GVI Phoenix Project

Facts and figures

On an annual basis we aim to provide:
First time education or educational reinforcement to almost 2000 children in primary school
Secondary education to over 200 children and adults
Employment to over 75 local people; more-so indirectly
100 energy saving wood-burning stoves and 15,000 trees planted
Around 100,000 teaching hours
Over 500,000 pieces of fruit
1,000’s of pens, pencils, pencil sharpeners, colouring pencils, work-books and erasers
Over 300,000 whole or subsidized meals
Daily education in 16 communities across Latin America
Direct benefits to over 500 families

CONGRATULATIONS to all the Challengers on our first six Charity Challenges of 2011, biking from Guatemala to Honduras, the inaugural Nicaragua Volcano Challenge, Brazil's Chapada Diamantina Challenge , Guatemala's first Caribbean Kayak Challenge, Perú´s Cerani Pass and Ecuador's Volcano Challenge. Nicaragua's second volcano Challenge is set for 3rd-6th November and the third Guatemala Volcano Challenge dates are set for 27th November -2nd December.

Click on the following for our most recent official project reports for Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Perú and Brazil.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

GVI Phoenix to start work in Chiapas, México, in April 2009

The indigenous communities in the Chiapas region suffer a noticeable level of poverty, and our hope is to be able to mirror our GVI Phoenix activities in other Latin American countries and help improve the life choices of indigenous children and adults through education.

Located in the picturesque Jovel valley, San Cristóbal de Las Casas in Mexico is a colonial style town set around the Zócalo (main square), good for wandering around or just people watching from one of the many street side cafes.

Spectacular waterfalls, deep canyons and lake systems, along with atmospheric Mayan ruins almost hidden by the jungle, are all accessible from the town providing an escape to nature and the past.

Surrounded by indigenous villages, San Cristóbal will prove to be a good base from which to launch our new educational endeavour during 2009.