidad para agradecer el esfuerzo y dedicación en especial a voluntarios antiguos, personal boliviano, y voluntarios nuevos, como también a los soldados de la Novena División de Villa Tunari a través del Coronel Monrroy por el apoyo prestado. Una vez concluido parte de los trabajos para del nuevo hogar de los capuchinos se traslado en un día a todos aquellos que se encontraban en jaulas y dejando para el final a Monto el jefe del mirador. Para esto nacio una idea loca de colocar un runner de 400 metros de largo para llegar hasta nueva la jaula, una tarea dificil que ponia en duda su efectividad, pero gracias a la inteligencia y tenacidad de Monto, él logro superar cada obstáculo en su camino y llegar a su nuevo hogar donde todos los monos a pesar de estar en jaulas y algunos ya en runners lo esperaron con desesperación. Cada segundo que duró la travesía, creo que no existen las palabras suficientes para expresar la emotividad y el sentimiento de satisfacción después de jornadas de trabajos duros por parte de los que trabajaron sin descanso para presenciar ese momento. Después de un examen clinico-fisico en general se procedio a la introducción en su nuevo hogar a todos aquellos que se encontraban libres en el viejo Mirador. Experiencia invaluable al poder presenciar nuevamente el saludo fraterno en especial con su jefe y verlos explorar cada rincon para reconocer ese lugar como su nuevo hogar, a la vez aprovechando a degustar un delicioso insecto y algún fruto silvestre que solo pueden conseguirlo estando libres. El trabajo no termina aca, hay mucho por hacer, mejorar y construir más ambientes destinados a realizar un buen manejo,como ser, una nueva oficina, más ambientes, nuevas áreas de runners y mucho más, cabe resaltar y reiterar el agradecimiento profundo y sincero a todos los que fueron parte de este proceso, a los día que día ofrecieron sus manos para ayudar a construir este sueño y a los que aún en la distancia con el apoyo moral se hicieron presentes en nuestros corazones. Déspues de haber sufrido tanto estos capuchinos, ahora tienen una nueva oportunidad de realizarse como animales y la alegria que muestran nos enseña e creer que no todo esta perdido y que el esfuerzo realizado valio la pena y demostrarmos una vez más que unidos podemos cambiar una realidad. Con cariño, COMUNIDAD INTI WARA YASSI. top The Mirador has moved!
On Friday 25th March the Mirador moved to its new location in Sonko´s old cage site. Thanks to the help of all the volunteers in Machia all the cages were taken up in the morning, and then the monkeys were brought up by the mirador team, vets, and the help of Nena, Vladi and Rusber. The first attempts at cubing led to two of the free monkeys again free, but form was found after and by the end of the day all the monkeys except Monto, Congo, Freida and her new baby were in the new site in cages. On the Saturday, the longest runner in CIWY history (400m) was used to get Monto up. It was connected to his cage behind the tourist office at one end and his new cage in the new mirador at the other. A hole was cut in his cage, he burst out and then used a truly amazing amount of strength and intelligence to get himself past all the trees and other blockades on his way up. His entrance to the mirador being met with screams from everyone, and looking like the true alpha he is! Hopefully some videos of this will be posted soon. Now the real work begins, we have all the monkeys up, but still lack runners, a cage three set, concrete floors, an office and all the other stuff you need to run a successful Mirador. A big thanks to all the Mirador crew that has worked really hard to get us there, especially the returnees. Also a special thanks to Nena, Lucho he have done everything in their power to get us in our new home. One final big thanks to Rusber, who help has been irreplaceable, he is shaping up to be a Mirador legend! top Work with FIWY Are you passionate about CIWY’s work and want to help make a real difference in the work we do? Do you have previous experience in the charity / fundraising sector? Would you like to gain more experience, beef up your CV and develop your writing skills? You may be just who we are looking for! If you are interested please send us a CV and brief covering email describing your suitability for the role to info@intiwarayassi.org top NUEVO! CIWY Pagina en Facebook Para estar en contacto con voluntarios, y leer mas noticias de CIWY, por favor miren: http://www.facebook.com/comunidadintiwarayassi top BRAND NEW! Facebook Page Interract with other volunteers and keep upto date with all of CIWYs breaking news at http://www.facebook.com/comunidadintiwarayassi top Mirador Update March 2011 As some people may know another tragedy has befallen the mirador. On the night of the 19th February a five foot wall of water passed through the mirador killing 10 of our beloved friends · Tom, · Benito, · Gamuza · Motelito, · Menono, · Tin Tin, · Tony Montana, · Eddie, · Jade, · Chispita We believe and hope it happened suddenly. The water was from the main river and left everything in its path covered in black sand, the main river has never even entered the mirador. It is our belief that somewhere upstream something dammed the river and this then broke, sending a sudden surge of water downstream. For those of you who know the island, this was flattened and has now been almost completely washed away. The remaining monkeys have been relocated to the area that was quirquis old house. The big guys are stuck in cages, but we have some runners for Oscar, Timo, Dennis and Rusber. We have returned to cord Fabrizio, Raffi, Tita and Romeo; Budiman, Kikeen and Marco get to spend every other day rolling around the new site in cubes, or trying to flying fox their cubes on the runners! Frida shares a cage with Monto and the new baby, Skinny is sharing with Pea and her new baby, all the others have their own cages. Duce and Botas are sharing a cage and competing with Raffi and Fabrizio to be the cutest dark and light monkey combination. Finally, Wedgewood obviously hates his caged life, but seeing him close up, you can see how large his hands and feet are and he will be the next beast! Sonkos new cage was finished in a week and now we are starting work on the new mirador in Sonkos old cage location. Hopefully in a month we will have our new home and can really look to the future. Thanks to everyone who helped give these guys the best possible life they could while here, I firmly believe they are now truly free and having the greatest monkey party ever……..except Tom, who finally got to that other world he lived in! top CIWY Informe Anual 2010 Haga clic aqui para leer el CIWY Informe Anual 2010! top CIWY Annual Report 2010 now available to read online! Please click here to read CIWY's Annual Report 2010 top CHRISTMAS 2010 Sponsor The Animals of Inti Wara Yassi Buy a special gift for your friends and family this Christmas, and give the animals of Inti Wara Yassi a better life at the same time! Make sure you tell all of your particularly generous friends or family about our additional particularly extravagant presents too! Click here to see how you can make a difference! top NAVIDAD 2010 Apadrinar a los Animales de Inti Wara Yassi Compra un regalo especial para tus amigos y familia en esta Navidad, y da a los animales de Inti Wara Yassi una vida mejor al mismo tiempo! ¡Por favor avise a su familia y amigos generosos de los extravagantes regalos adicionales! Haga clic aquí para ver cómo puedes hacer una diferencia. top 2011 Calendars now available! Time is running out to get next year's calendar. Click here for further details. top NUEVO! Fondo de Apoyo para los Jóvenes de CIWY A veces estamos tan ocupados cuidando a los animales de CIWY, que es fácil olvidar que CIWY fue creado inicialmente para enseñar habilidades a niños menos privilegiados con el fin de mantenerse a sí mismos y sus familias, así como educarles en temas ambientales. Muchos de ustedes conocen a algunos jóvenes que han crecido en los alrededores de los parques. A pesar de que todos estos niños tienen diferentes historias y circunstancias, todos vienen de casas menos afortunadas, muchos de los cuales vieron CIWY como su última oportunidad, antes de pasar a las calles. Con su ayuda, podemos preparar a estos jóvenes para un futuro mejor. Haga click aqui para leer como puedes ayudar a estos jovenes. Muchas gracias por su apoyo! top NEW! Youth Development Fund Whilst we are so busy caring for the rescued animals of CIWY it is often easy to forget that CIWY was initially created in order to teach less privileged children skills in order to sustain themselves and their families, as well as educate them about their environment. Many of you will be aware of some of the youth who have grown up in and around the parks. Although all of these children’s stories vary, they all come from less fortunate back grounds, many of whom saw CIWY as