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Secondary students of the Bilingual College (Kichwa) Manuel Seoane, shared two days of work with Senamhi specialists as part of their school research proposalSpecialists from the National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru, Senamhi, attached to the Ministry of Environment, had the opportunity to share and develop a technical accompaniment to students of the secondary level of the educational institution No. 005 Manuel Seoane, of the Kichwa Native Community of Copal Sacha of the district of San Jose de Sisa, province of El Dora and technology 2025.
In coordination with the Director of the College, the Teaching Flat and authorities of the Native Community of Copal Sacha. A multidisciplinary team of the Senamhi composed of specialists from the directions of Meteorology, Hydrology, Agrometeorology and the Zonal Directorate of San Martin, were able to interact with the students in the fourth and fifth of high school, who have proposed two works of school inquiry: the problem of deforestation and its impact on the forests, the cultivation of cocoa and the quality of the water in the creek of Chumbaki. And the elaboration of technological instruments (including meteorological sensors, atmospheric and instrumental hydrological) based on recycling materials and natural resources in the area.
As part of the technical accompaniment of SENAMHI, students were given a work notebook with simple explanations about time, weather and water and formats for the collection of information that supports the work hypotheses that have been raised by the students themselves, who recognize that every year the quality of the soil for their cocoa crops is affected, as well as the quantity and quality of water that runs in their gorge of water
It is important to note that according to the data provided by the authorities of the Copal Sacha community, they are guardians of approximately 5,000 hectares of Amazonian forests, in which, even, there are millenary trees, which they call giants and have the desire to invent to develop a digital map that reinforces their conservation actions.
It should be noted that the accompaniment of Senamhi to the students of Copal Sacha, responds to a sustained work that has been done since 2022 in the framework of the Enandes project, through which an action plan is developed with the indigenous peoples of San Martin, which has allowed to establish a work agend Kichwas peoples of El Dorado, Fekid, with whom Senamhi has established a solid cooperation relationship, through the development of field workshops, elaboration of informative materials based on their worldview and ancestral knowledge, and a knowledge of its reality through technical visits.
This important intervention developed by Senamhi will continue in the months of July, August and September, and it is planned to have the support of other public institutions such as the Peruvian Amazon Research Institute, IIAP, for the development of a reforestation campaign in the Copal Sacha area. The UGEL of El Dorado, in order to promote the importance of teaching meteorology in schools in the 24 native communities in the province. And with the National Council of Science and Technology, Concytec, with whom the officialization of the IEE Science Club of the IE Manuel Seoane and the Copal Sacha school stand is coordinated at the Eureka 2025 fair, which will take place in the city of Tarapoto, in November of this year.
Finally, it is vital to recognize the confidence, interest and determination of the Group of School School of Manuel Seoane who were the ones who decided to request the support of the Senamhi, after having participated in an informative talk in one of our visits in 2024. The choice of the subject and the understanding of the problem that represents the deforestation and degradation of the soil and the quality of the water for its community, it is a reflection that arises from its noble Highlight as an example for our youth throughout the country.
