Athens, Greece - 13 November 2009

Community projects in Guyana & Peru which were undertaken by ECOCLUB.com Members and funded by ECOCLUB.com have been successfully completed according to reports received from the organisers.

Jane Crouch, Responsible Travel Manager at Intrepid Travel (Australia) has successfully implemented the project entitled "Water Filters in Chichubamba Community - Peru" which involved the improvement of the health of the people of Chichubamba South by providing access to clean drinking water throught the provision of ceramic water filters and education in their use and maintenance. The detailed report including videos and photos appears at https://ecoclub.com/awards2009-c.html

Judy Karwacki, Principal of Small Planet Consulting (Canada) has also reported the completion of a wildlife monitoring project in the Yupukari community of Guyana, entitled 'From Wild to Web'. This project involved the enhancement of Ecotourism-linked wildlife monitoring activities by the village Wildlife Club by the purchase of a dedicated laptop and cameras, so that village youth can learn to digitally document field projects, make web pages, and upload them online. Please find the completion report and two interesting videos at https://ecoclub.com/awards2009-f.html

Due to current political events in Honduras, the third ECOCLUB.com funded project for 2009 which will create a tourism cooperative in the community of Buenos Aires (Honduras) has been delayed, however key steps have already taken place, and the organiser Manuel Apaza (ICADE, Honduras) is optimistic. (see latest progress report)

>> For more details about the ECOCLUB.com Annual Awards please see
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