Children from Amazonian communities reinforce their knowledge thanks to PETROPERÚ

The pandemic imposed great challenges on education, especially in the jungle, where there was an increase in school absences, as well as the risk in students of presenting mental health problems, which is why -since last October- PETROPERÚ has put launched its Jinkay Educational Project, seeking to reinforce learning in schoolchildren in the communities near the North Peruvian Pipeline (ONP)

Thanks to this project, it was possible to improve and optimize the learning of more than 140 students from the Fernando Rosas, Mayuriaga and Nazareth communities, located in the Datem del Marañón province, Loreto region. To date, they have received, in their native language, more than 600 teaching hours of communication, mathematics, citizenship and socio-emotional skills courses.

During the summer cycle, students benefited from more than 150 educational materials, prepared both in Spanish and in Wampis. They also participated in 20 socio-emotional skills workshops, where they learned to develop empathy, perseverance and emotional self-regulation.

This project was conceived in an integral way, involving the families of the students; thus allowing teachers to visit the children's parents, informing them of their children's educational progress.

The Jinkay project -which in the Wampis language means seed- aims to promote a greater pedagogical and emotional connection between the student and the teacher, thus adding a social value in the relationship with the neighboring populations of the ONP. With this program, PETROPERÚ reaffirms its commitment to education, as part of its social policy in its areas of influence.