On Wednesday, March 10, 2014, students in the 2014 practicum course presented the results of their ethnobotanical research in Los Platanitos to an audience of more than 50 students, civil society organizations and government officials at the Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU).

See the full presentation here.

After the presentation, Marianela Pinales of the project partner organization Centro de Investigación y Acompañamiento a Mujeres y Familia (CIAMF) moderated a workshop between government and civil society representatives which started a still ongoing process to form a network of organizations to assist Los Platanitos in their community development efforts.