Selva Spirit Association
Our Peruvian Non-profit, Selva Spirit Association, is an organization based in Pucallpa, Peru. We are committed to the preservation of indigenous culture and have developed of a variety of programs that benefit the communities in our local area. Selva Spirit has had the opportunity to implement several projects over the last 12 years. Some of these include the reforestation efforts of land that was clear cut for cattle. New clean water wells were installed in several villages including Santa Isabel de Bahuanishu, San Fransisco, Sucre and La Florida. Selva Spirit additionally sponsored the local “Intercultural Bilingual School” in Yarina Cocha where children from 13 different Amazonian tribes attend. Lastly, our Organization, is implementing a expansive health program in the Shipibo-Konibo village of Santa Isabel de Bahuanishu, reaching thousands people in the surrounding communities.
We have the opportunity to learn greatly from the knowledge and wisdom of indigenous peoples carry that have lived in harmony with nature. Through a co-creative effort with the local communities and the Selva Spirit Association, we are blending effective means to overcome the problems that threaten the the rain forest environment and health of indigenous peoples. The solutions exist today, now is the time to apply them.
Our Community Based Programs
Medical Clinic in Shipibo-Konibo Community
For generations, the Shipibo people of the Peruvian Amazon have relied on the wisdom of traditional plant medicine to heal, restore, and sustain life. One of the main initiatives our Selva Spirit Association is supporting, is building and expanding a medical clinic in a local Shipibo Village. In collaboration with the Esperanza de la Selva Organization, we have established a small traditional clinic in the village of Santa Isabel Bahuanishu. This clinic was built to serve low-income patients who have little or no access to medical care. With dedication and heart, their team of experienced nurses and healers has been providing treatments at no cost, ensuring that every person—regardless of financial means—has the opportunity to receive care.
Today, this humble clinic serves not only their own community but also more than 45 surrounding indigenous villages. Each day, the number of patients grows as word spreads about the compassionate, effective care we provide. However, the clinic now urgently needs support to meet the rising demand. To continue serving the people in their communities, we aim to equip the clinic with essential medical materials such as hospital beds, stretchers, pediatric cribs, portable sink stations, stethoscopes, desks, and construction supplies to finish building the facility. These resources will allow them to provide safe, dignified, and effective care for children, families, and elders alike.
Our goals go beyond immediate medical treatment services. This clinic is also a place of education and cultural preservation. The Esperanza de la Selva Organization teaches children and families the importance of traditional plants and their healing power, ensuring that this ancestral knowledge is passed down to future generations. By strengthening this medical clinic, they can reduce preventable diseases, improve quality of life, and expand the outreach to the most remote indigenous communities in the region.
See more about Esperanza de la Selva HERE
Reforestation & Food Forest Initiative
Not to long ago there was an abundance of food available to those that lived in harmony with the Amazon. Limiting and competitive ideas introduced by western culture have created a separation from people and their land and basic needs. Food is at the core of everyone’s survival, and should not be withheld for monetary gain. The concept of creating a food cooperative free of charge will bring the mindset back to one of sharing with the community. The literal fruits of this labor will directly benefit the community free of charge and will empower the community by providing the ability to plant and maintain areas of land in our sanctuary for food production. The efforts of our non-profit are currently reforesting an 8 acre (4 hectare) parcel of land that had previously been cleared for cattle. We are planting a variety of fruit trees and sustainable timber trees such as Capirona, Cedar, Bolina, Pandishu, Coconuts, Avocado, Anona, Guava, Citrus, Cedar, Chacruna, Yuca and much more. The Selva Spirit Association has also recently purchased a 10 hectare parcel of land on Yarina Cocha Lake where a Camu Camu, Cacao & Banana farm is being newly cultivated by locals in the community who will directly benefit by the profits of their labor.
Bima Inuma Pezo, member of our Selva Spirit NGO, speaks of the importance of reforestation to help heal the Earth and humanity.
REFORESTATION PHOTOS
Instituto de Educación Superior Pedagógico Público “Bilingüe”
The Selva Spirit Association has had a unique privilege to sponsor the “ Intercultural Bilingual School“ located in Yarina Cocha. There are over three hundred students in attendance representing more than 12 Amazonian tribes along the Ucayali River. They are attending this school as an opportunity to study the Spanish language and integrate and share their heritage with visitors and the local community.
This school program has been receiving limited funds from local governmental institutions for many years. This has led to a degrading of the facility and it’s programs over the last twenty years of it’s existence. For the last four years, Selva Spirit Association has been upgrading sanitation systems, electrical access, and availability of clean water. We have also sponsored the creation of a Intercultural Museum where students from the 12 Amazonian tribes can exhibit their arts and history.
We wish to empower these students on all levels so that they can be leaders within their own communities with a strong foundation and knowledge base that creates independence. If you believe that there is a way for you to assist with this process, please offer your ideas, time, physical or monetary donations to the Selva Spirit Association. It is greatly appreciated.
Community Health Program with Water Purification Drops
Our community health program, that provides water purification drops, is in many ways the most impactful program that we have implemented for the health of the local communities. These results have been nothing short of miraculous. People in the amazon region are more prone to water and food-born illnesses along with illnesses due to toxins be polluted into their environment by the onset of western modernization. People are turning to clinics and pharmacies for healing yet with little success. As individuals gain more optimal health, it allows them opportunities to spend working towards solutions to manage many of the other problems that are facing the people’s lively hood in the Amazon. The efforts of our non-profit have trained nurses and staff in distributing the water purification drops in several outlaying local communities. We have now reached over 5000 people in over 40 native communities with amazing results!
Peruvian Non-Profit Organization, Selva Sprit, RUC: 20394013049
