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and is known as the National Capital of Wood due
to the great forestry activity developed in the area.
Since 1989, its 1200 inhabitants have celebrated
the National Wood Festival every year, which offers
musical performances, a craft fair and the original
wood competition where local loggers compete by
demonstrating their skills in handling an axe and
chainsaw.
“They met my expectations, it was what I wanted, to
achieve something with the community, not each one
looking into their own comfort zone but the whole
environment”, says Patricia Berocay, Head of the
Piedras Coloradas High School.
This year the teacher Cecilia Martínez began
teaching classes at the Piedras Coloradas School
attended by 196 children. She attended the two
workshops organized by the UPM Foundation. From
a personal viewpoint, the teacher points out that the
workshops gave her the chance to integrate more
into the local activities in the town. In terms of the
area, she states that these instances “are very posi-
tive for the rural environment as they open the mind,
promote the importance of working as a network and
raise awareness of the problems other neighbouring
towns are facing”. After the workshops, Martínez
took part in drafting one of the three projects that
emerged in the area as a result of the workshops:
construction of a sports complex.
The proposal on which the residents are working
consists of roofing, making a side enclosure and
building more locker rooms and bathrooms for the
municipal court currently in Piedras Coloradas. As
well as hosting the popular Wood Festival, the court
is also often used by the 500 children who attend
the school, the high school and the CAIF [Care
Centre for Children and Families].
They met my
expectations, it was
what I wanted, to
achieve something
with the community,
not each one looking
into their own
comfort zone but the
whole environment”,
says Patricia Berocay, Head
of the Piedras Coloradas High
School.
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2014 ANNUAL REPORT