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Mission: Bridging cultures to empower children and families by providing opportunities for self-reliance
Results: 2011 Accomplishments Cajamarca, Peru - Helping upward 70 children on a daily basis with a meal, tutoring and in-school mentoring - Teach computer, English, & dance classes - Preparation & planting community garden - Painted facade of El Bichito Drop-in Center -Finished Volunteer housing on 2nd floor - 10 interns - Field trips (Hospital, Military Base, Technical College SENATI) with Interns & children - Interns identified and helped resolve crucial needs and health concerns of students Sacred Valley, Peru - Helping over 100 children and their families - Successful Youth Expedition - Worked on Greenhouse construction in Matinga and Huatta - Painted community center and school bathrooms constructed in 2010 in Huatta - Provided humanitarian service in Rayaniyoc - Delivered humanitarian donations to all projects Trujillo, Peru - Helping over 80 children at Aldea Infantil - 8 interns - Successful after school mentoring - Proficiency testing for all the children - Life Skill courses and presentations - Dental & Hygienist programs for the children - New Local coordinator working with older students for professional placement Yantalo, Peru - Helped with construction of the Yantalo Medical Clinic - Delivered humanitarian donations to local elementary school - Established good relationships with local school director for future projects - Dug and planted Yucca trees for reforesting Cartagena, Colombia: Helping to feed over 100 children - Increased school attendance - Over 70 children given backpacks, school kits & new shirts & shoes - Successful after-school mentoring program - Acquired & built temporary shelter for youth program - First 2 interns to project site - Evaluated community needs - Successful fundraiser via Tipping Bucket: over $3000 fundraised for youth center construction - Chicken farm-beginning Otavalo, Ecuador - Food in School for about 100 chidren - School attendance has risen significantly since building the kitchen in the school - Working with community on the school garden - Successful family expedition - Helped finish construction on children center for pre-school children in rural community of Iltaqui. - Established after-school English program - First intern to project site - Painted local primary school - Thoroughly cleaned school kitchen facilities - Delivered humanitarian donations to local school Micro-Loans & Training - Helping over 2000 Individuals & Families - Reorganized structure to allow for more coordination with children programs & communities - New loans in Trujillo & continued micro-enterprise mentorships in Piura & Chiclayo - Restructured program format to better serve entrepreneurial poor Spine Clinic & Surgeries - Thirteen serious and critical spine surgeries performed by medical team sponsored by Innovasis - Groundbreaking for new Innovasis spine clinic to be established in Lima, Peru Salt Lake City Initiative - Partnering with Universidad Hispana, ECH has begun entrepreneurial training in conjunction with GED courses.
Target demographics: Children & Families of Generational Poverty
Direct beneficiaries per year: Over 350 children & families
Geographic areas served: South America
Programs: Education, Hygiene, Nutrition, Skill Development and Self-Reliant Micro-loan Training