The people of Igarape a Çu, in the Amazonian state of Pará and those of Bangladesh share the same IDH index, and 2/3 of adults are illiterate.  However, those in Pará live much better than those in Bangladesh.  The bounty of the Amazon provides all including fishing, a variety of fruits, vegetables, and medicinal plants, and plenty of fresh, clean water.  Due to lack of nutritional education, they hunt monkeys and sloths to eat.  These animals do not provide any nutritional value:  they are bones and tendons.  They don’t taste good, either.  They merely fill space in a hungry stomach.

When you participate in the Adopt a Sloth program, your money buys food and protection.  Two kilos each of beans, rice, coffee, sugar, flour, soap, milk, and eggs are given in exchange for a sloth or monkey that was scheduled to be skinned and grilled.  Your participation discourages hunting of these endangered species.  Your participation gives these animals value.  No matter where you find yourself, in what culture or part of the world, things that are valued are cared for, not slaughtered. 

You receive a Certificate of Ownership, with the name you’ve chosen for your sloth, and a CD Rain Forest Sounds, recorded here in primary forest for a tax deductible donation of $75.00.  Students can adopt a sloth as a class.  For K - 12 teachers, we provide The Educator’s Package of lesson plans. Following the mandate to Teach Across the Curriculum, The Amazon Institute’s lesson plans integrate social studies, geography, environmental science, biology and mathematics (including metric, ratio and proportion, and an exciting activity as a foreign currency trader).  Please email us with your class size and curricular structure so we may provide you with complete, customized material.

   

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