Education & nutrition for 87 children in Ecuador

Hi there,

We sent you an update on Saturday giving you an update on how the projects are progressing and how well the students are doing!

As I mentioned on Saturday, the students would not be making such progress in school if it wasn’t for your support and dedication to helping fund the projects.

Just in this moment, GlobalGiving started their June Bonus Day and are offering us 50% on all donations that are made today, whilst match funding lasts. If you were planning on making a further donation to the projects, this is the moment to do so!!

All we ask is that you click on the link below and make a donation and GlobalGiving will automatically add on the extra 50%!!

Thank you so much for your continued support.

Sarah

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• Latest news from Phoenix

Hi there!

This month in Ecuador we focused on nutrition for the children and their families.

Plan Papas is our new pilot project with a goal is harvest enough potatoes to create a revenue stream to pay for the nutrition programme at Muenala. The community is busy preparing their land ready for seeding over the next two weeks.

Plan Iron Woman has been a success so far with the vegetables being enjoyed at school by the children and at home by the mums. We are even providing some starter recipes to encourage different uses of spinach, onions and peas! The mums are also pooling their earned funds from some of the vegetable to buy the more seeds for the garden.

Finally, in Muenala we have planted our vegetable patch this week using homegrown compost to give the veggies the best chance at survival! This will complement the healthy spinach, chard and peas coming from Plan Iron Woman and of course our school nutrition program. And are making small but substantial steps forward for Phoenix. Nutritional plans are absolutely vital for the development of the children and their families and their ability to absorb an education in the classroom.Thanks to you and your continued support through donations we can keep improving the livelihoods of these communities!

Next Wednesday, June 12, from 9am GlobalGiving is matching all donations to us at 50%. This means a donation of $10 would become $15 thanks to GlobalGiving. This is a fabulous opportunity for you to make your donation even BIGGER and have a BIGGER impact. I’ll send you a reminder just as the match funding starts but please, do consider making a donation that will give more than you expected!

Thank you.

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• Latest news from Phoenix

As we come close to US Mother's Day on May 12, we are focusing on supporting our Moms in Ecuador!

This month, across Latin America in our projects we have gone Mom crazy! Ecuador shares its Mother's Day with the US and in Ecuador they have been spending more time focusing on our Moms in the projects. Plan Ironwoman continues to be a huge success, so much so we have started it in our projects in Guatemala as well. 

In Ecuador we have planted Iron-rich vegetables which are known to be the best veggies to help pre-natal nutrition for Mom and baby. The Moms in the village tend to the vegetables and when they are ready they are distributed to the families for the Moms and babies. The project has become such a success we now have a surplus of vegetables and so the Moms bring them into the school to supplement the children's diet at school too. This plan is running really well and as a pilot scheme is becoming hugely significant in the families health.

We are part of Global Giving's Mother's Day campaign this year, celebrating Moms in the US and Ecuador through one gift. If you would like to support Mom's in Ecuador, whilst gifting your Mom a handmade scarf and set of worry dolls then please take a look at our gift:

http://www.globalgiving.org/dy/v2/gifts-for-good/detail.html?projectGift.id=124

Thank you

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Global Giving’s first bonus day of the year starts NOW, 9am EST!

Global Giving are matching donations at 30% from right now! There is $50,000 available in matching so if you would like to donate to the project plans below for 2013 please so do now so we can benefit from the extra donation!

2013 is a big year for our projects in Ecuador as the Government is trying to unite schools to make communities support each other better. Our communities will be uniting with other local schools and we of course will be going with them, continuing our education and nutrition program.

We have started making our own abono (fertilizer) for our school vegetable garden for the children to learn from and the community to benefit from. The kids and communities are working hard together to make it work.

Our dedication to education continues thanks to the generosity of donors like you, supporting these children to continue discovering education. So please, consider a donation now and let us benefit from a further 30% on top of your donation COMPLETELY FREE!

Don't delay, donate now!

Thank you.

Hi there

This Wednesday, get ready for an exciting way to make your donation BIG. Keep an eye on your emails on Wednesday morning for an announcement on how to make your donation grow!

In the last week of February, the Larcacunga community in Ecuador enjoyed a field trip to the four lakes in the area, looking closer at nature. We helped cover the costs and invited the whole community to join them, some who may never have had the opportunity to see lakes and certainly go on a boat!

In Muenala we had the first community project with each student bringing in their own ornamental flower to plant along the entrance of the school in recycled pots. They also constructed a bird sanctuary with houses and feeders to encourage birds to join us in the school.

And the 1^st of February was a special day, uniting all three communities in the Kichwa wedding of Zoe and Alan, our project leaders, our fist Phoenix community wedding!!

Look out for our next report on Wednesday morning, with our exciting announcement and plans for 2013 in Guatemala!

Thank you for your continued support.