Education for children in Ecuador

This Giving Tuesday on 28^th November we would like you to know where your fantastic donations have gone in the past and will continue going now and in the future, thank you in advance! Daily education isn’t only about the teachers. Each year The Phoenix Projects also strive to provide classroom materials, teaching materials, teachers’ tools, food and fruit, exam papers, graduation costs, celebrations including Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Day of the Child, school trips, transport, cleaning products, cleaners, soaps, toilet rolls, drinking water, first aid, internet, electricity, gas, rent, maintenance and painting, construction, scholarships…and of course, the teachers!

It has been a great few weeks in the school in Ecuador. A minga took place with the parents of the students to mend the roof of the classrooms and Colada Morada was celebrated. School work continues at pace and our Phoenix teacher Nancy has taken responsibility for her second-graders. If all goes well we would like to add two more "Nancy's" in 2018.  

I will be touch later in the year to give you a further update and year review, I just wanted to reach out and ask for your help this Giving Tuesday to continue our essential work for the children and the communities now and in the future..

cheers

After a few days of cleaning, we are back up and running for the new school year with nine grades and 100 children walking in each day from four different mountain communities: Urcusiqui, Muenala, Huayrapungo and Achapallas – many walking up to two hours each way. We plan to add at least one more Phoenix teacher over the coming months as we chip away at getting one teacher per class – it is currently one teacher for two grades. All donations to this page will go towards teachers' salaries and school materials so thank you so much in advance. We have several one-off costs for the new school year aswell as we plan to install internet, buy a school projector, computer and printer all for a cost of $2,000 so donations will also go towards these items.

Also, thanks to our sustainable income plans we have implemented over the past few years, including Plan Moo (cows) and Plan Cuy (guinea pigs) many students will start, and continue, secondary education and college. Our long-term goal is obviously to have sustainable education from day 1 to finishing University and we believe we are on the right track. There is still so much to do and thank you all for your brilliant continued support - it's a cliché that is used many times, though we couldn't do it without you!

Cheers