Ecuador
Submitted by cpurington on Thu, 12/20/2007 - 22:55.
The community of Santa Rosa de Ayora (Ecuador) is located twenty minutes outside the nearest town Cayambe and about one hour away from Quito, the capital of Ecuador, by vehicle. Main modes of income for the families who live in this community are working on farms and/or traveling to the capital to seek employment. Because typically, both parents as well as older children must work to maintain livelihood for their families, the younger children of the community must attend a small and understaffed nursery facility not owned by the community.
Submitted by ywang80 on Tue, 05/29/2007 - 15:28.
Engineers Without Borders Johns Hopkins Chapter (EWB-JHU)-Ecuador Project is under Engineers Without Borders-USA (EWB-USA), which is a non-profit humanitarian organization for the amelioration of the quality of life through implementation of sustainable projects throughout the world. Projects include water sanitation, construction, ramp construction, and others. Through collaboration, these projects create cultural unity between students, communities, and nations.
Submitted by hwells on Wed, 04/18/2007 - 17:25.
On October 1st of this year I am volunteering in the Andean Highlands of Ecuador in South America. I am traveling with a wonderful organization called Global Crossroad. Check them out at www.globalcrossroad.com I will be aiding in the daily cleaning, feeding, tutoring, and playing with orphaned and disabled children in a local orphange. So many children each year are born into this world with parents who either cannot take care of them or die from disease. There is an over abundance of these children in South America, and I would like to be as of much help as I can.
