This project, funded by the Christopher Reynolds Foundation and sponsored by the MCSCA, aims to connect students from throughout the Madison and greater Wisconsin community with children living in the Gran Humedal del Norte region of central Cuba.  Both Wisconsin and the Gran Humedal hosts important breeding populations of Sandhill Cranes, which can be used as a common denominator by which children learn about environmental issues facing both countries.  The Cuban Sandhill Crane is an endangered and endemic subspecies of Sandhill Crane, found only in Cuba and the neighboring municipality of the Isle of Youth.   Since the early 1900s until now, Wisconsin’s sandhill cranes have been part of a remarkable conservation story – one which has spanned a scope of rarity to healthy population levels.  Both countries can use these stories to not only learn about and appreciate their own, unique environments, but also their own personal presence in it and the importance of international partnership in solving conservation challenges.

Our project site is currently under construction and we invite you to visit the Madison-Camaguey Sister City Association’s website often for new developments.  We hope you will enjoy getting to know and taking part in this new and exciting educational adventure!