The Shaman Study
Read about the Shaman study, which was commissioned to gain an insight into the understandings of our marunao nao (shamans) of the Wapichan territory and their views on the sensible use of the land and resources for input to the Wapichan territorial management plan….
SRDC booklet updated 2025
SRDC booklet updated 2025
Indigenous Wapichan Nation at COP30
Learn more about our Wapichan team, who are in Belém, Brazil, representing our people at COP30 They are standing firm to ensure our voices are heard, our rights are respected, and our lands, Wapichan Wiizi, are protected for future generations. For the Wapichan people,…
FPIC training
Empowering Justice, Strengthening Communities From October 28th to 30th, members of the Justice Arm under the SRDC came together for a three-day workshop focused on brainstorming, planning, and shaping the next phase of the Access to Justice and Community Advocates Paralegal Scoping Project. Participants…
FPIC in Wapichan Wiizi.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BMaw46xr94JkZRj7KBe-iRMM1pPby8fX/view?usp=drive_link Ensuring that, as Indigenous people, our rights are respected by all outsiders, we are also sharing the struggles we face every day when outsiders do not abide by our FPIC rules. Taking with us to COP30 is a video as we plead for…
Conservation in Wapichan Wiizi
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kye1jAKUnlE8AtXth3EUIBTHNYo5rI06/view?usp=drive_link To ensure that our Wapichan voices are heard on the international stage at COP30, we are taking a video with us – a message from our people to the world. Conservation is not new to us as Indigenous people. For centuries, our ancestors…
World Environment Day 2024
As we celebrate World Environment Day 2024 the South Rupununi District Council would like to remind everyone that we have a right to a clean and healthy environment. Every action we as humans do has an impact on our life and our environment. Today…
Rupununi Workshop
This workshop is important for the young people to be sensitized about the wildlife in the villages
The first ever Rupununi Indigenous Women’s Conference was held in Annai Village, North Rupununi from January 6 – 9, 2020
Under the theme; ” Empowering and Strengthening Indigenous Women: Working together for a green future.”This event was supported by WWF- Guianas through the Shared Resources Joint Solutions (SRJS) programme. This conference was jointly hosted by the South Rupununi District Council and the North Rupununi…
The SRDC Youth Conference was held in Karuadarnau Village from December 16- 19 , 2019
under the theme: ‘Preserving, safeguarding and maintaining our pristine environment: through traditional practices and youth empowerment. This years youth conference brought together 189 youths from the variousvillages within the Wapichan Wiizi. Youths were placed into three groups, and for the four days were involved…