Thursday, April 22, 2010
Felcidades (Happiness)
I titled this blog post Happiness because several wonderful things have happened for our organization in the last month. As of today we got our nonprofit status and we officially became The Rural Education Advancement and Development Organization (READ). On Tuesday of this week we finalized the members for our July project trip, and we bought our plane tickets. In the next two months, myself along with my parents, and our team will be preparing to build our Regional Library in Ecuador. This will consist of raising money for books, making our work plan, and preparing for our children’s fair. Thankfully my parents are going down 2 weeks before our team arrives. During those two weeks they will begin to promote the children’s fair, get the necessary materials ready to build our library, and they will also higher people in the community to help us with the construction of the building. With my parents doing the prep work, it will help our team be super efficient when we arrive. It has been amazing and eye opening how supportive, kind, and willing to help, people are. I have a lot of ideas, and hope for the future of this organization. Please continue to support us by reading our website, allowing us to coming and speak at your church/ group/organization, donations, and encouraging thoughts and words. I want to close with a quote from Gandhi “be the change you wish to see in the world”
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Gearing up for our July 2010 trip.
We are preparing for our 2010 summer trip. For this year’s team we currently have 9 members and a couple more in the works. This is super exciting.
In preparing for the trip our team is doing the following:
- Collecting school supplies
- Promoting Our Give a Book Program ($5 will buy a book for our library).
- We are also talking to local groups and churches and any that will listen about our vision/project.
Our current schedule for trip is as follows:
Schedule for the 2010 Ecuador Trip
July 2nd (Friday) – We will leave for Ecuador, arrive in Quito the capital city, and spend the night.
July 3rd (Saturday) – Head out to Macuchi, where we will be building the library and having the children’s fair. On the way, we will stop at a volcanic crater lake, and the local market.
July 4th (Sunday) - We will go to Lamana for market day,we will return to Macuchi and prepare items for the children’s fair.
July 5th- July 8th (Mon – Thurs) - * Work Days* Work on constructing the library.
July 9th (Friday) - The children’s fair will be held on this day. After the children’s fair we will leave for Quito and arrive around dinner time.
July 10th (Saturday) - Explore Quito, shop for souvenirs
July 11th (Sunday) - Return to the United States
Our Main goal for this trip is build the structure for the library and to promote our library, through home visits, school visits, and a children’s fair that will serve around 300 children. Building this library will not only help the people in this community advance their education, but it will also provide opportunities for them in the future.
We are so thankful for all the support, thoughts and prayers we are currently receiving!
In preparing for the trip our team is doing the following:
- Collecting school supplies
- Promoting Our Give a Book Program ($5 will buy a book for our library).
- We are also talking to local groups and churches and any that will listen about our vision/project.
Our current schedule for trip is as follows:
Schedule for the 2010 Ecuador Trip
July 2nd (Friday) – We will leave for Ecuador, arrive in Quito the capital city, and spend the night.
July 3rd (Saturday) – Head out to Macuchi, where we will be building the library and having the children’s fair. On the way, we will stop at a volcanic crater lake, and the local market.
July 4th (Sunday) - We will go to Lamana for market day,we will return to Macuchi and prepare items for the children’s fair.
July 5th- July 8th (Mon – Thurs) - * Work Days* Work on constructing the library.
July 9th (Friday) - The children’s fair will be held on this day. After the children’s fair we will leave for Quito and arrive around dinner time.
July 10th (Saturday) - Explore Quito, shop for souvenirs
July 11th (Sunday) - Return to the United States
Our Main goal for this trip is build the structure for the library and to promote our library, through home visits, school visits, and a children’s fair that will serve around 300 children. Building this library will not only help the people in this community advance their education, but it will also provide opportunities for them in the future.
We are so thankful for all the support, thoughts and prayers we are currently receiving!
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