Sponsor an Iracambi Program
Be part of our success
Join our elite group of sponsors, who are helping Iracambi to have a significant impact in saving forests and changing lives. Iracambi provides technical input and support to local, county and state sustainable development planning and policy making, and every day we receive requests for more assistance. We conduct vital research in ecosystems, sustainable livelihood options and natural resource management on an ongoing basis. We also enhance and protect forest fragments through linking them with forest corridors which help the forest to regenerate and provide much needed safe havens for wildlife. We have a large and ambitious mandate, and your sponsorship can ensure our continued growth and success.
Currently we are seeking program sponsorship for:
We also have a number of smaller projects that need your support. Contact us for more information.Changing lives - with your help
Iracambi continues to have a lasting impact on hundreds of people:
- schoolkids who plant trees, walk our informative forest trails and learn about our natural resources;
- local farmers who discover more sustainable ways of farming and see yields and incomes increase;
- international volunteers, researchers and visitors who discover the beauty of the Atlantic Forest, learn new skills, make lifelong friends and help deliver Iracambi programs and projects;
- local and state policy makers who consult the Iracambi GIS database and draw on our international experience;
- local communities who discover that together they can work to change their own lives, and create a more sustainable future.
We need your help to continue our work in developing sustainable communities. Why not come visit, and help change lives - starting with yours!
Sponsor our GIS program
And create a tool that changes lives
Since its early moments when Iracambi maps were made by hand, through its evolution into the only community GIS in the region, the program has been run and managed entirely by our wonderful corps of volunteers, students, and professionals, with the backing of the Iracambi GIS committee. Our dream now is to finish putting it on line so that the people of the Serra do Brigadeiro can learn how to use it, add to it, and get to the point where they can't imagine living without it! To get there we need two things: money and a motorbike. Money for a community coordinator to manage the GIS, input the data, and most importantly show people how to use it. Money to train the coordinator, help pay our internet bill ($500 a month) maintain and upgrade the GIS computer, put on community workshops to publicize this amazing opportunity, and last but not least, to buy a motorbike! The GIS project has no dedicated transport at present, and GIS coordinators and volunteers hitch rides on passing cars (there aren't many of them in the rainforest) motorbikes and horses. They also do a lot of walking. It keeps them fit, but we can' help thinking it woud be more efficient if they had a reliable form of transport. Can you help? Please hit our donate button!
