Sustainable development in the Amazon Rain Forest
Amazon Green Hope
Cleanup initiative
Our sponsor Transporte Fluvial JV E.I.R.L. with the help of one of our clients took out 200 KG of plastic waste from the Amazon river. Iquitos is a city of 600.000 inhabitants. It produces 30 tonnes of plastic waste per day. Several tonnes of this waste are thrown into the river every day. As a society we need a structural solution to this problem. Come to help us for a more sustainable solution.
About Amazon Green Hope
Vision
To develop a sustainable economy in Peru through green energy, improving public health, education and reducing poverty.
Mission
Developing sutainable projects that help Peru grow economically, socially, environmentally and culturally. We want to develop a sustainable economy where everyone gets an equal opportunity to become who they want to be.
Our Logo
Our logo is inspired by the Victoria Amazonica, a plant unique to the Amazon River. The leaf symbolizes protection, one leaf of the Victoria Amazonica offers protection for up to one thousand different species of plants and animals. The Flower symbolizes hope for a better tomorrow for all the inhabitants of the Amazon rain forest, humans and animals alike.
Our Projects
Currently Peru has a vast untapped resource that could be used to create green energy. This resource is called organic waste. Currently most organic waste is dumped, in the case of Loreto into the Amazon rainforest. This is both a terrible contamination of the environment and a lost opportunity for green energy.
Due to unawareness of the damage the HPV virus causes Uterine cancer is a huge problem in Iquitos. We are supporting a project that raises awareness of HPV and offers testing and treatment to women.
Local Economic Development
Loreto is the most underdeveloped region in Peru. Investing in green energy solutions will create local economic activity. Improving both the climate and local living standards.
Meet the Board
Carmen nuñez Rengifo
Program Director, New England Climate Center
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Pilar Vergara Peña
Director, California Environmental Justice Organization
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Carmen nuñez Rengifo
President of the Association
Carmen Nunez. A obstetrician that is active in politics. She is our main spokeperson towards the local politics. She has a very wide network on the local level, the Regional level and the national level.
Our director has organized various social projects in the past. She did a sustainable development project in Celendin. The goal was to clean up the city and use the organic waste as a renewable resource. For this she needed to educate the local populace on the importance of waste separation and recycling. The organic waste is composted and sold creating a sustainable project.Today Celendin is still one of the cleanest cities in Peru and the local government has won many prizes.
She also did a project to raise awareness on uterine cancer. She educated the population on the importance of regular testing. She then proceeded to organize a mobile testing facility that to this day continues in operation. The part of Peru where this project is active has markably lower uterine cancer incidence than the rest of Peru.
Pilar Vergara Peña
Treasurer of the Association
Pilar Vergara She has a masters degree in project management from the university of Barcelona. She has a vast experience in the financial control of non profit projects and knows the world of NGO’s inside and out.
She has worked at both NIMD and Cordaid. Two prominent NGO’s operating from the Hague in the Netherlands. As financial manager for Latin America she oversaw the finances of many project. She had a role in training local staff in controlling their own project and had to make sure all were conform the high standards that the European Union puts on these projects.
Meet the Board
Carmen nuñez Rengifo
Program Director, New England Climate Center
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Pilar Vergara Peña
Director, California Environmental Justice Organization
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Koen van Dijk
Secretary of the Association
Koen van Dijk. An engineer that studied in Holland at the Technical University of Delft. He is responsible for the communication with our technological partners and our sponsors.
As a member of the Delft youth council he was involved into improving political engagement among young people and help the local politics in giving insight into the wants and needs of their young constituents.
As a consultant he has worked for many reputable clients like the Technical University of Delft and Stedin, a Dutch electricity net operator. He has assisted them in improving their digital information systems.
Maria Peña Vela
Head of the board of supervisors
Maria Peña Vela is a graduated expert in accounting that has decades of experience in sustainable forest management and agriculture. Her farm provides high quality food sources for the city like grass fed beef and organically grown paiche, a local fish species.
As head of the board of supervisors it will be her responsibility to make sure that the actions undertaken by the NGO are done conform the statutes of the NGO and also comply with local law and regulations.
Constitution
Our board is signing the formation papers of Amazon Green Hope
“Deciding to Act May Take a While; Much Longer Than the Action Itself.”
― Danielle Wengraf