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.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

GVI Phoenix moves into Barbasco - Honduras

Since the start of March, we have started going up to the community of Barbasco twice a week to teach first grade. The community is a little further and smaller than San Rafael. Profesora Sandra has been working alone at the school for the past 4 years. This year she has 60 students in 6 grades.

Grades 1, 4 and 5 sit 3 to a bench in a cramped annex next to the only classroom in the school and find it necessary to work on the floor or outside to get a bit more room. They are nevertheless very eager to learn and always ask for MORE homework! "That’s not how I remember school!" says Phomolo.

We are very excited about this new development. There is so much we can do here that will make a real difference. The students, the teacher and the community have made us feel very welcome.