RESEARCH. EDUCATION. DEVELOPMENT. PRESERVATION.
Caiman House Incorporated (CHI) is a Guyanese non-profit corporation, registration number 10090. We partner with Rupununi Learners Foundation (RLF), a 501 (c) 3 US-based non-profit, to support and develop a community-owned “social enterprise” approach to environmental conservation, encompassing wildlife research, education, economic development and cultural preservation. Our work includes:
Caiman House Incorporated
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Anthony Roberts, Conservation
Ashley Holland, Ecotourism
Shamir Khan, Craft & Wabbani
Oswin Ambrose, Youth Engagement
Russian Dorrick, Village Council Representative
Franzea Roberts, Village Representative
Maisie Li, Education & Secretary of the Board
Rupununi Learners Foundation
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Alice Layton, President of the Board
Lynne Casey, Vice President
Paul Dinkins, Treasurer
Our shared philosophy
We bring together the needs, interests and resources — human and material — of participants from both hemispheres. Our ideas, projects and products emerge through a process of continuous dialog and encounter.
Our commitment to an adaptive, dialogic process brings with it a certain way of working with people.
Unlike "best practices" and other wisdom aimed at generating replicable projects, this approach is based on the nurture of authentic relationships among unique individuals. Our values are also our conscious, applied ways of working: acceptance, support, trust, compassion, gratitude and love are sensitive instruments that can approach thorny, mutual challenges in development, which we understand as human development, above all.