Updates from the Field - More than Just Scholarships in Rural Ecuador

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Secondary school is milked for all it is worth

By Dom Williams - Director, December 28, 2009 10:53 AM

Secondary school funding on four legsPrized assetOutside classes
The Plan Moo scheme we set up last year has seen its first year of results, with most of the children from one of our communities managing to pay their own way in secondary school with the proceeds from selling milk from their cows. In other communities, utensils were handed out to the children making the step up and they are well on the way in the educational year.
Thanks for everyone's support and Happy New Year
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Charity Challenge

By Dom - Director, November 19, 2009 04:46 PM

Greetings. Our schools in Ecuador have begun the new scholastic year well, with new children now heading off to secondary school, and previous kids moving up a grade, which is a great achievment. To start fundraising for next year, I will be embarking on a Charity Challenge this weekend in Guatemala, climbing 4 volcanoes in 6 days, so please, if you can, spare a penny or two to help raise funds for such a good cause.
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Secondary education rounds off the year successfully

By Dom Williams - Director, July 15, 2009 01:43 PM

Our ids who we have put through secondary school have finished the educational year with a fine set of results. The Plan Moo scheme, which we are testing in one community, whereby the family receives a cow and the milk and cheese proceeds go towards their children¿'t education, has proven successful, and we plan to role this out into other communities over the next year, purchasing more cows.

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New angles for sustainable secondary education

By Dom Williams - GVI Phoenix director, April 13, 2009 10:45 AM

Proud parentsPlan MooSecondary school awaits
As we continue to provide resources for children to move on to secndary school, we are also looking into more plans tomake the communities sustainable in this area, with our cow scheme going strong, further down the line, we are looking into trout farms aswell...a potential income generator for the families.
The children in secondary school are doing well, and recently received positive marks in their inter-term tests...it works!
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Plan Moo for sustainable secondary school

By Dom Williams - Director GVI Phoenix, February 09, 2009 01:26 PM

We have finished our first steps of our new trial project, Plan Moo, whereby we have provided milk producing cows (ie, with young) to members of one community. The idea being, the money made from the sales of the milk goes towards secondary education for years to come. If the pilot proves successful, we will role out Plan Moo in many more communities. The rule is the children must go to school and the calf must be returned to us, to keep the scheme ticking over. Many thanks in advnace.

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Yet more secondary school educated children

By Dom Williams - Director of Latin American Projects, August 06, 2008 06:10 PM

Education for girlsThe future is looking upPreparation
The average rate of transition into secondary school is less than 10% for indigenous children in Ecuador. In our communities we are now looking at an 80% transition rate into secondary school for next year! Almost 20 children will be starting secondary school education in September, adding to the seven children who started secondary education last year and will move up a grade.

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Moving forward

By Andy Woods-Ballard - Director of Operations, October 04, 2007 05:08 PM

Together with GlobalGiving and other sources we have now raised well over $10,000 with a potential promise of more from a UK Grant agency, so things are moving forward nicely. A partnership between GVI and local partners is also being ratified by the Ecuadorian government as I write so things are moving forward. What we desperately need now is a good push to raise enough funds to move away from scholarships and into the building of a fully functional secondary school, which can cater for so many more.

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