their last chance, before turning to the streets. With your help, we can prepare these youth for a better future. Please click here to find out more about the youth of Inti Wara Yassi and how you can help them. Many thanks for your support! top CIWY 2011 Calendar Photos Needed! The time has come again when you can help create CIWY funds, whilst also answering the question of what to get your friends and family for Chistmas AND having an excuse to rifle through all of your favourite CIWY pics. Yes - its CIWY Calendar time! ciwycalendar@yahoo.co.uk Rules are: top Nena en Londres A pesar de las preocupaciones de que La Nena iba a perder su pasaporte o perderse entre Bolivia y Europa, ella llegó a Francia para la conferencia de ‘One Voice’ (haga clic aquí para ver la Nena hablando a bajo del Torre Eiffel) y disfrutó unos días de arte y cultura antes de su visita a Inglaterra. Durante cuatro días cortos ella cruzó de un extreme del país al otro, visitando el ‘Monkey Sanctuary’ en Cornwall, el Zoológico de Londres y el Instituto de Jane Goodall, además de pasar tiempo con amigos antiguos en Cambridge y Londres. Antes de la fiesta el Viernes en la noche, fuimos con la Nena a ver el musical de ‘Mama Mia’ (¡y los quienes conocen a la Nena saben que hablar de ‘Mama Mia’ – o mejor dicho cantar ‘Mama Mia’ - es su segundo tema favorito, después de hablar de los monos!). Llena de energía de Abba, fuimos a la fiesta a la cual participaron casi 40 voluntarios antiguos (muchos quienes eran difícil de reconocer sin sus botas de goma y con maquillaje) para ponerse al corriente de las cosas del CIWY, recordar historias del parque y a charlar con amigos. FIWY hizo un trabajo excelente en la organización de la fiesta, que incluyó un mensaje de video de Jane Goodall, regalos fantásticos en la rifa, fotos encima todas las paredes y del proyector de nuestros bebes, un mensaje de video desde Vladi, Benita, Luis, Rusber y muchos otros hermanos y hermanas desde el monte del Chapare, y último en orden pero no en importancia, la presencia de la Reina del Bosque – Nena. ¿Y lo mejor de todo? Esta fiesta maravillosa recaudó £981 ($1500) para CIWY, y estos fondos nos van a ayudar bastante en la construcción de la cuarentena en Jacq Cuisi… Sin embargo estamos convencidos de que lo podemos aumentar. Hasta los principios de Diciembre quisiéramos recaudar $2000 para que no solamente podemos empezar los construcciones de la cuarentena, pero también podemos terminar la construcción de la primera fase de la clínica. Esto significaría que la DGB nos permitía aceptar animales en Jacq Cuisi. Cualquier persona quien pueda ayudar en esta petición, por favor haga clic aquí para hacer una donación. ¿sí no podías asistir en la fiesta, porque no haces una donación de la cantidad de una entrada? Muchísimas gracias a todos los que ayudaron con la organización de la fiesta, y también a los quienes asistieron a la fiesta. Los quienes no podían asistir en persona, asistieron en espíritu y esperamos verles en otro evento de CIWY, como el ‘Jungle Fever Boat Party’ Octubre 23 en Londres (por favor búscalo en el facebook), o, mejor, ¡vuelvan a Bolivia! Después de una semana bastante ocupada en Inglaterra, estableciendo relaciones con el ‘Monkey Sanctuary’ y el Zoologico de Londres, donde existe ahora la posibilidad de hacer intercambios de empleados, tal como conocer la experta mundial en contracepción de primates, y formar una conexión formal con el Instituto de Jane Goodall y su programa de ‘Roots & Shoots’, terminó su visita a Inglaterra con una tarde de descanso en la playa de Brighton. Antes de volver a Bolivia, Nena ha viajado a Israel para relajarse y visitar a más voluntarios y amigos antiguos. Creo que todos podemos ponernos de acuerdo de que ella ha merecido esta vacación, ¡y la deseamos todo lo mejor para el resto de su viaje!
top Nena in London Despite all fears of Nena losing her passport or getting lost somewhere between Bolivia and Europe, she did indeed make it to France for the One Voice conference (click here to see Nena speaking below the Eiffel Tower) and enjoyed a few days of culture and art in the French capital, before her long awaited arrival in England. A hectic schedule saw her crossing the country from London to Cornwall to visit The Monkey Sanctuary, back to London and up to Cambridge to visit an old friend and finally back to London in only four days. More meetings at London Zoo and the Jane Goodall Institute preceded a surprise visit to see Mama Mia on a West End stage (which many of you who know Nena will know is one of the only topics she can talk about almost as much as monkeys – or at least sing about). And although most people would be exhausted after such a hectic schedule, Nena was full of Abba energy for the CIWY fundraising party on Friday evening, which saw almost 40 previous volunteers (most of which were unrecognisable thanks to the addition of makeup and distinct absence of welly boots and mud stained shirts) catching up, reminiscing, swapping their recent (or for many, not-so-recent) park stories and pulling out some truly authentic ‘park’ dance moves that we’re not quite sure London was ready for yet... FIWY did an amazing job organising this special night that was jam packed with highlights from the personalised video message from Jane Goodall, to the phenomenal raffle presents, the photos of our babies pinned over all the walls and projected through the room, the video message from Vladi, Benita, Luis, Rusben and many other Bolivians straight from the Chapare jungle, and the presence of the ‘Reina del Bosque’ herself, Nena. And the best bit? Whilst having an amazing night we also managed to raise £981 for CIWY, which will make a significant contribution towards construction materials for the quarantine area in Jacq Cuisi. However... we still think that we can do better than that! Our aim is to get this sum total up to £2000 by the beginning of December in order to both start the quarantine construction AND complete the first stages of the clinic, so that in accordance with DGB guidelines, we are able to start accepting animals in Jacq Cuisi in the new year. If anyone reading this is a fan of round numbers and would like to help make this already impressive sum of money reach the £2000 mark, please click here to donate. Or if you wanted to come to the party but couldn’t make it, why not just donate the ticket amount? Many thanks to those who helped organise this fantastic event, and to all those who were able to attend and make this night such a huge success. Those of you who were not able to attend in person, were with us in spirit and we hope to see you at another CIWY event in the future, such as the Jungle Fever Boat Party on October 23rd in London (check out the Face Book event) or, even better, back in Bolivia! After an incredibly productive time in the UK, making connections with both the Monkey Sanctuary and London Zoo, both of which we may be able to carry out staff exchanges with, as well as meeting the leading expert in Primate contraception, and creating a formal link with The Jane Goodall Institute’s Roots and Shoots programme, Nena’s time came to a slightly more relaxed end with an afternoon of relaxation on the beach in Brighton. Nena is now continuing her trip with a visit to Israel where she will hopefully be able to enjoy a slightly slower pace of ‘holiday’ than her time in Europe. I think we can all agree that she has more than deserved this break, and so we wish her all the very best for the rest of her holiday!
top Nueva Carretera - 27 de Septiembre 2010 "Hola a todos Después de muchos meses luchando en contra la carretera, apoyado por el Alcalde de Villa Tunari, la Alcaldía de Cochabamba, y hasta el assistente del Presidente, hemos perdido la batalla. Al fondo fue por los campesinos, quiénes nos enfrentaron con la amenaza de tomar el parque a la fuerza. ¡Querían hacer huelgas de hambre en Cochabamba y tristemente esto es la manera en la cual se puede lograr un permite ambiental en Bolivia! Para estar bastante preparados y para asegurar que ningun animal fue herido por las maquinas hemos trabajado con el alcalde de Villa Tunari. Las tres maquinas pasaron desde la comunidad Copacabana hasta la oficina de Turistas del Parque Machía a través de dos derumbes. Es una situación bastante triste y he incluido fotos. ¡Me imagino que la carretera se va a derumbar al Rio Espiritu Santo antes del final de esta temporada de lluvia!
Pero hay que buscar lo bueno en cada situación, y los monos en el nuevo parque de monos y parque de negros ahora están comiendo desde platos suspendidos por los arboles y ya no pasan tanto tiempo en el suelo, y parece que el gato está muy feliz en su nueva jaula grande. Ahora estamos preparando para la temporada de lluvia y los derumbes que van a pasar, y estamos asegurando que todos los animales están protegidos en sus lugares. Por esto estamos moviendo al mirador y al Gato.
