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Why
be a Project Amazonas Sponsor?
You
can conserve the Amazon rainforest, its animals, plants, and
people, by helping us work with local communities to promote
sustainable use of the rainforest, and by helping us expand
our biological field stations and forest reserves.
You can support research, and provide scholarships for Peruvian,
American, and other students. Support of student research
makes a real impact for years to come.
You can provide vital resources
to Amazon schools and health clinics. Today's children will
decide the future of the Amazon, and it is important that
they have the education, health, and the opportunities to
make wise decisions.
You can support medical service expeditions to remote areas,
as well as provide materials and funding to equip Amazon hospitals
and clinics with the medicines and supplies that they desperately
need. In today's globally-connected world, disease knows no
borders - support of medical programs in the Amazon may help
to protect your own health in a very direct way!
We
have minimal overhead (and we're proud of it!), so 85%+ of
your contribution directly supports the program or project
you want to support! This is far more efficient than most
organizations.
Receive significant tax benefits! We are an IRS-registered
501(3)c not-for-profit organization. Corporations and individuals
are entitled to claim their contributions as a charitable
donation for US tax purposes.
Sponsored
Programs
- May-June 2004: Our second annual
Amazon Scholarship Program for Florida and Peruvian students!
(Visit the Scholarship pages). We are looking for more sponsors
to complete funding for a full group of students this year!
- Feb
2004: Medical Service Expedition
to the Apayacu, Orosa, Arambassa and Ampiyacu Rivers. A
joint effort of the University of Mississippi Medical School,
Project Amazonas, and Margarita Tours. (Visit the Medical
Programs page for more!).
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Sept 2003: Tropical Fish Research
project with Shedd Aquarium (Chicago) - an ongoing research
program looking at the impacts of tropical fish collecting
for the aquarium trade.
- July-Sept
2003: Peruvian University
Student Scholarships - Funding provided for 3 students from
the National University of the Peruvian Amazon (UNAP) to
conduct thesis research at Project Amazonas field sites
(see Research for more info).
- June-July
2003: School Supplies and
a student letter exchange with schools on the Orosa and
Apayacu Rivers.
- June-July
2003: Free Dental Attention
by dental volunteers at communities on the Orosa and Apayacu
rivers.
- May
2003: 2003 Amazon Scholarship
Program - Our first year of this exciting scholarship
benefited
10 Florida and 7 Peruvian students in a cultural exchange
and Amazon awareness expedition to the Amazon which was
generously sponsored by Blickkontakt. (Visit the Scholarship
pages for info and more about the 2003 program!).
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Current
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