Projects
Below are some of the projects that GVI Charitable Trust supports, and the difference you can make.
Guatemala The Phoenix project
In October 2003, with the help of the indigenous leader, Elena Siquinajay Suy, GVI set up the Pajaro de Fuego (Phoenix) Project in San Andrés Itzapa. A year later, GVI set up two schools in Santa Maria de Jesus. There are now over 400 children between the ages of 5-15 who benefit from these partnerships . Further fundraising from the GVI-CT is aiding with everything from food to scholarships to new classrooms, care for the elderly and a small business centre.
| £25 | Primary education for one child for a year |
| £75 | Secondary education one child for a year |
| £300 | College scholarship for one child for a year |
Peru Indigenous support in Peru
Around Arequipa in Peru the GVI-CT is aiding with the education and provision of basic food stuffs for communities without access to a full formal education.
| £25 | Compulsory materials and uniform for primary school |
| £50 | seeds for 10 families to plant to feed themselves |
| £75 | Food for a child for a year |
Kenya Mkwiro and Wasini Island Community Fund
The villagers of Mkwiro on Wasini Island, Southeast Kenya have proved themselves to be proactive in both humanitarian care and conservation. With aid from funds raised through the GVI-CT two orphanages are being helped, a pharmacy is being staffed and water collection and waste management are being upgraded for the village.
| £5 | Buy moquito nets that can save lives |
| £25 | Buys a bed, mattress and mosquito net for the orphanages |
| £75 | Support a child for a year |
Honduras Indigenous support in Copan
Aiding with the education of the indigenous populations living around Copan, as with many of the indigenous communities of Latin America there is the danger that they are being forgotten about as the country develops. GVI will be launching and funding a new secondary school in the region, allowing children from surrounding villages to receive free secondary education, hopefully starting in the 2008/9 academic year.
| £25 | Compulsory materials and uniform for primary school |
| £50 | seeds for 10 families to plant to feed themselves |
| £75 | Food for a child for a year |
Kenya Olives Childcare and Orphanage Project
Olive’s Rehabilitation Centre is an informal (“slum”) school located in the suburb of Bombolulu in Kenya’s second largest city, Mombasa. It was set up in 2001 to educate, clothe, feed and provide counseling and religious education services to some of Mombasa’s most vulnerable children.
| £12 | Exersise books for a student's school year |
| £40 | A modest monthly wage for a teacher |
| £320 | Sponsor a student in high school for one year |
Nicaragua Indigenous support in Nicaragua
In 2008, GVI Phoenix started their literacy and education projects in Northern Nicaragua, with huge success. The numbers of children, despite work commitments, increased, and an adult literacy scheme was introduced, as well as food and fruit schemes.
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Kenya Tsavo West ex-poacher rehabilitation
GVI began working with community-based organisations in the Taveta District of Kenya in November 2006. We work to support the three groups of ex-poachers to deliver education and capacity building in pursuit of new, sustainable, alternative livelihoods. Through the work of WSPA, GVI and our volunteers, local community members have received training and equipment to start bee-keeping and soap making, whilst Kidong is constructing their own Education and Cultural Centre, aimed at both local communities to teach them humane ways to tackle human-wildlife conflict and protect their crops from elephants and at tourists, with the objective of offering community-based eco-tourism.
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