Entonces, ¡cualquier voluntario quien pueda volver a Bolivia, necesitamos su ayuda, de forma física y financiera!” De Keith Franklin en el Parque Machía top Road Update - 27th September 2010 "Hola a todos After fighting in every way possible, from the local mayor, through the local council of Cochabamba and all the way to the Presidents right hand man, we have finally lost the battle against the road. It basically came down to the fact that the campisinos threatened to take the park by force, and start hunger strikes in Cochabamba, and that’s how you get an environmental permit in Bolivia. So to ensure the safety of the animals we have worked with the mayor to ensure no animals were caught in the way of the machines and that we were as best prepared as possible. All three machines have passed from Comunidad Copocabana to the tourist entrance of Machia. They have carved there way through both last years landslide and the old landslide between spider park and Gatos cage. It is a very depressing site and I have included some photos for you all to see. I imagine the road will be located firmly on the banks of the rio spirito santo before next wet season comes to a close.
As the saying goes, every black cloud has a silver lining, well there has been one here. The new monkey areas have monkeys eating in trees, and Gato appears to be fine in his larger new home. We are now involved in the next stage, getting ready to watch Machia fall in the river and make sure none of our animals are affected, to this end we will be moving Gato, the Mirador before the wet season starts and preparing to be able to move both Monkey park and Spider park depending on how drastic the landslides are. So with all that is planned, any old volunteers that feel like now is the time for a vacation back to the park, we really need help, both physically and financially!" From Keith Franklin at Parque Machia top Nena is in London - Book your tickets now
NENA is visiting the UK for a week and to celebrate we are holding a special fundraising evening for CIWY in London. With Nena as our guest of honour this event will be full of meeting new people, seeing old faces and lots and lots of animal stories. Come and catch up with your fellow volunteers, relive your experiences and bump into friends you haven’t seen in years!In honour of the event Dr. Jane Goodall, Founder - the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace, has recorded a special message to be shown on the evening. There will also be a fantastic raffle, a drink on arrival and slices of traditionally stone-baked pizza for guests as well as a DJ until 1am. Tickets are £25 and can be purchased through our fundraising pageWe only have very limited places for this exclusive evening so book yours now! Click here to booktop INTI WARA YASSI FUNDRAISER INTI WARA YASSIFUNDRAISERA once in a lifetime event in London!*** Friday 8th October 2010 - 8pm ***
Nena with Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, Founder - the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace NENA is visiting the UK for a week and to celebrate we are holding a special fundraising evening for CIWY in London. With Nena as our guest of honour this event will be full of meeting new people, seeing old faces and lots and lots of animal stories. Come and catch up with your fellow volunteers, relive your experiences and bump into friends you haven’t seen in years! In honour of the event Dr. Jane Goodall has recorded a special message to be shown on the evening, shown below. There will also be a fantastic raffle, a drink on arrival and slices of traditionally stone-baked pizza for guests as well as a DJ until 1am. We only have very limited places for this exclusive evening so book yours now! The event takes place at the eclectic Artesian Well bar in Clapham in the private event room on the 3rd floor. Doors open at 7.30pm and we’ll be there until 1am. For those that wish to continue partying the nightclub downstairs is open until 3am (a small charge applies). VENUE:The Artesian Well, 693 Wandsworth Road, Battersea, London SW8 3JF Website: http://www.artesianwell.co.uk/Closest tube: Clapham North (a 10-minutes walk away) Quest4Change have supported our work in Bolivia for many years now and have kindly agrees to allow us to fundraise through them. For more information on Quest4Change please visit http://www.quest4change.org/ Jane Goodall's message:
top Noticias del camino – 7 de septiembre 7 de septiembre del 2010 Como muchos seguramente ya saben, el camino ya se está construyendo en Machia, las maquinas han empezado a trabajar desde el lado de la comunidad de Baja Copacabana y están avanzando rápidamente hacia el parque, pensamos que van a llegar en estos días. Hemos logrado trasladar con éxito los tres áreas afectas – el parque de monos, parque de negros y Gato. El parque de monos se encuentra más arriba por el cerro, y hemos aprovechado esta oportunidad de mejorar nuestros métodos de trabajo, sus platos de comida ahora están dentro de los arboles, es increíble poder ver a los monos comiendo dentro de sus árboles. El parque de negros se ha trasladado a la jaula antigua de Luna, también estamos cambiando nuestras prácticas de trabajo con ellos, con comida dentro de los árboles y cuerdas para runners mas arriba. Desafortunadamente, aun nos falta atrapar uno de los machos, así que algunos de los monos con cuerda están más cerca al piso para su seguridad, hasta que logremos atrapar al macho. Gato está en la jaula antigua de los albifrones, lo cual es mucho más grande que su jaula anterior, y parece que está bien allí. Todavía tenemos mucho trabajo en este tiempo difícil, para poder hacer todos estos cambios, y estamos con pocos voluntarios. Necesitamos voluntarios en todas las áreas, y también cualquier apoyo que pueden dar seria agradecido, ya que nuestros recursos financieros están muy bajos por lo de los cambios. Gracias! top Road Update - 7th September 7th of September 2010 As many people are aware the road is going ahead in Machia, the machines have started at the Copacabana end and are making their way rapidly towards the park, we expect them to arrive in the next couple of days. We have successfully moved the three affected areas, the Monkey Park, Spider Monkey Park and Gato. The Monkey Park is now located further up the hill, and we have taken this opportunity to improve our working methods, their plates are now in the trees and it is amazing to watch all the monkeys eating and staying up in the tress. The Spider Park has moved to Luna's old cage, and we are also changing their work practices, with food in the trees and more high runners. Unfortunately, one of the machos is yet to be trapped, so some of the corded monkeys will stay close to the ground for safety until the macho is caught. Gato has moved to the old Albifron cage, which is significantly larger and he seems to doing fine. We still have a lot of work to do in this difficult time to see these changes through, and are desperately short of volunteers. Volunteers are needed in all areas and any help anyone can give, as financial resources have been drained, is highly appreciated. top The Frustrations of working in conservation August 17th 2010 Anyone who has worked in conservation for some time will be able to relate to this story. After nearly 15 years of work at the Parque Machia wild animal refuge in Bolivia, where hundreds of species of monkey, parrot, turtle, puma and jaguar have been cared for, and many released, a completely illogical decision to build a road through the reserve has been taken by the local government, and will destroy much of the park which is home to so many of these creatures rescued from captivity
The road is being built to create greater access for communities further into the forest, but there have been countless reasons shown why the road is not for anyone's benefit. Apart from the fact that it will destroy an entire ecosystem for the animals and the forest they live in, the land is not stable enough to support the construction of a road, landslides after just one wet season will wash the entire project away. There are more appropriate routes for this road, but this happens to be the cheapest option in the short term.
