Ecuador V - Visit to Project EC-111

From: Dan Trumble
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007
Subject: The Trumble Travels - Ecuador V - Visit to Project EC-111

On Thursday afternoon we visited Compassion project EC-111. This is a project that represents Compassion’s three core programs:

• The Child Development Program (CSP) that works with mothers of young and pre-born children to provide prenatal care, health screenings, training for mothers, and spiritual education.
• Child Development through Sponsorship which works with children to provide them with spiritual, physical, economic, and social benefits.
• Leadership Development Program (LDP)that provides and opportunity for exceptional graduates of the Child Development through Sponsorship program to attend University and receive Christian leadership training.

Both the CSP and Child Development through Sponsorship programs are run from the church which sits in the hills on the edge of Quito. Some graduates of the program are currently involved in LDP. The church is a bi-lingual church (Spanish and a local language) and has been a Compassion partner for several years.

Dan, Rich, and children.


Dan and children.

Children attending project activities

The church has started a little factory where several women are employed making clothing for retail sale. They each make approximately $170 per month.

Here is a picture from the outside. The clothing factory is on the third floor (indicated by the arrow)

Norma (left) has been Compassion’s partnership facilitator for this project. She is pictured with the project director.

Here is some of the clothing that has been made in the little factory.

The net in the foreground seems to be a volleyball net. The little dwelling in the corner is where the watchman for the church lives.

The project has a little garden area in the back.

The street where the church (and project) are located.

A view from the roof of the building where the project activities were occurring.