After three years, our partner Wender revisits the springs he restored to see the impacts of our collaboration.

Wender is an agricultural engineer turned environmental activist, working with RAIN on the frontline in the Valley of Jequitinonha in the state of Minas Gerais (he is in the foreground of the image above). He and his team have been protecting and reforesting the springs around his hometown of Cachoeira to improve the streams systems and ecosystems.

Our partner Wender, an ecological engineer in Jequitinonha, has been visiting local schools in order to raise awareness about the importance of river restoration.

The kids who get their hands dirty studying ecology in these schools become ambassadors with their family members…