The festival is kicked off by the Master of Ceremony.
Arne Lesterhuis, Shorebird Monitoring and Conservation Specialist for the WHSRN Executive Office, teaching students why camouflage is important for ground-nesting birds, like shorebirds.
Students color eggs to camouflage them in different types of habitat.
Presentation of the winners of a student drawing contest.
First place in the student drawing contest.
Second place in the student drawing contest.
Third place in the student drawing contest.
As part of the festival, youth become shorebirds and learned about all the places and people who are connected by shorebirds.
Chair of SOLOM, Mr. Erwin Setrokarijo.
Students learn about wildlife in Bigi Pan.
As part of the larger shorebird project in Suriname, SOLOM’s community building was recently renovated.
