visit women- managed nursery in Shintuya

In Shintuya community we met with the first group of women reforesters. Last year they contacted DRIS to ask to participate in restaureca. They planted copal y aguano in 2ha. They applied and won a small project so they won some tools etc.

Carbon and oxygen. Without trees there is no oxygen. We wanted to do our part and . We are 15 women. We reforested 2 ha of copal and aguano. This was the first time that we did this work. Now we want to ask some help for maintenance so the trees gro until a certain height

We plant trees for the future, because if we don't, our children will not have trees. We see a lot of pollution in the air, and in the cities. We w

We chose tornillo because we can find the seeds

The men don' t want to work with women, they are very sexist. We buy food for our children with the income. Our husbands take their propina (tip, income) and they go drink

We are thinking to include more women or to include more activities and especially more women. To make chifles (banana chips)

The agricultural fields are familiar. Sometimes they organise in order to help with the chacras (fields)

Possible fruit trees to use in reforestation:
- Maní del arbol, se puede usar?
- Marañon
- Reforestación de kastaña

At the end of the meeting, we received some handmade jewelry and we ventured outside in the rain to visit their nurseryRead more