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.

Friday, April 2, 2010

Semana Santa in Itzapa - Guatemala

To celebrate Semana Santa, or Easter, in Guatemala, the children in our school in Itzapa spent weeks preparing. On the day, the volunteers prepared the "alfombra", made from flowers and other plants. It looked great, only to be destroyed by a few short steps later!

We followed the procession around the streets of Itzapa, led by two elderly men playing a drum and a flute, stopping 14 times, over four hours, with many members of the community coming out to watch. It was a fantastic day and great to see that culture and tradition is still alive and well.