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, February 2, 2011

Inter-school Sportsday in Ecuador

Both the gods of sport and weather were smiling on the day of the Inter-School Sports Carnival in Otavalo. With Imbabura looming over the stadium like an ancient Incan warrior, the carnival commenced with the running of the ‘Olympic’ relay and the lighting of the ceremonial torch (yes really!).

All day, they ran hard, flopped softly (Fosbury style!), leapt far and threw long like little Olympians-in-waiting. The Larcacunga boys excelled on the day, winning both the Long Distance (Bryan) and High Jump events (Jesús Rumiñahui).

Joining them on the winners podium were Byron and Inti from Muenala who placed second and third respectively in the same events. The Larcacunga girls also showed their colours by achieving second and third placings in the Relay, Long Jump, Shot Put and Long Distance events.