Ernesto

My father in the Eco Challenge

I don’t consider my father as a real hero, but he made heroic things. He is called Ernesto Van Peborgh. He is a courageous man and a good person. He does things for nature and has saved animals' lives.

He made many videos where poor people played “street football” and with those videos they became famous. They went to Germany to play the “street football” world cup, and my dad went with them. He made another video of poor people in the C.A.B.A. where they sing and dance very well. He did another video of three persons that were well known heroes and who died. My father lives with me in my house.

We have a house in Bariloche, near a small lake, and there are many boats with engines, and so many boats cause a lot of contamination. These boats come from other places to this lake only to practice water sports. They are scaring all the birds and animals that live nearby. This lake, “Morenito”, has a connection with another lake, where you can practice water sports, as this one is very big. That’s where I and my family go sailing or skiing. So, the point is, that my father is fighting for animals not to die.

I read “Number the Stars,” a book by Louis Lowry at school, and there are a lot of heroes in it. My father is a little bit like Uncle Henrik, because he wants to save a lot of people, animals and nature too. He’s a hero for others near and far.

So he’s a kind of a hero, he’s a very good and courageous man, and he does a lot of things for those near and far.