Primary School Environmental Education

Summary

OACA has developed an environmental education resource kit for primary schoolchildren that includes a backpack, binoculars, book, teacher guide, games and puppets to be distributed to 100 schools.

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $500 was raised for this project.

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

In Lima and throughout Peru in general, there is very little environmental conscience. This project aims to obtain "seed money" to replicate a successful pilot Environmental Education Program, that introduces environmental issues in the primary school curricula. There are 3 levels of beneficiaries - Public schools: 12,000 children and 400 teachers. Private companies: Corporate social responsibility program benefiting public schools Private schools: "school to school solidarity program"

Activities

Produce 400 education kits; Train 400 teachers; Implement CSR workshop with 20 companies; Implement partnership scheme with 20 private schools

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $500

Funding Policy: partial

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $500 as of Jun 9, 2004.  The original project funding goal was $26,600.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

To contribute to the conservation and sustainable development of Lima through an environmental education program, implementing Corporate Social Responsibility initiative in 10 companies, and committing 12 private schools to a solidarity program

Project Message

Environmental education is the most sustainable instrument for achieving sustainability.
- Anna Zucchetti, Project Director

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Anna Zucchetti
Project Director
Miguel Aljovín 524, Surco
Lima, Lima 33
Peru
(051 1) 242-7241
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organization

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Grupo GEA
Miguel Aljovín 524, Surco
Lima, Lima 33
Peru
(051 1) 242-7241
http://www.grupogea.org.pe

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in PeruPeru and can also be found under EnvironmentEnvironment.

For more information about Peru, read the Human Development Report on Peru or the Wikipedia entry for Peru.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 14, 2003