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Funding
to Date:
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$18,223 (%)
As of Feb 13 02:57 2012
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Theme:
Human Rights
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Sponsor: Global Vision International Charitable Trust--Sponsor
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Project duration: Ongoing
Project's area of focus: Recognising the elderly as a neglected section of the community.
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This project aims to increase awareness of age issues and health of the elderly. Due to economic constraints and a lack of understanding, this section of the community is neglected, undernourished and suffering increasingly from chronic health problems. This is becoming more prominent with 1 in 7 people in the region being over 60 by 2025 (98 million). Many of the elderly women in Guatemala have no one to help them having lost sons, husbands and brothers in the civil war.
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By providing food for the old people of Guatemala, we will aid them and their families. With the children involved in distribution we will also foster a transmission of knowledge across the generations, keeping the indigenous communities alive. |
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Each year we aim to feed 200 old people and benefit their communities with increased dialogue between generations. |
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The elderly have often been neglected as there simply isn't the money for families to feed so many people. It is not that families don't want to feed their elderly relatives, they simply can't.
- Elena Siquinajay de Suy, Indigenous Leader, San Andrés Itzapa
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Ross Deans,
GVI Charitable Trust 1st Floor
3 High Street
St Albans, Hertfordshire AL3 4ED
United Kingdom
+44 870 608 8898
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Working with local grassroots charities and NGOs in over 40 countries across the globe, the Global Vision International (GVI) Charitable Trust manages and fundraises for numerous long-term programs. These further the works of GVI and their partners and aim to alleviate poverty, illiteracy, environmental degradation and climate change through: education; nutrition; conservation and capacity building.
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Teaching Programs across Latin America
Plan Ancianos across Latin America
Seed Scheme across Latin America
Sustainable Stoves across Latin America
The Mkwiro fund, working with orphans and the poor in Kenya
Other projects in around 40 countries worldwide
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More than Just Scholarships in Rural Ecuador
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Help Feed 200 Neglected Elderly in Guatemala
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Free Education in the Desert around Arequipa, Peru
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Free & Sustainable Secondary Education, Guatemala
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Fuel Efficient, Life Saving Stoves for 40 Families
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Sustainable Education and Training, Rural Honduras
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Ross Deans,
Charitable Trust Manager
Founded in 2005
Employees: 1
Volunteers: 0
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Other funding sources: GVI (www.gvi.co.uk) support some of the running costs of the charity. Ex-volunteers from GVI (www.gvi.co.uk) grant and trust funds and US, Australian and UK companies, provided funds for our projects.
Religious Affiliation: none
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Andy is an international environmental and development project director with experience in the leadership and training of staff across Africa and Latin America, working with governmental, non-governmental and voluntary organizations, Universities and international conservation organizations. Andy now runs the GVI-CT in the UK and aids with fundraising and management for projects internationally.
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Dom spent 4 years investigating, researching and traveling South America, finally settling in Guatemala where he has lived since 2000. Dom and Doreen set up their first Indigenous project in San Andrés Itzapa, Guatemala in 2003 and due to the success and advances made, they have set up further Indigenous projects throughout Latin America, with the help of local community leaders.
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After a couple of years working in Guatemala City, Doreen decided to set up projects with Global Vision International “to help my country, people and its visitors. Guatemala has everything, and we want to share it with the world.” She has worked with the Indigenous populations since 2001 and has an in-depth knowledge of the cross-cultural issues facing Guatemala and the rest of Latin America.
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