Carmen Bajo, Northeast Outskirts of Quito, Ecuador
About the Area
Carmen Bajo - Quintana are the marginal urban areas where Amor y Esperanza is located. The population is of approximately 37,000 inhabitants in the 2 neighborhoods and close communities.
Education
In 2002, Fundacion Amor y Esperanza (A&E) www.amoryesp.org , CVI’s Ecuador partner, began a nursery in Carmen Bajo’s community. This nursery was started in a local CMA church of the community. In September 2003, A&E began a formal private Christian school beginning with kindergarten. This school received formal recognition from the Ecuadorian Ministry of Education in January 2004 and the school has added a grade per year since that time. The school has just been recognized as 1 of 7 ACSI (www.acsi.org) schools in Ecuador thanks to its partner school in Ecuador - The Alliance Academy.
Today, October 2018, Carmen Bajo’s projects consist in:
School: 190 Students (K-12th grade), approximately 20 from Venezuela. Children from Venezuela have found a refuge here in Amor y Esperanza, where they feel loved and protected, where they know they can live a life in victory.
Teachers: 15 Full time teachers recognized by the Ecuadorian Ministry of Education
Staff: 6 Community Mothers
In order to help children study, we work finding sponsors for them. Each sponsored kid receives the following:
Christian Private Education:
Tuition: Student Sponsorship $ 45.00
Tuition: Parents Payment $ 30.00
Total cost $ 75.00
With the $75 per month, each student receives:
• Quality Christian Education.
• Bilingual education - 2 hours per day.
• Spiritual formation through devotionals.
Economic
Currently A&E provides jobs for 4 community mothers who work at the school.
Spiritual Development
• All students, teachers and staff participate in devotionals in order to be spiritually equipped. The Zola family, lead the spiritual area of the school.
History, July 2015:
Nursery: 80 Children
School: 245 Students (K-10th grade)
Teachers: 19 Full time teachers recognized by the Ecuadorian Ministry of Education
Pastor: 1 full time pastor
Staff: 22 Community Mothers (kitchen, nursery, assistants, admin)
In order to help children study, we work finding sponsors for them. Each sponsored kid receives
the following:
Christian Private Education:
Tuition: Student Sponsorship $ 45.00
Tuition: Parents Payment $ 30.00
Total cost $ 75.00
With the $75 per month, each student receives:
Economic
Currently A&E provides jobs for 26 community mothers working at school and day cares, 11 community mothers working in the catering service project, 16 teachers, 4 staff people.
Spiritual Development
All teachers participate in daily devotionals in order to be spiritually equiped. There is a team of commited christians in charge of preaching and Pity Zola leads the spiritual part, along with her husband. Teachers participate in spiritual workshops and students have a weekly chapel service. We start each week worshiping God!
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Fundación Amor y Esperanza
Ciudadela la Quintana, San Miguel de Anagaes N63-13 y Primera
Quito, Ecuador.
Phone: +593 99 483 2565 / +593 99 946 1448
Email: info@amoryesp.org
LOVE AND HOPE FOUNDATION/
Susan Justice
7040 Miller St.
Lithia Springs, GA 30122
Phone: (404) 702-8662
Email: sujusti@yahoo.com
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