My name is Miryan Delgado. I currently serve as Director of Programs and Projects at Amazon Research Internacional (ARI), where I lead the implementation of initiatives that integrate social development, conservation, and community strengthening. I am a psychologist with an MBA in Executive Business Management and currently a doctoral candidate in Administration. Before
In January 2026, I travelled deep into the Peruvian Amazon, along the Marañon River to the Indigenous Kukama-Kukamiria communities near Nauta in the Loreto region. The river was high and slow-moving, reflecting the vast canopy that still stands, but the pressure on this forest is constant. Illegal mining, logging, and land use change
Over the past 3 years much of our work in Ghana has been under the Beekeepers Restore Forests project in the Afram Plains. This wide-ranging project, funded by The Darwin Initiative, has allowed us to tackle some of the region’s most pressing environmental and developmental needs. The Afram Plains, on the western bank of
In November of 2023 we told you about an exciting new project we had started in the Ibnat district of South Gondar in Ethiopia’s Amhara region. This project uses Nature Based Beekeeping to address youth unemployment in the area. The watershed area showing the work that has been done
Imagine a world where leaving school means facing a lifetime of unemployment. Where, if you are deaf, visually impaired, or living with a disability, opportunities are so scarce that you are expected to depend on others forever. This is the reality for many young people in Uganda today. Francis starting another batch
Across the Peruvian Amazon, a quiet revolution is taking place—bringing together women, men, and youth, guided by ancestral knowledge, and powered by some of the rainforest’s smallest yet most essential inhabitants: stingless bees. While the program welcomes everyone, it has created a rare and transformative space for women to step into leadership roles in
It may seem ambitious to expect small insects – honey bees – to create jobs for a million people, but that is exactly what the Mass Youth Employment in Apiculture (MaYEA) project aims to do. In partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, this Ethiopian nationwide project is being implemented by a consortium of local organisations, to
Bees for Development Ghana has worked in the Afram Plains in the Eastern Region of Ghana, for over six years, supporting some of the poorest households and difficult to reach communities through nature-based beekeeping. Women extension agents; Clara, Rejoice and Florence In 2023, through a Darwin Initiative fund, over 900 more
Since the Green Match fundraising campaign in April, there has been much activity in Zimbabwe. Robert Mutisi, founder of our partner organisation Working for Bees, gives us an update below on the impact that the generous donations from our Green Match donors has had. Beekeeping training for landless women 40 landless women
The Green Match 2024 campaign was a huge success, and Working for Bees - the Zimbabwe partner of Bees for Development - are starting work with groups of women and their wider communities. Some of the positive impacts that will be realized as a result of the Bees and Trees project include contributing towards
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