Members of the forest community came into the park yesterday and started clearing the forest with machetes, without any authorisation from the government and without giving any prior warning to the park. The animals had not been moved yet and were forced to move as the trees they were sitting in were cut down. Volunteers in the park have posted more images of the destruction so far on Facebook, you can view them here Inti Wara Yassi, the organisation which manages the park, has been aware of this threat for some time and has been doing all it can to prepare for this eventuality. They now have two privately owned reserves (Machia is a state owned park) in Bolivia where they are hoping to move as many of the animals as possible, sadly though, many of the animals released into Machia will not be able to be moved, and their future is extremely uncertain. Staff and volunteers in Bolivia, as well as all of us over here, are doing as much as we can to reverse the local government's decision to build the road, but the way local politics works in Bolivia suggests it will be difficult. These are very sad and frustrating times, but are also times when we need to offer our support more than ever. Friends of Inti Wara Yassi UK top Video sobre el camino por Parque Machia Para los que quieren ver, aqui esta un video que muestra el efecto que esta haciendo la construccion del camino por el parque machia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGKHYrP1oTI Por favor pasa la voz a todos! top Video Update About the Road Just to help people see the true impact of the road construction so far, here is a link to some video footage which helps to demonstrate it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVP0DuFe8hM Please spread the word. top CAMINO POR EL MACHIA - Noticias 5 de agosto 2010 Luego de varios intentos de demostrar que el plan de construir un camino vecinal por el Parque Machia es una mala idea, no solo por la conservacion sino tambien para las comunidades, aun se esta pensando. Estamos intentando una vez mas pasar la voz a toda persona interesada con el siguente comunicado. Por favor, ayudanos a difundir este mensaje. PUEDEN BAJAR LA NOTA DE PRENSA AQUI top Road to be built through Parque Machia - UPDATE 5 Aug 10 After so much work to show that the planned road through Parque Machia is a bad idea both for the park and the local communities, the construction is still planning to go ahead, and will be starting any day now. We are trying one last time to spread the word and prevent this senseless destruction and are sending a press release to as many people as will receive it. Please help us by spreading the word to any organisation or media source you think will be interested to know. YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE PRESS RELEASE HERE top Thank you from Simba Simba also wants to say THANK YOU very very much for building me the biggest enclosure Jacj Cuisi currently has! Bigger than Luna´s!! He is loving his new home. He moved in 2 days ago!! Thank you to all the Quest groups and the rest of the volunteers that slugged it out carrying bags of cement, rocks, sand, and mesh, water, etc to his new home! We couldn´t have done it without you! top Une Nueva Jaula para Millie - Gracias Queremos agradecer a todos quienes han apoyado nuestra peticion para construir una nueva jaula para Millie, un ocelote en el Parque Machia que tiene 9 anyos. top A new Cage for Millie - Thank you We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who has supported our appeal to build a new cage for Millie, a 9year old Ocelot living at Parque Machia.
As many of you know Millie was brought to us at just three weeks old after her mother had been killed and sold for her coat. Millie has grown out of her current cage and due to it's age and general wear and tear it really needed replacing. Thanks to your generosity we can now build her a new cage with more room and trees for her to enjoy. The new cage will be approximately double the size of her current cage, be made of new and recycled materials and provide plenty of shelter to keep her safe and sound. Thank you to everyone for your support, I look forward to updating you with photo's of Millies looking very happy in her new cage soon. top List for CIWY for free on eBay this weekend Do you have some unwanted items and would like to raise some cash for yourself and CIWY? Then why not list them on eBay this weekend? Pay No insertion Fee* for items in Auction format this weekend 3rd and 4th of July when you pledge to donate a percentage of the final selling price to Friends of Inti Wara Yassi. top Getting a new cage for Millie A big thank you to Tammy Schlitz, Machia volunteer who is currently caring for Millie the ocelot. She has started a fundraising campaign to pay to improve her cage, the cost of which is estimated at around US$1,000. Anyone who has worked with Millie in the past (or anyone who would like to help for that matter) please spread the word to help them reach their target. You can donate through the following page Thank you! top Camping for CIWY From Laura Coleman: top Parque Machia's newest pumita needs a name! The young pumita has been with Inti Wara Yassi at Parque Machía for over a month now and she is sadly still nameless. She arrived from a private home in the south of Bolivia where she was being illegally kept as a pet. The police found out about her and the family moved her to another house to avoid confiscation but she managed to escape and was later found wandering the streets of the town. The police banged her up in a cell for 2 days and CIWY managed to rescue her from a lengthy jail stay. She is estimated to be about a year old and is rapidly winning the hearts of the volunteers at Machía. KP reports that she's like a little Luna (without the bung eye) and by all accounts is equally as feisty.
However, not only does she need a name, she also will need a home. To help with the construction costs of her new home we are auctioning off the rights to name this gorgeous female puma. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120563763684&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:GB:1123 The cost of building an adequate enclosure for her as she begins to outgrow her temporary accommodation is quite substantial so we are asking you to please be generous and bid high, $5,000 will build an adequate cage, if we can raise more then we can get an even bigger and better one for this lovely young pumita. We are also setting up a fundraising page on the virgin giving website for those of you that cant afford to bid for naming rights, but would like to contribute towards costs in some way. All donations will be very gratefully accepted and will go directly to the construction costs of her cage which are to be finalised. Thanks, as always, for all your kindness and support. CIWY's global family is vital to its daily running and survival and we appreciate and value any support you can give. top Fundraising Event Hi Everyone, top Congratulations Vicky Thank you to everyone who sponsored Victoria Stent for the Bath half marathon in aid of CIWY, your generosity helped raise almost £300. Here's a gorgeous picture of Vicky at the start of the race, she's the one on the left dressed as a very appropriate CIWY monkey.
The website is still open for donations so please check it out at: https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/victoriastent And if you like to support CIWY by fundraising on our behalf please e-mail info@intiwarayassi.org to find out more. top CIWY tiene un nuevo presidente! El día sábado 6 de marzo del 2010 fue un día tanto feliz como triste para CIWY. Triste porque nuestro fundador Juan Carlos Antezana ya no es el presidente de la comunidad. Los últimos años de estrés y preocupación han afectado a todos, y por lo tanto fue decidido por todos los socios activos de CIWY que hacía falta un cambio. A la vez, tenemos la buena noticia de que la vicepresidente Nena Baltazar ha aceptado el puesto de presidente titular, hasta realizar las elecciones de fin de año.
Juan Carlos fundo CIWY hace mas de 15 años con un grupo pequeño de jóvenes accionistas Bolivianas, ahora ha llegado a ser una comunidad internacional con más de 10,000 defensores, y miles de animales han sido rescatados del cautiverio gracias al trabajo inspirado de CIWY en sus parques Machia, Ambue Ari y Jacj Cuisi. Nos comprometemos con todas las personas que han sido conectadas con CIWY a lo largo de los años, de continuar este legado con la misma filosofía bajo su nuevo liderazgo. Juan Carlos se mantendrá como socio vitalicio de la comunidad. top New President of CIWY Elected! Saturday 6th March 2010 was both a happy and a sad day for CIWY. Sad because our founder Juan Carlos Antezana is no longer president of the Community, the last few years of stress and strain had taken their toll and it was agreed by all active associates of CIWY that it was time for a change. The good news however is that vice president Nena Baltazar has accepted the role of acting president until the next election at the end of the year.
Juan Carlos founded CIWY over 15 years ago as a small action group of young Bolivians, it has since grown into an international community with tens of thousands of supporters and thousands of animals having been saved from captivity, thanks to CIWY’s inspirational work at their parks Machia, Ambue Ari and Jacj Cuisi. We owe it to all the people who have been involved with CIWY over the years to continue this legacy in the same vein under its new leadership. Juan Carlos is to remain a lifetime associate of the community. top Recreate CIWY in the woods of England On the 12 and 13 June, there will be a camping weekend to help us remember our Bolivian home that often seems too far away. There will be dirt, laughter, singing, chicken, mucho rum and maybe some animals too. Put the date in your diaries now! An annual reunion is well overdue for us CIWYians, and hopefully we can raise some money for these kids at the same time. If you have any questions or want to get involved, please email me youngpeopleCIWY@hotmail.com. top Victorias Monkey Marathon for CIWY Victoria Stent is running the Bath Half Marathon for CIWY and not only is she running 13miles, she's doing it dressed as a monkey!
