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.

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Afternoon school and new local staff in Nicaragua

The GVI Phoenix project is expanding all the time. Recently we have started giving drop in classes in the afternoons for children who attend state schools in the morning. It provides an opportunity for the kids to receive help with their homework and be given one on one attention. For other kids, ours is the only school they attend in the mornings.

Furthermore GVI would like to thank Yessenia, a local Nicaraguan teacher who has recently joined the GVI staff. It’s been a great help having a qualified teacher as part of the team in the school! We even made her pin the tail on the donkey during our last birthday celebrations!