Earth Education Project: Our first UK volunteer

Ed Major arrived in Managua just in time to enjoy mango and avocado season and to volunteer with EEP and Juntos Contigo.

A recent Bristol Graduate Ed decided to give something back before starting his job. Ed is a true EEP superstar, getting started straight away Ed took over the gardening, recycled art and environmental education lessons for children and youth of the la Chureca community.

On his first day at JCT Ed said ‘ I soon realised I needed to throw away all conventional teaching methods, and just level with the children and start again by seeing what is important and relevant to them to learn so they can understand what environment means.’

Ed carried a rugby ball across the Atlantic to teach the students the wonderful game...Ed will be in Nicaragua for 5 weeks volunteering with EEP. Stay tuned for Ed’s impressions and volunteer experience story.

What We Do

The Earth Education Project is based in Nicaragua, in the La Chureca community- the capital's municipal trash dump. Working with families who depend on municipal trash for their income, the Earth Education Project offers a practical recycling and environmental course for students of all ages. Classes, based in the Juntos Contigo centre, cover topics from renewable energy resources to self-sufficent gardening. The Pachamama Workshop for women, shows in a series of courses, how to recycle and produce paper and will establish within a year, a profitable business that will in future provide the community with alternative incomes.