Since its first tour in 2005, the Parrot Bus has reached 2,148 rural schools and universities in 97 municipalities. More than 52,000 children and 6,000 adults have attended campaign presentations and workshops.


than 52,000 children and 6,000 adults have attended campaign presentations and workshops. The bus with its interior lined with storyboards is equipped with videos that show wildlife footage and educational cartoons. ProAves personnel identified that many


children were carrying slingshots with the sole purpose of hunting birds. To deal with this problem Pro-Aves launched a Slingshot Amnesty campaign and as a result some 400 slingshots were handed in by children across Colombia. The slingshots handed in have been displayed in the ProAves head office in Bogotá, the capital of Colombia to serve as an example to the hundreds of children who wish to become friends of birds and generate publicity to attract organisations and schools to help prohibiting the use of these weapons. The campaign was expanded to provide


children with a package of environmental materials including a bird-watcher’s manual for kids, a baseball cap with the “Friends of Birds” logo, a membership and ID card for the ProAves youth group “Friends of the Birds” and a certificate


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with their name inscribed and the logo of the donor. More recently a painting competition for children was organised and proved to be very successful The “Loro Bus - Parrot Bus “ project


with its slingshot amnesty campaign has won a prestigious international award - the National Energy Globe. In 2008 769 projects from 111 nations were submitted and the best from each nation was honoured with a National Energy Globe.


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