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, June 12, 2011

First Aid in Santa María - Guatemala

Recently we asked the local "Bomberos Voluntarios", or local firemen and general emergency service, to pay a visit to our school in Santa María to give the kids and volunteers a demonstration of basic First Aid.

They spent the whole afternoon showing what to do in various emergencies and what to use as replacements for splints and bandages if there were none at hand, using our brave kids as examples!

With all our kids living and working in dangerous environments, it is paramount that they know what to do in an emergency, and we will be repeating this demonstration regularly! Cheers Bomberos!