Projects
Below are the projects that GVI Charitable Trust supports, and the difference you can make.
Ecuador Colegio Urcusiqui
Around Otovalo in the Ecuadorian Andes GVI's work is being augmented by the GVI-CT as we raise funds to build and staff a local College where secondary education can be provided for those unable to afford the expense, or travel the distances presently necessary. This college will help ensure the indigenous communities get the education they need to keep pace with ecuador's development.
| £25 | Compulsory materials and uniform for primary school |
| £80 | Seeds for 10 families to plant to feed themselves |
| £75 | Food for a child for a year |
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 |
Namibia Elephant Human Relations Aid
Elephant - Human Relations Aid (EHRA) is a Namibian registered non-profit organization that strives towards assisting the Ministry of Environment and Tourism and other NGO's in promoting a mutually beneficial relationship between the humans and the desert adapted elephants of the northwestern regions of the Namib Desert.
| £10 | 2 children's school fees for a year |
| £25 | Fuel for local farmers to run a water pump for one month, vital for his family, his animals and the elephants |
| £100 | £100 would buy enough new mattresses for 10 children who sleep on scraps of foam or build an elephant roof protective wall. |
Costa Rica The Global Eden Project
The GVI-CT's innovative, multi-goaled ecotourism project. This project will aid locals by providing alternative incomes, which in-turn aids the environment. Through education, the centres will also provide locals and international students with the resources to learn about and monitor their effects on the environment.
| £10 | Preserve your very own patch of rainforest |
| £25 | Puchase materials for climate change education centre |
| £100 | Help to purchase an acre of critically endangered habitat |
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 |
