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Step 1 Projects - Currently serving almost 300 children What is a Step 1 Project? Eagle Condor Humanitarian (ECH) is committed to implementing long term solutions for children, families and communities. The first step is to focus on basic needs as the priority as children require these for the foundation of personal growth and development. To change the generational cycle of poverty, you must start with the children. Our objective is to enhance the ability of children so they can more fully acquire the skills and tools needed to become positive contributing members of their communities. Step 1 projects all utilize one or more elements:
Current Step 1 Projects: This project focuses on feeding over 100 children who are currently attending schools in rural and low-income communities where government food rarely arrives. The purpose is to keep children from going hungry to allow them to focus on their education. Ironically, young children go with nothing to eat due to the fact that both parents spend the entire day away working in the fields. While visiting there, we found a very young girl crying from want of food. Upon interviewing local community members, it was found that this is a common occurrence and children often miss classes due to leaving school during the day to find food. Regular food at school will promote regular school attendance. In 2010 the school was cleaned top to bottom and a kitchen was built to provide food to stay in school. ECH is sponsoring food in these schools and the 2011 expedition projects will focus on additional projects at the schools including creating a school garden for self-sustainability.
The "Little Bug" is located in the small town of Puyllucana, in the province of Cajamarca, Peru (2,500mts above sea level), about an hour flight from Lima, Peru. This center was started by Graciela Colle, from Argentine descent, who after a trip to Peru began thinking of ways to help the children she saw on the streets. With the help of Ms. Feliciana Quiliche, who now runs the kitchen at “El Bichito 189", this home serves over 70 children. Eagle Condor has partnered with Graciella and has renovated the first floor and completed construction on the second story which includes rooms for interns, a bathroom and a soon to be established literacy center and computer lab. The 2011 expedition project will include work on these and working to build the third story to provide more long term skill training workshops. Connections have been made with the local university to provide remedial classes for the older children at $81 a quarter and university classes at $100 a quarter. At this time, we have three young boys who are enrolled in the local university.
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