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, April 25, 2010

Despedidas and Community Cooperation in Nicaragua

This past weekend, Aaron, our new project manager, intern Patrick and community members started constructing a fence around the school in La Thompson, which will keep roaming animals and other pests out!

We also said goodbye this month to three people who have been an integral part of the project in La Thompson. Steve was at the forefront of starting the project and his presence will be missed by GVI and the community. He'll be back!

Kat and Pat make their way back to work with us in Guatemala, after several months as staff in Nicaragua. They have worked with us in Guatemala and Ecuador, before Nicaragua.

They are gradually making their way through all the Phoenix projects and are integral in our work in Latin America, now and in the future. After another stint in Guatemala, they will be heading up Perú in October.