Elderly Support in Latin America

I hope all is well with you. To celebrate Giving Tuesday today all donations up to £2,000/$2,500 will be partially matched with a share of a $1.2 million pot which is a fantastic opportunity for the projects. Last year this amounted to a 25% matching on all donations.

All funds raised today from this year’s Appeal will be put towards our local teachers’ salaries, scholarships, classroom materials, daily fruit and sustainable plans.

Last year's Appeal, launched in September 2022, raised an incredible £21,000/$26,000 towards the £85,000/$106,000 we spent on The Phoenix Projects in Latin America over the following twelve months. As you can see clearly we were able to accomplish one quarter of our work in Latin America thanks to your generous support to the Appeal, including the annual Giving Tuesday partial matching. 

To take advantage of the partial matching today please donate to this page and thank you so much in advance.

Kulla Raymi was celebrated in the community in Ecuador. This is an indigenous ceremony asking Pachamama (Mother Earth) for fertility for the land and therefore good crops. This year’s celebration was especially poignant as an El Niño/climate change dry spell has hit the communities causing us to pause the purchase of cows in Plan Moo. The cows are crucial for the families' future as they will provide both milk and income for the elderly as well.  

As is tradition we celebrated Day of the Dead at the end of October with colada morada (fruit drink) and homemade bread with the students and their families. For the elderly members of the community who couldn't make it, parcels of food were taken to them.

As our vegetable garden in Perú increases we have more food we can share with the families, including the elderly. This can either be eaten or bartered for medicines. 

In Guatemala we hope to implement more sewing machines and vegetable gardens with extra income being able to be shared with the elderly members of the community. Our scholarship programme is already producing graduates who will be able to find good-paying employment which can also be shared with the elderly relatives.

Have a great December and thank you so much in advance for anything you can donate today to the Appeal so we can receive the Giving Tuesday matching.

Cheers

I hope all is well. 

We are launching the 2023 Appeal today (Monday 18^th September) and GlobalGiving will be matching all individual donations of up to £40/$50 by 50% between now and Friday 22^nd September which is a fantastic opportunity for the projects. All money raised with this year’s Appeal will be put towards our local teachers’ salaries, scholarships, classroom materials, daily fruit and sustainable plans.

Last year's Appeal, launched in September 2022, raised an incredible £21,000/$26,000 towards the £85,000/$106,000 we have spent on The Phoenix Projects in Latin America over the past twelve months.

As you can see clearly, we were able to accomplish one quarter of our work in Latin America over the past year thanks to your generous support to the Appeal. If we can get close to that figure once again for this year's Appeal we will be able to achieve so much more in 2024 so if you can donate this week please follow this link.

Currently our work for the elderly in the community is concentrated on impementing agricultural family sustainable plans as we believe this is the best way to guarantee consistent help for them. 

The children in Perú are getting more involved in the school vegetable garden and receive classes in irrigation types, planting, the growing process and of course harvest (which is obviously the most popular part!). With the extended Plan Huerto we have been able to provide more nutritious food for the children each day with extra being shared with the local families and in particular their elderly relatives.

Plan Moo (cows) in Ecuador provides daily milk for the families which is obviously highly beneficial. Any milk not consumed by the family can be sold to buy medicines and other needed products which the elderly, or any other member of the fmaily may need.

In Guatemala our sewing programme aims to create family income which can be shared with the elderly. 

Ultimately as our projects in all our countries are centred around education this will be the greatest benefit to the elderly relatives: an educated grand-child who has more chance of gaining employment which which they can help their families. 

Have a great rest of September and anything you can donate this week so we can take advantage of the matching and get this year’s Appeal off to a great start would be fantastic and thank you so much in advance.

Cheers