"I worked at Parque Machia for 5 months and love the place not only for the work it actually carries out, but for the dedication and love that goes into it too. I will be running the Bath half Marathon dressed as a monkey to try to raise some awareness and much needed funds for the park. Please dig deep and donate a few pounds so the sanctuary can continue to provide a safe and loving home for abused and injured wildlife. Thank you!" Click on the link below to support Victoria in her epic effort for Inti. http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/victoriastent top Divisiones en el Directorio de CIWY Este anuncio ha sido escrito por la fundacion inglesa "Friends of Inti Wara Yassi", en nuestra funcion como administradores de la pagina web, y el punto focal para la recaudacion international de fondos para los refugios en Bolivia. Hemos sido informados de una division dentro del directorio de CIWY, y ya se ha iniciado un proceso para resolver esta situacion. Mientras estamos 100% dedicados a apoyar los proyectos de CIWY en Bolivia, hemos decidido retener los ultimos fondos recaudados la cuenta de Inglaterra hasta que se haya resuelto la situacion. Los parque continuan funcionando, y aun existe la misma necesidad de apoya el desarrollo de los parques y cuidad por los animals. Sean asegurados que sus donaciones estan dirigiendose al lugar correcto. A la vez, queremos mostrar nuestro apoyo total por Nena Baltazar y todo el personal que trabaja con ella. No hay ninguna duda de su integridad y dedicacion al proyectyo. Friends of Inti Wara Yassi top Divisions within the CIWY Directive This news item has been written by the UK Charity Friends of Inti Wara Yassi, in our capacity as administrators of the CIWY website and a focal point for international fundraising for the CIWY refuges. We are aware of a division between members of the CIWY directive in Bolivia, and a process has been initiated in Bolivia to resolve this situation. Whilst we are still 100% dedicated to supporting the work of CIWY in Bolivia, we are currently holding back any funds received into the charity until the situation has been resolved. The parks are still going ahead as normal, and there is still the same need for support for the development of the parks, and care for the animals. Please be assured that all your donations will still be going to the right place. At the same time, we would like to make clear our support for Tania Baltazar and everyone who works with her in everything that they do for CIWY. We have no doubt of their integrity and dedication to the project. Friends of Inti Wara Yassi top HOMENAJE A COCO ZAPATA COCO FUE UN LUCHADOR POR LA VIDA FUNDADOR LEGAL DE LA COMUNIDAD INTI WARA YASSI JUNTO A ROBERTO Y JUAN CARLOS ANTEZANA. PARTIO AL CIELO PARA JUNTARSE CON LOS MANECHIS COCO Y FAUSTINO, CON QUIRQUI, Y TODOS LOS NIÑOS Y NIÑAS QUE LE ANTECEDIERON. GRACIAS COQUITO POR TU APOYO, SIEMPRE ESTARAS CON NOSOTROS, TU PREFERIAS ESTAR EN EL ANONIMATO POR TU SENCILLEZ QUE LA TENEMOS QUE APRENDER. top Name the new born Capuchin Monkey Please support the reconstruction of the Mirador in Parque Machia by bidding to name the new born Capuchin Monkey. It is the baby of Juanita, and its healthy and growing fast. Juanita is looking after it well but it needs a name – and that’s where you come in. We are running an eBay auction and the winner will get to name the new baby, the money raised will go toward the relocation and reconstruction costs of a new mirador since the existing mirador has fallen victim to massive landslides and the destabilisation of the surrounding jungle as a direct result of the clearance that was done in preparation for the road last year. The relocation of the mirador is a huge and very urgent project and the funds raised by this auction will be very gratefully received. The parks are very low on volunteer numbers and this means that all the money coming into the park is being spent directly on the daily running costs of the park and there are currently little or no funds available for this project. Please see the Inti Wara Yassi facebook page under the discussion 'mirador updates' for further information about the relocation of the mirador. As always, please dig deep and give generously. If you don’t wish to bid but would like to help out financially donations can also be made directly through the website at www.intiwarayassi.org whatever you can donate will make a difference. Thank you. top A WARM THANK YOU JUAN CARLOS ANTEZANA PEREZ CIWY´S PRESIDENT GIVES A WARM THANKS TO EACH VOLUNTEER OF AMBUAE ARI PARK IN GUARAYOS , THAT CONTRIBUTE DONATING FOR HIS SUGICAL OPERATION. THIS ACCIDENT MAKES HIM IDENTIFY A FALLING WILD ANIMAL IN A TRAMP. IT HAS BEEN ANOTHER EXPERIENCE IN UNDERSTANDING CAPTIVITY. JUAN CARLOS, BEFORE WAS IN A CAGE 60cms. X 60cms. WITH CHAINS. LIKE THE PRISONER ANIMALS. top UN CALIDO AGRADECIMIENTO JUAN CARLOS ANTEZANA PEREZ , PRESIDENTE DE LA COMUNIDAD INTI WARA YASSI, TRANSMITE SU CALIDO AGRADECIMIENTO A CADA UNO DE LOS VOLUNTARIOS DEL PARQUE AMBUAE ARI EN GUARAYOS; POR HABER CONTRIBUIDO EN LA DONACION PARA SU OPERACION QUIRURGICA. ESTE ACCIDENTE LE IDENTIFICA CON LA CAIDA EN TRAMPAS DE ANIMALES SILVESTRES. ESTA ES OTRA EXPERIENCIA MAS PARA ENTENDER A LOS ANIMALES EN CAUTIVERIO. JUAN CARLOS ESTUVO ANTERIORMENTE EN UNA JAULA DE 60cms. POR 60cms. Y TAMBIEN ENCADENADO EN UN ARBOL.
top Last chance for CIWY desk calendars Less than 50 calendars left! Check the calendar page and order soon to avoid disappointment! top COMUNITY INTI WARA YASSI 2010 THE PRESIDENT OF COMUNIDAD INTI WARA YASSI, emp. soc. ashoka JUAN CARLOS ANTEZANA PEREZ REPRESENTING THE OF THIS GLORIOUS INSTITUTION THAT HAS SAVED THE LWES OF CHILDREN, ANIMALS, AREAS OF RAIN FOREST SINCE 1986, DEFENDING ALL THE FAMILYS, WELL BEING and STUDIES DISTINGUISHING HIMSELF IN EVERY ACHEIVEMENT and EVERY EFFORT WITH TENDERNESS and LOVE. IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE, THANIC and HOPE THAT THE YEAR 2010 BLESSES: BEATRIZ QUEVEDO, NENA BALTAZAR, EDWIN SILES, JAIME RAMOS, BLADIMIR CORTEZ, AIDE MAMANI, MILKA GUTIERREZ, ELI RAMIREZ, RUDDY SUNTURA, CHRISTIAN NICOLLS, SANDRA PADILLA, LUCY MENDOZA, OSITO WILBER, ZANDRO VARGAS, NOEMI CASTAÑOS, RUSVER, LORENA ARAUJO, MIRIAN RIOS, PAOLA MARQUINA, RENAN SALINAS, AMERICA QUINTANILLA. FROM IN LEGAL ROBERTO AGUILAR AND COCO ZAPATA. TO THE THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS FROM DIFFERENT NATIONS AND THE BABY THAT WAS BORN IN MACHIA, SON OF MARCELO + PASSCALL. THE FIRST VOLUNTEERS OF MACHIA PARK IN VILLA TUNARI CHAPARE COCHABAMBA: SARA LA SUISA THANKS TO THE FAMILY HINOJOSA, SUSAN WALDOK AND CRISTINA CANADIENSE. THE FIRST VOLUNTEERS OF AMBUAE ARI 1 PARK IN GUARAYOS- SANTA CRUZ: KATTIE, KAREN, MIRANDA USA + UK, SHAI DE ISRAEL, LUCAS DE SUIZA QUE CONSTRUYO LOS AMBIENTES DONDE AHORA ESTAN LOS OCELOTES. THE FIRST VOLUNTEERS OF AMBUAE ARI 2 PARK IN RIBERALTA - BENI: DAVID MAGRANE, TRAVIS LEBLANC + ROBIN SOHMEMANN USA + ALEMANIA. THE