Education for children in Ecuador

It has been a fantastic few months in the school which is gearing up for the final exams and the end of the school year in July. The regional schools’ athletics competition took place and we gained several second places which was a fantastic achievement – next year there will be Gold!

David, our local Phoenix teacher and in charge of sustainable plans has been busy teaching the children about various types of vegetables and how to grow them in the school garden. These are trials as well to see what grows well and what doesn’t and we can expand Plan Huerto (vegetable gardens) in the communities later this year.

Plans are afoot to add to our teachers in September with emphasis on recently graduated teachers to gain experience to be able to secure long-term jobs in the future. Without the education that you, our donors provide each year, this wouldn’t be possible and we thank you all.

Our annual Seven Continent Charity Challenge #4 which raises funds for all our projects across Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador and Perú was a huge success in May, biking, kayaking, hiking and “volcanoing” our way to Lake Atitlán in Guatemala, covering over 75kms. There is still time to support the cause by donating to this page and thank you!

A date for your diary for 2019: The Seven Continent Charity Challenge #5 will be the Inca Trail and Machu Picchu in Perú from 27-31^st May – please contact us if you are interested on dom@thephoenixprojects.org . There are limited spaces so please let us know as soon as you can!

Have a fantastic June and we’ll be in touch in August with another update! Cheers