Photos: Annemarie Fankhauser, AMALAKA
Last year we sent 6 binoculars and 2 spotting scopes with tripod on their journey towards Cauca in western Colombia, where the AMALAKA Foundation has been running an agricultural school and looking after a private nature reserve for more than 30 years. AMALAKA is a Swiss-Colombian endeavor in one of the most naturally and culturally rich regions in the country, which unfortunately is badly affected by social and political conflicts. At the school and in the nature reserve, local children and adults can learn about traditional, alternative biological and sustainable methods of agricultural production and get in touch with their natural environment.
In recent years, AMALAKA has developed various activities to protect, document and educate about the local bird fauna. The donation by Binoculars4charity enables bird counts, supports the creation of a local group of birdwatchers of various ages, and is used in festivals that increase the community’s awareness and love for nature and the more than 130 bird species that have so far been registered in the reserve.
AMALAKA and Binoculars4charity are very grateful to all generous donors of the optical devices. You can find a donation report (in spanish) here as PDF. Further information about AMALAKA is available on their website www.amalaka.org as well as on the foundation’s Instagram profile and Facebook page.