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ERI Helps Conduct Mobile Trainings for Remote Amazon Communities |
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Thursday, 11 September 2008 |
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Last month ERI teamed up with our partners
on the ground to conduct a series of mobile trainings on human rights and
property laws, grassroots organizing, and media strategies for remote
communities in the Peruvian Amazon. These traditional communities are
constantly battling human rights and environmental abuses at the hands of Peruvian
and multinational corporations seeking business opportunities in the
resource-rich Amazon.
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| Two and three-day workshops were
conducted in three communities in northeastern Peru. In each location staff from EarthRights International, Racimos, FECONACO, Shinai, and Amazon Watch instructed local leaders through group lectures/discussions, mock campaign scenarios and demonstrations. |
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student watches a demonstration |
elders looking on during land-titling session |
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The team of trainers also captured the scenery and everyday life in the Amazon.
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