most of the youths have never been to cassandra national park before though it's just 10 kilometers from their village . in the park there's a museum designed specially for visits from school groups on display ask uls of crocodiles hippos and of course bones from flying foxes them mainly what the children are here to learn about educating schoolchildren is part of the fight against poaching and prejudice. gamekeeper colombia is here to to ensure the children's safety he's painting his hopes on this younger generation. when they grow maybe i'd be bored again decided to combine the work let him go which we which i'm doing. so like they maybe did in nordegren it's all civic. after 3 hours of theoretical instruction they're heading for the bush. children from other classes are also riding in the truck. a total of 40 young people profit from the cars some kind of scholarship program. isn't the only one the park is training to be an environmental ambassador thank my so national park lies in a swamp if it's a natural habitat for animals that are rarely seen elsewhere in the region so rangers an

salon won a place in a scholarship program financed by the cassandra national park. the test was set for these 2 teams then from the distance we can. see that was the case and. we selected her and we deformation that she's given it to my that day some time back in mind their mother died when she was 2 years or that. i love going to school because i learn new things the city and i hope that one day i can lead a life like people elsewhere and become a teacher or a doctor. that's why i like going to school most of all. this is the toughest let them go through a salon school uniform tuition and books and now paid for her educating young people like ours is an investment in natural conservation. grasshopper soup is on the menu today salons grandmother has 11 months to feed but things are looking up same salon want her scholarship. if she actually finishes her education then maybe she can contribute some money to help me then i could hire a farm hand to help with the work and buy some food if you actually. got the salon has become an environmental ambassador just like a me