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.

Saturday, March 12, 2011

School maintenance after heavy rains in Peru

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go astray. This we all know very well. So when the regional government postponed the start of the academic year in Arequipa to the 7th of March we had to modify ours. Our enterprising volunteers took this unexpected opportunity to repair the damage done to our schools by the recent heavy rains.

This has been the wettest rainy season Arequipa has seen in 6 years and some structures in our schools have taken a beating. Once that was done we turned our attention indoors.

We repaired and repainted all the furniture in need of TLC, having survived the attentions of energetic 5 – 11 year olds. Now we are really ready to welcome the children and teachers back for another round!