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goals the MATSES Adopt an Indigenous School Program include:
1) Distributing school supplies for individual students and teachers, including
materials for the classroom, and books for the library in all seventeen
communities of the Matses Communal Indigenous Reserve.
2) Sponsoring teacher workshops in community schools on strategies to improve
bilingual reading and writing skills of indigenous students.
3) Producing a teacher's guide of activities for environmental education
instruction in Matsés schools.
Adopt an indigenous school! Support the Movement
in the Amazon for Tribal Subsistence and Economic
Sustainability (MATSES) Adopt an Indigenous School Program by sending
your donation in US dollars to the MATSES bank account using the following
information:
Bank: Banco de Credito, Peru
Bank Address: Jr. Lampa 499,
Lima 01, Peru; Telephone: (+51) 1 425-5600
SWIFT Code: BCPLPEPL
Account Name:
Movimiento Amazónico para Tribus Subsistentes y
Economías Sostenibles, M.A.T.S.E.S.
Account Number:
390-1593393-1-80 (Currency in US Dollars)
Account Holder: Daniel Manquid
Jimenez Huanan
If you wish, you can sponsor a
school or a child. A donation of $250 or more will help provide school
supplies for an entire school. Donations of $25 will purchase school
supplies for one child. Education is free for Matsés children, but
students need to purchase their own notebooks, pens, pencils and rulers. Buying
school supplies represents a severe financial burden for most Matsés as the
majority of Matsés families have no source of income.
Please note that 100% of your donation will go the
school or child with none of the donation being used for administration or
overhead.
With any donation of $25 or
more, you will receive a free gift consisting of a copy of the book written by the president of
MATSES, Daniel Manquid Jimenez which is titled,
The Traditional Life of the Matsés.
This book is illustrated with over 100 photographs and illustrates both the
material culture and way of life of the Matsés tribe from the Yavari River Valley of Peru
and Brazil. This work is written in three languages (English, Spanish and
Matsés) and can be readily appreciated by both nonprofessionals and scientists
alike. With your donation of $25 or more, contributors will be able to download an electronic version of this book
for free.
For further information on how one can support the Adopt an Indigenous School
Program or to find out how your school can become a "sister school," please contact:
MATSES
Iquitos, Peru
Phone: (+
51) 1 9660-7445
E-mail :
info@matses.org
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