FIRST VOLUNTEERS OF JACJ CUISI IN SAN BUENAVENTURA: ANDRES, VANESSA, HAROLD, KAREM. THE FIRST VOLUNTEERS OF COPACABANA: VITOR, AMANDA BRAZILIANS + CHRISTIAN UK. OUR DEAR FRIEND JANE GOODALL. MY BROTHER JONATHAN CASSIDY (ENGLAND) MY SISTER ESPERANZA FERNANDEZ (ITALY) ROBERTO LUGONES (ARGENTINA) DIDIE ANSELME (FRANCE) NATALIA CASADO AND LARA HERNANDEZ (ESPAÑA) THANKS TO ASHOKA WHO WERE OUR SALVATION FOR THE FRIENDS OF IWY IN ENGLAND AND FOR NEW INTEGRATE WITHUS AND THOSE WHO PASS THROUGH THE COMUNITY DURING THEIR JOURNEY. FOR ALL OF OUR FRIENDS IN OTHER INSTITUTIONS ABOVE ALL ADDA. FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE WITO SERVE THE COMUNITY WITH HUMILITY AND LOVE: PASCUAL QUISPE, LUIS MORALES, BENITA QUISPE, PATTY LEDEZMA, GROVER SURITA, NELSON ROMERO, EDWIN VARGAS, VICKY TORRICO,LEOVIGILDA VILLARPANDO, BETTY ARANIBAR, DOÑA LOURDES, WILFREDO HERRERA. THANKS TO THE TOWNS WHERE WE ARE LOLATED: THE TOWNS OF EXEJA, YURA, RIBERALTEÑO, MOVIMA, TACANA, GUARAYO, COPACABANEÑO + RURRENABAQUEÑO. TO OUR BROTHERS AND SONS THE ANIMALS. TOOUR SISTERS AND DAUGHTERS THE TREES. THE COMUNIDAD INTI WARA YASSI WOULD LIKE TO WISH THE WOLE WORLD A 2010 THAT IS FILLED WITH PEACE AND RESPECT FOR THE LIFE OF THE CHILDREN THE TREES AND THE ANIMALS. NO MORE GLOBAL WARMING. NO MORE BURNING OF OUR RAINFOREST NO MORE LOGGING. NO MORE CONTAMINATION OF OUR AIR and WATER SAVE THE AMAZON OUR LAST LUNG MATT
top THERE IS NEW HEROES THERE IS NEW HEROES IN THE BIO PARK AMBUAE ARI 2 THAT THERE STILL HAVE IN RIBERALTA BENI BOLIVIA, A GERMAN SO CALLED ROBIN, OSO WILBER, JAROL THE SUPER HEROES DAVID AND TRAVIS WHO UNITED ALL PRESIDENT BORE EVERY THING TO SAVE THE AMAZONÍA BY MEANS OF THIS PARK. top COPENHAGEN COPENHAGEN IN DENMARK ESRTA TRATANDO ON GLOBAL WARMING, BUT ALMOST HOBODY DOES ANYTHING FOR THAT FORESTS CONTINUE TO DISAPPEAR AND NOT THE PEASANTS CONTINUE SETTING FIRE TO THE FOREST, ONE OF THE CAUSES OF GLOBAL WARMING, THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES MOVING UP IN SMALL TEUNS IS NOT CONTROLLED BY ANY AUTHORITY AND IF NOT FOR THIS NONSENSE IS DYING LAND. WE SIMPHATHISE WHITH THE LIFE NOT DEATH top HAPPY DAY AMBUAE ARI 2 PARK ,RIBERALTA ON DECEMBER 16,2009 IS A HAPPY DAY FOR THE FOREST BECAUSE THE FIRST ANIMALS TO ARRIVE AMBUAE ARI 2 PARK, RIBERALTA TWO MONKEYS AND 9 TURTLES THE AMAZON HAS HOPEIN US top HELP PARK AMBUAEARI 2 RIBERALTA HELP PARK AMBUAEARI 2, HELP AMAZONIA BOLIVIANA top HAPPY CHRISTMAS HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY CHRISTMAS JUAN CARLOS ANTEZANA P PRESIDENT OF COMUNIDAD INTI WARA YASSI top Sponsor a Monkey this Christmas Trying to find the Perfect present this Christmas? Why not sponsor one of our lovely Monkeys? top Asamblea Voluntarios Machía Hoy 21 de noviembre, se realizo una Asamblea de voluntarios con el Presidente Juan Carlos Antezana Pérez, se dieron informes de los voluntarios del estado de los animales, todos estaban muy bien, y Juan Carlos informo sobre los otros parques, que son el Ambue Ari 1 en Guarayos, el Ambue Ari 2 en Riberalta, Titikaka Copacabana. top AMBUE ARI PARKS PRTESIDENTS THAKS 1 AND 2 JUAN CARLOS ANTEZANA PEREZ, PRESIDENT OF COMUNIDAD INTI WARA YASSI THANKS ALL THE VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR LOVE AND WORK TO ANIMALS AND TREES IN AMBUE ARI PARKS FROM GUARAYOS AND RIBERALTA, AND TO THE SUPER HEROES DAVIS AND TREVIS. GOD BLESS YOU ALL top Agradecimiento a Esperanza Fernandez Esperanza ha sido la palabra de su nombre, en emprendimientos como el Machía y el Ambue Ari, la esperanza de la Amazonia que es lo último que hay que salvar. La conexión con Jean Goodall. También seriamos injustos si no recordamos a los que hicierón posible, la construcción de la Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi, que sin ningún interés han puesto su grano de arena, así como ahora lo pone Espernaza. Queremos mencionar a Beatriz Quevedo quien subio junto a Juan Carlos Antezana Pérez a una zona marginada llamada 21 de Diciembre, donde no había agua y para ir al baño había que caminar como 500 metros y hacer las necesidades en pleno frío o viento y nevada, en esta zona nacio la Comunidad con el nombre de Inti Wara, viviendo con los niños de la zona: soñando y teniendo la Esperanza de hacer algo por la humanidad. Sandra también ayudo y se fue cuando se caso, con ella en el camino al Choro le aumentamos la palabra Yassi a nuestra querida Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi junto a Jaimito Ramos y los demas niños y niñas. Juan Carlos Antezana Pérez Presidente
top Jungle Barbie gets the chop! The gorgeous Robert/ Roberto/ Jungle Barbie is getting the chop (his beautiful long golden locks that is) to raise some cash for the construction needed in Jacj Cuisi! Over £2,600 has already been raised, click here for more info. top JACJ CUISI; ÎT^S PRESIDENT THANKS YOU ALL JUAN CARLOS ANTEZANA P.,PRESIDENT OF COMUNIDAD INTI WARA YASSI, THANKS EVERYONE THAT MADE COME TRUE JACJ CUISI PARK. top Jane Goodall's Visit
Inti Wara Yassi was incredibly fortunate last week to have a visit from UN Messenger of Peace Jane Goodall. She was visiting Bolivia as part of a South American tour, where she was giving talks to many different groups of people about her work to help prevent the destruction of our planet. A few years ago, she had named the head of the Inti Wara Yassi animal sanctuaries - Juan Carlos Antezana, pictured above with Jane - as one of her "Heroes of the Planet" in an Animal Planet documentary, but this was the first time she had the chance to meet him in person.
Jane with Nena at Parque Machia Her visit coincided with that of a group of children from a local orphanage. The combination of protecting animals and working with disadvantaged children was something which fitted in perfectly with her Roots and Shoots educational programme, which she is planning on launching in Bolivia. We were all honored to meet her as she is a truly inspirational woman. top Thank you A huge thank you to everyone who has donated to the Jacj Cuisi urgent appeal, I am delighted to announce that not only have we reached the funds needed to secure the land but you have surpassed it. top Park destruction continues in midst of false promises
Yesterday was another sad say for Parque Machia and for conservation in Bolivia. Last week the Bolivian Environment Agency (DGB) made an agreement with the local mayor's office in Villa Tunari, that no more work would be done on the road until a new home was made for the animals in its path. Well yesterday (18th September), the destruction of the park continued in spite of this agreement. Trees fell onto monkey runners in the mirador section of the park, even a volunteer was nearly crushed by a falling tree. We ask that this blatant disregard for the environment AND their own laws be denounced through any means possible, contact your local paper, your national TV station, anyone which could help to cease this carnage. top THE FUTURE OF PARQUE MACHIA AT RISK!!
