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.

Monday, June 6, 2011

Spelling bee, Ecuadorian-style!

Last Friday, all 3 of the schools we work with around Otavalo travelled to a remote school in the mountains to compete with 17 other rural schools in a language competition. The contest was fought with intense competition between 3 age groups, and included spelling and grammar exercises.

After 2 hours of marking and deliberation, the winners and places were announced – and Darwin from Huayrapungo, our most remote school, came second in his group! We were especially proud as Darwin is from one of the grades that GVI Phoenix volunteers teach, and he has shown massive improvement during the school year.

The children from that school work in the fields with their families after school, and don't have the same chances and resources as kids from other schools, so we were all especially proud of him – next step colegio we hope, with continued financial support from GVI Phoenix and its supporters.