We are also proud to announce the beginning of a new traveling education program. With the help of the World Parrot Trust and In Defense of Animals a secondhand Land Rover will be outfitted with a TV, DVD player and a generator. We will begin to visit some of the more remote villages with the message of conservation and of the eco-tourism venture now being established in Nappi Village. Foster Parrots has, through the kind donations of its devoted members, helped the village to establish an eco-tourism business complete with lodging for 8 in exchange for the village's pledge to end the hunting of all wildlife for the export trade and protection of the fragile forests around them from logging. As the protection of these natural resources is vital to a thriving eco-tourism effort, Nappi Village is well aware of the need to be able to have something to show those who visit their beautiful home. The production of a film that will be shown in the many neighboring villages as well as those far afield will play an important role in this effort. This film will also serve to educate and enlighten the schools here in America to the efforts of the Guyanese to preserve their lands and hopefully encourage our students here to participate in the generation of funds that will show our support for the children in the Rupununi.

We hope that you will all stay tuned for the many exciting developments to come and that you too will participate in the efforts of the Roots and Shoots Program by initiating conservation projects in your communities and perhaps by holding a bake sale or can drive help the children in Guyana get the education that will give them the knowledge to save their heritage and forests through eco-tourism and conservation.