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At Paso Pacifico, we’ve always been committed to education. Teaching about the environment from a young age is the best way to ensure that children grow up to value their natural resources and promote conservation.
Since 2007, Paso Pacifico’s environmental education teacher, Julie Martinez, has been traveling around the Paso del Istmo, taking hands-on environmental curriculum to schools.
Last month, Julie took a group of schoolchildren from Sapoa (a small town on the shores of Lake Nicaragua), on our first ever Biodiversity Field Trip.
At the Museum of Tropical Dry Ecology in Diriamba, Julie and the kids learned about the regional climate, and about the ecology of dry forests, lakes, and volcano chains.
In Masaya National Park, they visited the volcano, and learned about its forests and birds, as well as endangered species who inhabit the area.
For many of these children, this was the first time they’d ever left their communities. We hope to give many more kids the opportunity to travel and get a better understanding of Nicaragua’s forests and wildlife.
If you are interested in helping Nicaraguan schoolchildren explore the direct and indirect benefits of healthy ecosystems, we invite you to donate to our environmental education programs today.
Your donation will help us teach children to respect wildlife and cultivate a culture of conservation.