In early August 2008, we received a visit from public works technicians from the Mayors office in Villa Tunari, with the view to inspecting Parque Machia as a route for a new planned road. Following the visit, we requested further information from the Mayors office about the planned project. Following this request, the 19th of August, we receive an official notification from the Mayor’s office – CITE H.A.M V.T Nº 884-08 – inviting us to a meeting to discuss this project. This meeting was attended by only one of the public works technicians (none of the council officials), where a five minute talk informed us of the definitive decision to open a road through the Park. The main reasons given for the opening of the road were to give more access for the communities further into the forest, and to allow greater access for tourism in vehicles. To determine the opening of this road, many criteria were not considered, such as:
The areas which would be directly affected would be the following
This is why we have concluded that no consideration has been made for the wellbeing of the animals, not to mention the fact that Parque Machia is considered an area of National Heritage, meaning no damage to the biological, genetic and ecological diversity should be allowed. On the 20th August the same year, we received a communication from the Mayor’s office, we were instructed that the animals would need to be moved and accommodated elsewhere, to allow the start of construction. We were visited by members fo the council on the 27th August, consisting of the director of environment, director of tourism, two councillors, an architect, civil engineer and a representative of the company contracted to open the road, who informed us we had 5 days to move and re house the animals. An appeal was made to the local authorities and to the press, and the work was stopped. The Mayor stated to the press that the road would no longer be made. This turned out to be a lie, because this year the work began again to open the road. We appealed again to the environmental and local authorities to explain what this would mean. At this point the National Environment Agency (DGBAP) intervened, but even they did not have the power to stop this destruction. That said, the Mayor of Villa Tunari commited to provide new land for the expanson of the land – although this never took place. Even more shocking was, this year on the 18th August, the work began on opening the road, without any authorization from the authorities or any environmental impact study – a legal requirement. The animals are already being affected by this work. The noise from the tractors and chainsaws are making many of the primates and felines more aggresive, and many of the animals are being scared off, putting their lives in serious danger. WHEN THE LAST TREE IS CUT, WHEN THE LAST RIVER IS CONTAMINATED, WHEN THE LAST ANIMAL IS KILLED ONLY THEN WILL MAN REALISE THAT WE CANNOT SURVIVE WITH MONEY ALONE....!!! top $2,100 raised for Jacj Cuisi Fantastic news - $2,100 has been donated to the Jacj Cuisi Urgent Appeal since it began, from $5 to $500 everyone has been digging deep into their pockets for this fantastic appeal - Thank you to everyone who has donated and to all of Inti Wara Yassi's supporters. Road being built through Parque Machia
Donations have been coming in from all over the world, which shows how many people have been touched by the plight of Inti Wara Yassi and the devastating effect the road is having on Parque Machia. Join the Facebook group now and make a difference. We still need your help to raise the $10,000 to buy the land at Jacj Cuisi outright and secure Inti Wara Yassi's future. Please donate now. top Follow Inti Wara Yassi on Twitter For the latest news follow us on Twitter top The Jacuizzi Donators Group Inti Wara Yassi is in the process of purchasing 300 hectares (that's 560 football pitches!) of rainforest to be conserved as part of a new park called Jacj Cüisi which means 'Promised Lands'. The new park will be used to relocate some of our existing animals and accommodate the increasing numbers of animals that arrive at CIWY. A group of past volunteers have just started a facebook site to raise money for the remainder of funds for jacj cuisi...unfortunately people are calling it jacuzzi as that is what it kind of sounds like... Join the Jacuzzi Donators Group! The cost of the park is $20'000 US dollars. Inti Wara Yassi managed to find $10'000 USD and has put down a deposit for the land. BUT we still need $10'000 to pay the final balance by the deadline in October 2009! If we don't find the money the dreams and hopes for the new park will be lost.
top Bolivian circus ban The first ban on all animals in the circus anywhere in the world has resulted in a large increase in the number of animals arriving at the parks. Read more. top Parque Jacj Cuisi Land has been secured and construction work has started at our newest park, Jacj Cuisi. How to volunteer there will be published soon. top 2009 Calendars! There are still some 2009 calendars left. More details available by clicking here. 6 January 2009 top ADA e Inti Wara Yassi se unen para defender a los animales del maltrato
La Asociación de Defensa de los Animales (ADA) y los voluntarios de ecologistas Intiwara Yasi, pese a que en el pasado expresaron sus diferencias metodológicas, se unieron para enfrentar el maltrato y tráfico de los animales a través de la Asociación Animalista Boliviana que conformarán varias instituciones. Primera acción
Una de las primeras acciones de la Asociación Animalista Boliviana será hacer cumplir las ordenanzas municipales y la aprobación de una ley contra el tráfico de animales.
[Articulo de opinion.com] top House has been bought! Monday 10th March 2008 We're delighted to say that the house (which was campaigned for back in last September) has finally been bought and contracts have exchanged hands. After a long and drawn out process, where negotiations seemed to be never ending, both buyers and sellers came to an agreement, and CIWY's place in Villa Tunari is so much more secure than it has ever been. The ownership of the building which houses the cafe, clinic and vet's accommodation, plus the Casa de Voluntarios, plus land behind where the quarantine areas are, allows the park to make the improvements they have been wanting to for many years but haven't been able to as the buildings weren't theirs. The food preparation area will move to the casa, as will a more organised administration area, both of which were essential improvements to be able to gain the "official eco-park" status from the Bolivian government. Once again, THANK YOU to everyone who has helped! top Un mensaje por parte de Juan Carlos Antezana, Fundador de Inti Wara Yassi
Queridas voluntarias y queridos voluntarios:
Para mi es una alegría tenerlos dentro de los parques trabajando sin
descanso para apoyar a nuestros hermanos los pumas, los jaguares, los monos, los
loros, las boas, las aves.
Dios los bendiga, porque ustedes son los Inti Wara Yassis, mujeres y
hombres de verdad que han logrado,nuestro respeto, porque no estan trabajando
para ustedes sino para la Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi que es la familia de niños,
personas y animales que defendemos toda una vida, con muchos sacrificios hemos
llegado a tener los parques pára los animales y darles una oportunidad a ustedes
de servir.
Mil felicidades por el 2008 y los éxitos mas grandes.
Que se escuche bien fuerte digan la palabra Inti, digan la palabra Wara;
digan la palabra Yassi, por todo el mundo.
top A message from Juan Carlos Antezana, Founder of Inti Wara Yassi
Dear volunteers!
For me it is a great joy to have you working here at the Inti Wara Yassi
refuges. Working non-stop to help our brothers and sisters, the pumas, jaguars,
monkeys, birds and snakes! God bless you, you are the 'Inti Wara Yassis', you
are the people who have gained our highest respect because you are working not
for yourself, but for a whole community of people here in Bolivia, our family
of children, people, animals that all wish to defend life. Although this takes a
lot of sacrifice we have managed together to set up these two refuges to give
the animals a second chance and to give you the opportunity of helping out.
I wish you all the best for 2008! That it may be a year full of success
stories.
Say it aloud to the world: say the word Inti, the word Wara, the word
Yassi!
