After a splendid breakfast, we visited San Francisco community. In this place we had a blast watching and experiencing firsthand how people live nowadays in the Amazon. Our visitors were marveled to see how little things in life that we take from granted can mean so much for other people in a different environment. The highlight of this cultural visit was that the town was the celebrating of Teachers’ Day. The local kindergarten, elementary and secondary high school prepared a very entertaining ceremony. We were so lucky to be able to visit this community in such special day! In fact, we had a once in lifetime experience.
We had a brief but emotive encounter with a welcoming committee formed by Minga Peru. The latter is a non-profit organization, founded in 1998, that has as a mission the promotion of social justice and human dignity for women and families in the remote rural areas of the Peruvian Amazon. They have been developing various projects in the area. Training technically women and community members in agroforestry, crop cultivation and the construction and management of fish ponds has proofed to be invaluable to increase the economical sustainability of many people.
In the early afternoon before disembarking in direction to our next visitors’ site, Clavero Lake. We started the afternoon’s activities by swimming in this remote lake. We came back just on time to go on a skiff ride or kayaking around the lake.
