Our Partners

Willamette-Laja Twinning Project

The Willamette-Laja Twinning Project is a partnership between communities and organizations in Oregon, United States, and Guanajuato, Mexico. This initiative focuses on:

"Uniting youth, educators, habitat restoration practitioners, and the birding community for deep cultural connections and sustained conservation of our shared migratory species and habitats" (https://www.willamette-laja.org/home).

Within this partnership exists the cross-cultural Aves Compartidas Program, providing ecological knowledge in classroom and outdoor lessons to third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade students in Guanajuato and Oregon.

Willamette-Laja Twinning Project Logo

Elementary students in their school uniform, blue tracksuits, gathered in front of their school. On the wall behind them is a banner with the words "Aves compartidas, Willamette-Laja." The banner also features multi-colored handprints

Students in Aves Compartidas in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato

Twinning Values

Respect, Empathy and Understanding

Creativity and Innovation

Latinx Engagement and Inclusiveness

Environmental Health

Motivation and Inspiration

Whole Child Development

Borderless Connections

Collectiveness

Critical Thinking

Horizontal collage with 4 images. 1: Group of students in their blue uniforms, posing for a photo in the park. 2: A letter, written by a student in Guanajuato for a student in Oregon, contains a drawing of a hummingbird and a flower. 3: Three students stood together in a park, two are dressed up as birds with masks, beaks, and wings. 4: A student in class, stood and smiling, showing the camera a card they have written.

Students and their work from our partner schools in Guanajuato, MX

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