ONG Semillas Life

We are a nonprofit organization working for the economic and social development of different communities in the Peruvian Amazon. We focus on education, environment, ecotourism, health and cultural exchange. The big problem for the Amazon Rainforest in this area in Peru is that people are polluting too much. One of the main reasons is because they do not have enough opportunities. Most of the people are farmers and their income is very low. The lack of opportunities is forcing local people to do illegal activities such as illegal gold mining and polluting the rivers with strong chemicals. They are also doing illegal logging. We believe that working together with these communities in developing different skills for its people and creating new job opportunities, not only will help to redu...