About Rupununi Learners
There is a place in South America where, in high-water years, the Amazon, Essequibo, and certain of their tributaries overflow and mix, and many aquatic species meet, in the floodplain of the Rupununi River. The Rupununi region of (formerly British) Guyana is mixed savanna, moist forest and mountains — largely pristine, still not fully explored.
This geographic nexus has given rise to one the most biologically diverse
fish habitats on earth, and twice as many bird species (over 800) as the
US. Guyana is sometimes called a "land of giants:" the largest ant,
largest spider, largest viper, largest constricting snake, largest eagle,
anteater, armadillo, otter, all make the Rupununi their home.
Rupununi Learners Incorporated (RLI) is a Guyanese nonprofit corporation registered in 2007. Its Board and membership are entirely composed of Rupununi village residents.
Rupununi Learners Foundation (RLF) has been a United States nonprofit foundation since 2001. Its Board is entirely composed of United States residents.
RLI and RLF collaborate to accomplish their missions by bringing together the needs, interests and resources -- human and material -- of participants from both hemispheres. Our ideas, methods, projects and products emerge through a process of continuous dialog and encounter.