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Early childhood education breaks the cycle of poverty, strengthens families and communities, and sets kids up for happy, successful lives. With your help, Fundacion Sembrar will provide holistic health and educational development for over 200 childre
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Amidst confinement and economic tensions, domestic violence is on the rise; we believe punishment or imprisonment is not the answer to the problem. Using psychosocial methods this project intends to challenge social mores that naturalize violent beh
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We believe traditional patriarchal mores that shape masculinity as a brutal force; while their counterpart is forced to a helpless condition through early motherhood is at the root of many psycho-social problems. Our Community Library offers trainin
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OSSO Orphanage serves 22 children living with special needs in Cuenca, Ecuador. These children live with conditions from autism to cerebral palsy, and are 100% dependent on the orphanage for medical care, therapies, medicines, daily care, nutrition a
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Fighting a stigma against special needs in Ecuador, the NOVA Education Center is working to promote an inclusionary education model. NOVA brings 95 children with special needs and normal children into the same classroom. This project works to promote
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Fundacion El Arenal, founded in 1997, is a nonprofit community center for youth and children whose parents work around Feria Libre, one of the poorest sectors of Cuenca, Ecuador. The foundation serves over 60 children and adolescents and offers an af
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Covid-19 has not changed our mission, only our method. The Cuenca Soup Kitchen continues to be committed to providing food to those most in need. Prior to the Covid-19 crisis, the Cuenca Soup Kitchen served hot meals and provided access to clothing a
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CETAP-Lucy is an early stimulation center in Ecuador that is transforming the lives of poor children with learning and physical disabilities through academic support and a therapy program. The center serves 50 children living in severe poverty condit
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We want each woman to stand up and say: watch me live, watch me strive, watch me succeed. Mirame (watch me) is a newly launched initiative focused on enabling Ecuadorian women to reach their full potential. This project will lay the groundwork for a
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An alarming fact is that 75% of nonprofits in Ecuador close within a 3 year period. This means that struggling communities lose the critical services they need. Hearts of Gold has been working to transform this reality through our Community Assistan
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Hearts of Gold has over 10 years of service under our belts. We began by providing direct services to vulnerable individuals and grew into an organization that strengthens the skills of nonprofit leaders through education and mentoring and fundraisin
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Fundacion Azulado's goal is to eradicate child sexual abuse and maltreatment in Ecuador. We have already impacted the lives of over 30,000 elementary school students and their families by deploying the My Shield (Mi Escudo) child sexual abuse prevent
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The importance of online access to education is something that cannot be over looked, now more than ever after COVID. This project will help start the process of adapting our Community Assistance Program - where we provide vital capacity building tra
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Every child deserves to dream, but in Ecuador dreaming is a privilege.Some children do not know when their next hot meal is going to be.Others study by candlelight, and many more lack the medicine they need to make it through the day.We are honored t
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Elderly people need to feel useful, have inter-generational contact, be active physically and stimulated with new ideas in nature. 150 elderly people will visit Yachana weekly to participate in agricultural projects in the rainforest. Participants
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We are a non-profit organization that seeks to eradicate chronic child malnutrition in Ecuador with a community based therapeutic program. Since we are the second country in Latin America and the Caribbean with the highest rate of malnutrition. Our p
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UBECI's market programme has resumed following 2 years of restrictions put in place to contain the spread of Covid 19. Families have been hit hard by the loss of income as they are have only recently been able to return to work in the markets. This
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Our volunteer team will be in Ecuador in March 2023 to provide free care for patients living with the tremendous burden of untreated cleft including social stigma, poor health, malnutrition, & poverty. Cleft surgery is the first step for our patients
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This project plans to tour the largest provinces of Ecuador to provide information and sensitize at least 200 people.
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There are currently about 3,000 women with Turner syndrome undiagnosed due to lack of information and no effec
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Fundacion Idea Dignidad works with girls and their families to eradicate sexual violence and forced pregnancy. We develop training and accompaniment through art to increase their self-esteem, knowledge of their rights and create protective environmen
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