Educate Ecuadorian Children to Face Global Warming

Equador awareness and training conservation

Summary

We provide resources, training and hands-on opportunities to create awareness and teach children about conservation in the Galapagos Islands and poor areas of Quito, the most polluted city in Ecuador. progress reportread updates from the field

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Since Arcandina Foundation developed a successful environmental educational program based on the enter educate and multimedia approach the project will combine video programs with children’s workbooks, training for school teachers, and entrepreneurial initiatives for conservation development for children, schools and the communities, reaching 20.000 children, 100 teachers and 50 schools in the Galapagos Islands and poor areas in Quito, the highest polluted city in Ecuador.

Activities

- Develop 20,000 work books for children - Develop 100 environmental multimedia educational schools’ kits - Develop 5 training for teachers - Produce 6 educational TV programs - Develop 2 conservational projects - Create a network with eco-chi

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $1,390
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $28,610
Total Funding Goal: $30,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Educational material models will be donated to the Minister of Education for massive reproduction to give to public schools. The Arcandina foundation will be expand their school’s network to continue with a long term educational process.

Project Message

Im a young who loves your video programs, my actittudes and life changes when I sow this kind of programs, and I began to care the nature, actually you help me to growth.
- Roger Buenaño, Ecuador, Beneficiary

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Pablo Palacios
Project Manager
Japón y Av. Naciones Unidas
Torres Iñaquito, Torre E, Dto. 503
Quito, Pichincha 0000
Ecuador
59322465845
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organization

Arcandina Foundation
Guayas 105 y Av. Amazonas Edificio Pastor, 1er piso
Quito, Pichincha 1717427
Ecuador
(5932)2459305
http://www.arcandina.org

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in EcuadorEcuador and can also be found under ChildrenChildren.

For more information about Ecuador, read the Human Development Report on Ecuador or the Wikipedia entry for Ecuador.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 9, 2006

Latest Update from the Field

Environmental Concert

By Pablo Palacios - Project Manager, May 25, 2009 11:38 AM

Environmental concertEnvironmental concert
A strategy to deliver messages to the environment, is the presentation of musical shows with prestigious bands committed to the environment.

With near to 2,000 participants Arcandina and Viuda Negra performed 2 shows with environmental songs.

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