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Our work in Guatemala wasn't affected directly by the tragic recent volcanic eruption by Fuego; indirectly crops will be affected by the ash that fell in the region. For now, the incredible goodwill of the neighbouring local communities for those in San Miguel los Lotes, El Rodeo and others, aswell as the local emergency services, highlight that basic humanitarianism is alive and well in Guatemala.

The second set of exams in the school once again showed a fantastic improvement with the children’s educational journey as they head towards the mid-year break at the end of June.

In Honduras, the students have been busy with recycling projects with old tyres and we have placed a local teacher in San Rafael with further support in La Pintada and Barbasco.

As part of the course the students have to provide adult literacy classes in the surrounding rural areas and these classes commence this month for the school year. This part of the program has been a resounding success over the years as more and more adults now believe that reading and writing does indeed help in the long-term for themselves, which means they are more likely to want their children to become educated as well rather than working in the fields or at home.

David, our local Phoenix teacher in Ecuador 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.

In Perú, the children are coming along well under the excellent guidance of Phoenix teacher Ediluz. Thanks to your donations we have managed to stock the school once again with materials and textbooks for each child which helps independent learning as well as the use of multiple tools to learn, including arts and crafts.

Plans are afoot to help our schools and other local schools in all our countries from 2019 by providing 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