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La Escuela del Agua

La Escuela del Agua (Bolivia)

​A Heritage Seed Stewardship ​Project
Conservation of Local Seeds, Culture, and Spirituality in Cochabamba
Conservación de semillas, cultura y espiritualidad locales en Cochabamba

​Supporting ​children and their teachers
in 10 elementary schools in the indigenous community
of Cliza, Cochabamba, Bolivia, to incorporate into ​the learning curriculum, the practice and ideals of local seeds, and traditional culture and spirituality that underlies 
​traditional food and farming.
​
​Apoyando a los niños y sus maestros en 10 escuelas primarias en la comunidad indígena de Cliza, Cochabamba, Bolivia, para incorporar en el plan de estudios de aprendizaje, la práctica y los ideales de las semillas locales, ​la cultura tradicional y la espiritualidad que subyace a la alimentación y la agricultura tradicionales.
Project Coordinators:

Emigdio Ballon, Project Manager (US)
Oscar Olivera, Project Coordinator (Bolivia)
Jennifer Nevarez, Director of the Community Learning Network​​
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This pilot project is intended to become ​a model for other community school systems  by which teachers and students
will create school gardens and a local seed bank to process and store traditional seeds and create events for seed exchange ​and community education. The youth and their parents, will benefit from a range of opportunities for hands-on, community-driven learning and intergenerational engagement including workshops and a community symposium, ​in addition to reaping and sharing the harvests of the school gardens and the seed bank.
 Este proyecto piloto está destinado ​a convertirse en un modelo para otros sistemas escolares comunitarios. mediante el cual profesores y estudiantes crearán huertos escolares y un banco de semillas local para procesar y almacenar semillas tradicionales y crear eventos para el intercambio de semillas y la educación comunitaria. Los jóvenes y sus padres se beneficiarán de una variedad de oportunidades. para el aprendizaje práctico, impulsado por la comunidad y el compromiso intergeneracional incluyendo talleres y un simposio comunitario, Además de recoger y compartir las cosechas de los huertos escolares y del banco de semillas.
Anticipated Results - Resultados previstos :
1)  Learning gardens about heritage seeds and crops
are established in 10 community schools.

2)  A community seed bank to process
​and store heritage indigenous crop seeds
is built and functioning.

3)  The collection and exchange
of heritage crop seeds in the community
​has significantly increased.
​
4)Workshops and a community symposium offered to youth and adults have increased their knowledge about seeds and soil and their relationship to culture, tradition, and spirituality.​
​1) Se establecen huertos de aprendizaje sobre semillas y cultivos patrimoniales en 10 escuelas comunitarias.

2) Se construye y funciona un banco comunitario de semillas para procesar y almacenar semillas de cultivos indígenas heredados.

3) La recolección e intercambio de semillas de cultivos patrimoniales en la comunidad ha aumentado significativamente.
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4) Los talleres y un simposio comunitario que se ofrecieron a jóvenes y adultos han aumentado sus conocimientos sobre semillas y suelo y su relación con la cultura, la tradición y la espiritualidad.
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Sitios Comunitarios :
U.E. 21 de Septiembre 

U.E. Jesus de Terceros Siles

U.E. Dr. Octavio Campero

U.E. Luis Diez del Pozo

U.E. Demetrio Canelas

U.E. Nataniel Aguirre - Elidoro Villazon

U.E. Compañia de Jesus - Jesus

U.E. Arnold Schummer - Juan Lechin Oquendo
 
​U.E. Siglo XX - Gabriela Mistral

U.E. Vikinga Boliviana

Centro Infanil San Vicente de Paul

U.E. San Vicente de Paul
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Browse this Project StoryMap
​created by a student in Santa Fe using ArcGIS StoryMap and PhotoShop.

With Special Thanks to Program Supporters and Sponsors -
Con agradecimiento especial a los
patrocinadores y patrocinadores del programa:

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The Seeds, Soil and Culture Fund
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RSF Social Finance
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New Field Foundation
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With special thanks to CommUNITY Learning Network's
"Teaching and Learning with GIS" program
and 6th-grade student Giordana DiRuggiero
for data mapping the program
​using the ArcGIS platform,

​Con un agradecimiento especial al programa
"Enseñanza y aprendizaje con GIS" de CommUNITY Learning Network y a la estudiante de sexto grado Giordana DiRuggiero por el mapeo de datos del programa utilizando la plataforma ArcGIS,
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Community Learning Network
​
"building stronger communities through real-life learning"

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