We work together with Mother Nature
to foster empathy for life in the new generations

Since 1995, ANIA has been working to cultivate empathy for life in the new generations: the ability to feel, think and act for the well-being of themselves, their social and natural environment. To achieve this, it is essential that they grow in regular and positive contact with Mother Nature and learn from her in order to prosper by regenerating life and human relationships.

Mother Nature
as a teacher

ANIA promotes the incorporation of Mother Nature as a teacher in formal and non-formal education through the TiNi methodology. This is based on the fact that positive and regular contact with nature favors the cognitive, physical, emotional and social well-being of girls and boys, fostering values and attitudes in favor of life that last into adulthood.

Furthermore, by interacting with nature, children learn about their intelligence (IN): principles such as interconnectivity, biodiversity, collaboration, resilience, circularity and regeneration, which have enabled life for more than 3.8 billion years. This approach strengthens environmental, climate and food resilience, promoting biodiversity conservation from educational institutions to communities. ANIA, through TiNi, invites us to rediscover nature as an essential source of learning and regeneration for human development.

TiNi

Our methodology
Children's Land (TiNi)

Children's Land (TiNi) is our methodology that allows children and young people to have regular and positive access to spaces with nature in educational institutions, homes, neighborhoods, communities and protected natural areas. In the TiNi space they learn from Mother Nature and with her they regenerate life for their well-being, that of their community and the planet.

To implement the methodology, there are educational materials, courses for educators and the general public, and the virtual platform Escuelita TiNi. There are also promotion centers in Peru, Costa Rica and Canada. For the sustainability of TiNi, there is the Bono SAVE and Carbono por Educación programs.

TiNi has been recognized by UNESCO as a good practice in education for sustainable development. TiNi is currently present in more than 10 countries and has been institutionalized by the governments of Peru, Ecuador and the Municipality of Rapa Nui.

To catalyze the presence of TiNi in educational institutions at the initial, primary and secondary levels, ANIA is collaborating with universities to incorporate nature as a teacher through their faculties of education. In this sense, the National University of Costa Rica has become the first in the continent to achieve this, including a module for future teachers entitled "Learning with Mother Nature."

How do we do it?

EscuelitaTiNi

Escuelita TiNi
Where nature is the teacher

Escuelita TiNi is a virtual platform that offers playful-pedagogical tools based on the intelligence of nature (IN), designed to strengthen the capacities of girls and boys, helping them to thrive while regenerating life and human relationships.

The platform features Ania and Kin, who, through their stories, guide learning. It includes more than 12 stories, animated micro-episodes, audio stories, infographics, guides, learning cards and other resources, all around the TiNi space.

The micro episodes of Ania and Kin were broadcast on Discovery Kids in 30 countries in Latin America for two years, and on the IPE channel during the pandemic, in partnership with the Peruvian Ministry of Education.

In Escuelita TiNi, Mother Nature is the teacher, represented by the mother tree called Meshi.

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Children's Land Courses

We have asynchronous virtual courses aimed at educators to implement Children's Land (TiNi) in the field of formal education (pre-school, primary, secondary, higher education, among others), and for promoters in the field of non-formal education (homes, child development centres, neighbourhoods, communities, municipalities, natural protected areas, among others).