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, March 21, 2010

Kids teaching kids in Santa María - Guatemala

This week in Santa Maria the volunteers were supported by a dedicated team of students from class 6. Their class is temporarily closed and they were not obliged to come in, though they arrived with red ballpoint pens in hand ready to grade the work of the younger kids, distribute glue and scissors, help with homework and give out fruit at break times.

They proved to be an invaluable asset on Thursday morning when they worked with the new students in class 1 during one of their first ever maths lessons. It has been fantastic to watch the 'assistants' in action - to see their enthusiasm for school and the patience and care they have shown towards the younger children.