Food & fruit for primary schools in Latin America

With a quarter of the year already gone we are making great strides towards our main goals this year, one of which is making sure the children are fed on a daily basis. Our investment into Sustainable Income Plans is atop of our agenda for 2017 which not only provide income for the schools though also provide extra income for the local families with which they can buy food when times are extremly hard due to failing crops. One of our plans, Plan Huerto, aims to provide fully functionning vegetable gardens for the families and also fruit trees which will provide fruit for years to come. In a bid to raise these funds the third Phoenix Seven Continent Charity Challenge got underway in Guatemala on 22nd March, summiting Volcano Tajumulco, the highest point in Central America. There are many events already planned during 2017 as part of the Challenge so if you would like to undertake a fundraiser using this page, please do contact us on the link below.

As a bonus, Global Giving will be running its Little by Little Matching Campaign from 3^rd to 7^th April, designed to celebrate the power of small donations and the power of the crowd. Global Giving will be matching donations up to $50 at 50% while the $50,000 in matching funds remain and there are also bonus prizes and incentives to grow our list of monthly donors! To take advantage of this, if you can donate no matter how small, you can do so directly onto this page early on 3^rd April with all proceeds going towards sustainable plans in Guatemala which will benefit the local families as part of this year’s Seven Continent Charity Challenge. Thank you so much in advance.

Links:

• Seven Continent Charity Challenge #3
• Contact us

As 2017 gets off to a good start the need for food, as well as education, is real and obvious: you cannot learn on an empty stomach. Our children all help in the house and the fields before and after school, often fuelled by a mug of coffee and a tortilla. Our food and fruit programs are a crucial sustenance for them to take advantage of the education that we are giving them. More importantly are the family sustainable income plans which provide extra income for household meals and medicines, especially as year afer year we see the crops failing due to changes in climate, droughts and lack of water. Just last week I was talking to memeber of a community not far from Itzapa, Guatemala - their water has run out and with the rains not due for another few months food will be scarce. It is happening and it is happening now.

The third Seven Continent Charity Challenge gets underway in Guatemala on Tuesday 21st March 2017 to raise funds for project costs and employment opportunities for our graduates, as mentionned above, climbing Volcano Tajumulco, the highest point in Central America. There are more events planned throughout the year in different countries including England, Ireland, Australia, Canada and the United States so if you want to get involved in Guatemala on 21^st March or other events, please do contact us on the link below and you can use this page as your fundraising page. Alternatively, if you want to donate to the cause, please donate to this page!

Links:

• Contact us for information on the 7 Continents Charity Challenge