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

Thursday, March 26, 2009

GVI Phoenix school gets walls and a floor, plus first field trip in Nicaragua

The school we are building in La Thompson is taking shape, so the volunteers gave lessons to the kids in a nearby farm in the community while the floor is being finished in the school.

Due to the rainy season in Nicaragua a well-made floor made out of aggregate, earth and concrete is necessary for a dry place to teach, and GVI hopes to have it completed within a week or so.

This week we had our first official field trip with the kids from La Thompson. Estelimar is an educational/tourist center with facilities for pre-school up to sixth grade.

They have a great interactive program with anything from big model dinosaurs, to miniature farms, to live monkeys. It was the first time for all of the kids in the school to be able to visit Estelimar.

The kids (and the volunteers!) learned about solar energy, irrigation processes, made crafts, and played in the park. It was a great day for all.

On a sadder note we had to say goodbye to one of our volunteers Mike who has been a great help to us this past month, the kids will all miss you and we hope to see you again soon!