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Community-archaeology training in south Suriname
A Trio-led project that validates and documents historic finds in south Suriname, training community members to locate and register their own heritage.
- Culture & arts
1 ambassador
Projects
Everything Forest93 and its ambassadors have built, planted, filmed and campaigned for since 2019. Filter by theme to find what interests you.
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Sustainable Water Supply System for Tottikamp
Research and design for a sustainable water system in Tottikamp, a village of around 200 people in Saramacca with no access to safe drinking water.
- Water
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Planting in Papa Aswa's agroforest
Fruit trees planted in January 2026 on a future agroforestry plot in Saramacca, where Tiff & Kesh grow produce for their Papa Aswa restaurant in Amsterdam.
- Food security
1 ambassador
Completed
Solar Energy for schools in Amatopo and Coeroeni
The public schools in Amatopo and Coeroeni each received their own solar energy system, bringing modern teaching tools and evening classes to two villages off the grid.
- Education
- Solar energy
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Public sanitation for indigenous community Kwamalasamutu
Six public bathroom locations delivered or repaired in Kwamalasamutu, together with water and hygiene infrastructure, a maintenance plan and paid work for local building teams.
- Sanitation
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Bouwen met Kwamala (Building with Bamboo)
How traditional Indigenous building knowledge and locally available bamboo can inspire sustainable, nature-inclusive construction in Kwamalasamutu.
- Culture & arts
- Research
1 ambassador
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Suriname's first food forest
A food forest with a social purpose in Wanica, planted in June 2024. Its fruit is meant for Children's Home Riyos and other children's homes nearby.
- Food security
- Youth
2 ambassadors
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The first Forest93 Ambassador Trip, to Kwamalasamutu
Five days in the Trio village of Kwamalasamutu in the far south of Suriname, including a boat ride and hike to the petroglyphs of Werehpai.
- Culture & arts
- Awareness
5 ambassadors
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Wildlife photography exhibition by Jean-Pierre Veira
Forest93 hosted Jean-Pierre Veira's first exhibition of his wildlife photography during Earth Hour, and invited school students to meet him there.
- Awareness
- Youth
- Wildlife
1 ambassador
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Keep Suriname Green
An urgent call from Suriname's green organisations to keep the country green together, and to put nature and the future first in policy and investment decisions.
- Awareness
9 ambassadors
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Primary School for indigenous village, Coeroeni
After Amatopo, a second primary school was built in the neighbouring Trio village of Coeroeni, bringing roughly 30 children into formal education without leaving their families.
- Education
- Youth
1 ambassador
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Sports kits donation by Dean Gorré
Dean Gorré handed full football kits to teams in indigenous villages across south Suriname, donated by the Dutch club S.C. Heerenveen.
- Sports
- Youth
1 ambassador
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Plastic Footprint Change Agents, with UNICEF
Twenty young Change Agents from four districts ran workshops in schools and community groups on cutting single-use plastic, as part of UNICEF's Plastic Footprint Suriname project.
- Youth
- Education
- Awareness
- Environment
1 ambassador
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Forest93 supports Bollie de Otter
In “The Adventures of Bollie the Otter”, Surinamese children aged 4 to 12 learn to love Mama Sranan. Forest93 funded the development of the first two books.
- Education
- Youth
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Primary School for indigenous village, Amatopo
At the request of its village captains, Forest93 built a primary school in Amatopo, a Trio and Tareno village in the far south-west of Suriname that had never had one.
- Education
- Youth
1 ambassador
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Tuhka roasted Brazil nuts from Alalapadu
A new product line for the indigenous village of Alalapadu: roasted Brazil nuts under the Tuhka brand, the community's main source of income.
- Forest products
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Natio represents Mama Sranan
At its first-ever CONCACAF Gold Cup in July 2021, Suriname's national football team played in shirts carrying the Forest93 message.
- Awareness
1 ambassador
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Green Growth Wildlife app
The first citizen science app in an indigenous language for documenting wildlife, built so anyone in Suriname can add to the country's biodiversity record.
- Citizen science
- Wildlife
- Awareness
1 ambassador
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Tiny Food Gardens for children's homes
Garden tables and garden boxes that let children's homes grow their own vegetables and herbs, from a COVID-era fundraiser in 2021 to 53 food gardens in 6 homes by the end of 2023.
- Food security
- Youth
- Education
1 ambassador
Ongoing
Citizen science with the Green Growth Forest app
An app that lets anyone report tree logging, adding citizen data to Suriname's national data on forest conservation.
- Citizen science
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The 93% Bos. 100% Surinaams. radio show
A radio show on Radio10 with new facts about Suriname's forest, biodiversity and unique places, Monday to Saturday.
- Awareness
- Education
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A nature-themed flagship for Surinam Airways
Surinam Airways' Boeing 777 flagship carries an aerial view of Suriname's forest and the slogan “93% forest, 100% Surinamese” on its tail.
- Awareness
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Welcome to the most forested country on earth
The entrance of Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport, transformed into a nature-themed space while airspace was closed during COVID-19.
- Awareness
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Mama Sranan, the campaign song
The Forest93 campaign song, sung in Sranantongo by Byciel Watsaam, in which Mama Sranan (Mother Suriname) tells how her guests are treating her.
- Culture & arts
- Awareness
1 ambassador
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Street art with Paramaribo Live Museum
A retired utility building on the corner of Heiligenweg and Waterkant, turned into a meeting point with murals, the first of them bringing nature into the city.
- Culture & arts
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“The power of Suriname” museum tours for tweens
Sponsored day trips for 250 young people aged 10 to 16 to the Sranan Krakti exhibition at Villa Zapakara, with a Forest93 team quiz about Suriname's nature.
- Youth
- Education
- Culture & arts
Completed
What do you choose?
A campaign and petition for new environmental and nature legislation, asking Surinamese to choose between a clean, nature-rich environment and a damaged, filthy one.
- Awareness
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Forest93 Launch at the Urban Heritage & Art Festival
A documentary, powered by Forest93, in which legendary reggae band Third World explores Suriname's nature during their 45th anniversary world tour.
- Culture & arts
- Awareness
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Launching 93% Bos. 100% Surinaams.
The campaign's first public moments in 2019: a soft launch at the Amazonemarkt on Indigenous Day, then the launch at the first Urban Heritage & Art Festival in Paramaribo.
- Awareness
- Culture & arts
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Busi Taki
The Forest93 web series that gives every Surinamese a view of the forest: from what counts as forest to season 5, which asks politicians, business and government for their green agenda.
- Awareness
2 ambassadors