Education for children in Ecuador

I hope all is well with you. As we enter the final month of a very successful year here in Latin America we are pleased to launch the 2025 Phoenix Appeal today to coincide with GlobalGiving’s part-matching campaign which is now live. This year’s Appeal aims to raise funds for our local teachers' salaries, secondary school and college scholarships, classroom materials and food programmes in Guatemala, Ecuador and Perú in 2026.

From now (2nd December) until 1200 EST, 1700 UK tomorrow, 3rd December (0400 Eastern Australia on 4th December) all individual donations up to US$2,500 (£1,900) will be enhanced with a proportional share of a half million dollar pot. Last year this proportional share equated to 25% extra on donations so it is an excellent opportunity for the projects.     

Donations to last year’s Appeal contributed to almost a third of the $50,000/£35,000 day-to-day spending on all our projects so far this year helping us provide access to education for over five hundred children in Latin America, including Ecuador.

With your generous donation to this year’s Appeal, we aim to increase the number of students to six hundred in 2026 across all our projects, including 75 in Ecuador. You can donate directly to this page and thank you so much in advance. 

We continued with three local Phoenix teachers in Ecuador this year thanks to last year's Appeal whilst also paying for monthly internet, gas and other supplies for the daily food, cleaning products for the toilets, educational classroom materials, cultural activities and other maintenance. Over seventy children from four communities receive an education at the school.

The school vegetable garden we introduced in January produced cabbage, beetroot and carrots which can grow well at high altitude. These will be essential for the children’s daily food programme.

Harvests were also successful with our large-scale Plan Huertos (beans) which we introduced in 2024 which help cover some costs of our sustainable plan management whilst helping local families.

We paid for various cultural events throughout the year including Fanesca, a soup made during Semana Santa (Easter) and made from a variety of ingredients including beans, grains, fish, eggs and many others. Other events included Day of the Child, graduations and colada morada to celebrate Day of the Dead.

The 20th Anniversary Volcano Charity Challenge was undertaken and thanks to donations we purchased all the materials to build a large Cuy House where guinea pigs will be reared and sold with the income raised going towards some of the monthly costs of the school. 

Thank you so much for anything you can donate today to this page to take advantage of the part-matching. Your donation will help make a tangible difference for hundreds of families in 2026 and thank you so much in advance.

Have a great December. 

Cheers