Education for children in Ecuador

I hope all is well with you. It has been a great few months on the projects with the school year coming to an end and our local Phoenix teachers have done a fantastic job. Over the years we have helped local University students with their educational costs in exchange for them helping out in the school and this year there were more graduations!

After twenty years working in Urcusiqui and with the government now taking on a more progressive role with primary education with more teachers and university students helping out in the classrooms we can now concentrate on new projects and communities. The income generated from the sustainable plans we have put in over the years where we have worked will help to cover any of the school’s extra costs moving forwards sustainably.

We are now able to expand our work to other communities thanks to your continued donations with an emphasis on students and families with varying disabilities as well as all levels of education. Paulina and David, who lost part of his leg during last year's protests, will be playing a major role with our new projects with mothers and students with varying disabilities living in extreme poverty to help with education, health and daily food for the family including elderly relatives.

We aim to introduce small sustainable income plans which can be undertaken at home for each family to help with extra income. One such plan includes rearing and harvesting crickets as a cheap and easy source of protein which can be eaten at home as well as sold. We will be trialling this over the coming months. We will also help with school supplies for students so they can remain in education.

Thank you so much for your support over the years and we really hope you continue to support our new projects in the future. We’ll keep you posted in a couple of months!

Cheers