top Urgent Appeal Update Very happy to let you know that we've raised and sent $34,000 / £17,000 to Bolivia ! ! ! ! ! This should cover the asking price and the legal fees.... The response was absolutely incredible - everyone around the world chipped in and I was getting 3 or 4 big donations every day on PayPal alone - I've no idea what the bank account looked like except that WE'VE MADE IT ! ! ! And that the response of everyone around the world is absolutely incredible - I've never known a fundraising drive like it ! I first posted this to the website only 2.5 weeks ago.....(although it was on facebook etc before this). Obviously we've still got to go through all the legal processes and we can't completely relax until everything's signed, but even though there's still this uncertainty we thought it best to let everyone know how amazing everyone's been. A special mention must be made of the Gibson family and Castle Precision Engineering, who donated an unbelievable $20,000 / £10,000. All the very best to everyone - * * * * you're amazing ! ! ! ! ! ! ! * * * * Chris top Urgent Appeal! consisting of 'the casa' in which many of the Bolivian workers live alongside some temporary volunteers, the volunteer cafe, the veterinary clinic, the monkey quarantine and the small animals area are no longer to be rented to them. The woman who owns the buildings and land now wants to sell it and has given them 2 weeks to find US$30,000 to buy it, or she will sell it to her son who is likely it seems to turn the area into a restaurant. I cannot stress enough how vital this area is to the park and how devastating it would be to loose it, so please if you can spare even a tiny donation, click here to visit the donate page. top US Visa Change From 1 Dec you will need a visa to enter Bolivia: This Warden Message is being issued to notify American citizens traveling to and residing in Bolivia of the new visa requirement for American citizens entering Bolivia as tourists. The Bolivian government announced earlier this month that effective December 1, 2007, U.S. citizens seeking to enter Bolivia as tourists must first obtain an entry visa from a Bolivian diplomatic post nearest their place of residence by submitting an application, and presenting documentation that includes proof of economic solvency, itinerary and lodging, a police record , and yellow fever vaccination. The U.S. Embassy in La Paz, Bolivia has requested clarification regarding this policy and we are awaiting further information from Bolivian officials. Please continue to direct specific inquiries to the Bolivian Embassy in Washington or your nearest Bolivian Consulate (see here for contact information). If you are in Bolivia, please contact Bolivian Immigration Services at 211-0960. An unofficial translation of the Bolivian government decree can be found on the U.S. Embassy website here. top Flyer for prospective volunteers created Click here to download a leaflet inviting people to come and volunteer, with all the basic details, 4 to an A4 sheet. Print a few out and spread the word if you expect to be passing a sympathetic vets, zoo, cafe, ethical shop, charity, charity shop, community centre, travel agents, library, travel shop, book shop, festival, ethical exhibition, farmers' market, college, university......... Everyone should have the CIWY-experience!! Also, people that plan for it before they leave are likely to stay longer - which is what both refuges are always desperate for in order to develop...
top Message from Nena - news about Sama We are very happy because for long time we had a dream about giving Sama a better life and I want to tell you that thanks to God this dream has come true. Thanks to a person who felt in her heart the need to give a big donation to buy the construction materials, this person is Vanesa, whom we'd like to thank from our heart and we wish God will bless her through her life. We would also like to thank Quest Overseas and specially Tim's group because it was them who did the toughest work carrying the stones and all the materials. Thanks to all the volunteers in Ambue Ari who help with this work next to Quest people. We also did a party in Ambue to collect some money to buy the cement. Before we had built a cage for Sama and then a small enclosed space with the money we had from the donations for him. Now he can enjoy a space that is wider, bigger, prettier and full of trees . While we were building he was very relaxed because he knew this was for his own benefit. Thanks, thanks to everyone who helped to make this dream come true and also thanks to those who constantly express their concerns........ Now we have new projects to continue improving the life conditions of our brothers/friends, All of you receive a big hug with lots of love from the Bolivian family Juan Carlos, Nena and all the volunteers, top Mensaje de Nena - noticias de Sama Estamos muy felices porque desde hace mucho tiempo teniamos un sueño de dar una mejor vida a Sama quiero contarles que gracias a Dios esto se hizo realidad, gracias a una persona que sintio en su corazón dar una buena donacion para comprar toda la malla y los tubos que fue mucho ,ella es Vanesa a quien agradecemos de corazon y le deseamos que Dios Bendiga siempre su vida, tambien quiero agradecer al Grupo de Quest Overseas del grupo de Tim que fueron ellos los que hicieron el trabajo duro cargar piedras los materiales y todo y gracias a los Voluntarios del Ambue Ari que ayudaron mucho con el trabajo junto a Quest fue muy dificil tambien hicimos una fiesta en Ambue para ayudar con los gastos de cemento , antes se habia hecho la jaula de Sama y despues un pequeño encloser con una donacion que tenia para él, y ahora el puede disfrutar de un espacio amplio grande y lindo lleno de árboles . Mientras construiamos el estaba muy tranquilo porque sabia que era para mejorar su vida Graciasss Graciassssss a todos los que hicieron realidad este sueño y tambien gracias a todos los que continuamente expresaban su preocupacion..... Ahora tenemos nuevos proyectos para seguir en favor de mejorar las condiciones de vida de nuestros hermanos, A todos ustedes un fuerte abrazo con mucho amor de su familia Boliviana Juan Carlos , Nena y todo el equipo de voluntarios top La Cruzada Ecologica Latinoamericana La Cruzada Ecologica Latinoamericana Salio 5 De Julio En Dos Bloques. El Bloque Oriente que partio de Cobija y el Bloque Occidente que partio de Los Yungas de La Paz, Jóvenes integrados en La Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi llegaran en una semana a Sucre para exigir a la ASAMBLEA CONSTITUYENTE LEYES QUE PROTEJAN EL BOSQUE, LOS PARQUES, EL AIRE, EL AGUA, LA TIERRA Y EL MEDIO AMBIENTE EN GENERAL.. top The Latin American Ecological Crusade The crusaders, children of Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi, left from Cobija and Los Yungas and will arrive after a week in Sucre to demand that the Constitutional Assembly protects the forests, parks, air, water, land and environment in general. top Thank you to Karen de la Carriere! All the members of CIWY, furry and otherwise, say a huge Muchas Gracias to Karen for her amazing support, providing much needed funding, clinical supplies and equipment that will really improve the lives of the animals. top Mensaje de Juan Carlos La Comunidad desde este 22 de abril se pone en campaña intensa usando todos los medios para que la población boliviana y del mundo sepa: lo que estan haciendo al destrozar los bosques y calentar la tierra al incendiarlos. El humo que provocan y toda la gran contaminación industrial nos esta llevando a la muerte. VIVA LA VIDA; NO A LA MUERTE top CIWY features in a new book! Robin Malinosky-Rummell's book "Bring Your Own Children: South America! A Family Sabbatical Handbook" describes a year travelling through South America, much from the perspective of their then 7-year-old son. It features a lengthy description of their time at Inti Wara Yassi. If you mention CIWY when ordering, a donation is made to us. More info here. Order at www.rumskytravelworks.com. top Rescatamos el Oso!  Ha vivido por 5 meses en esa jaula y ahora vive con una semilibertad en el Parque Machía. El Oso estaba en una comunidad llamada Licoma en esa jaula y lo iban a vender, en ese momento nosostros logramos decomisar al Oso junto a la policía. Luego lo trasladanmos al Parque Machía. top 2007 mensaje de Juan Carlos Mil felicidades de parte de los monos, loros, pumas, jaguares, víboras de los parques de la Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi, así mismo de los niños y nosotros los voluntarios. Que este año estemos mas juntos pese a la distancia geográfica, los idiomas porque nuestro corazón es de Inti Wara Yassi. Y gritemos al nuevo año la palabra INTI, LA PALABRA WARA, LA PALABRA YASSI para que los escuchemos aquí y ustedes nos escuchen allí. top 2007 Calendars Available top Hombre enjaulado en defensa de los animales  Ante la mirada sorprendida de los transeúntes que pasaban por la Plaza de los Héroes de la principal ciudad de Bolivia La Paz, ayer a horas 10:00 a.m. Juan Carlos Antezana Pérez se enjaulaba en una jaula de 0.60cm x 0.60cm, exigiendo que el Parlamento Nacional haga un juicio de responsabilidades a las autoridades que no cumplieron con la ley y no hicieron cumplir esta en los gobiernos anteriores, sirviendo como escarmiento a los cómplices y una voz de alerta para el actual gobierno.Mas... top Jane Goodall Chooses Juan Carlos Antezana As One Of Her Heroes  Catch the Jane Goodall's Heroes special on Animal Planet - let Jane Goodall introduce you to five extraordinary people who are an inspiration in making the world a better place for animals. Jane will share the personal stories of five of her heroes, including the story of Juan Carlos Antezana as he connects the children of Bolivia with endangered wildlife through his amazing sanctuary. Jane Goodall is internationally acclaimed for making the world a better place for animals, and it is great to see Juan Carlos and the community getting some recognition for their selfless dedication to this cause. Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi was also awarded $5000 for this by Animal Planet, which Jane Goodall doubled with her own donation of $5000. Needless to say this means so much to everyone in the community, and makes such a difference to the lives of our many guests. Photo source: DCI top Thank you to Liz, Esperanza and the UK team top Ecological Prisoners top E-MAIL: ciwy99@yahoo.com telf : 00591-44136572 
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