filed in Ecuador, Gap Year on Feb.15, 2011
Hola! We spent our second week on the coast carrying lots of dirt. The walls are coming up on the classroom but unfortunately that’s the job of one skilled builder. The rest of us help out by carrying sand from the beach to mix concrete and excavating and carrying dirt to flatten out a play area [...]
filed in Ecuador on Feb.08, 2011
Hola from the coast of Ecuador! We arrived at our new project base, Estero de Platano on a rainy Sunday but got right to work the following morning building a classroom for their small brightly colored primary school perched right on the beach. The first week of construction has invovled a lot of dirt and [...]
filed in Announcements, Ecuador on Feb.07, 2010
The Leap’s partner in Ecuador is Yanapuma, an NGO (Non-Government Organisation) based in Quito. Yanapuma Foundation is an Ecuadorian and UK registered charity working together with local and international partners to bring about lasting change for the people of Ecuador. Here’s a glimpse at their 2009 Annual Report by the lovely Andy Kirby, Executive Director: [...]
