CHARITY
Learn about the charities we support in Ecuador, supporting meaningful initiatives and making a positive impact
Children & Education
JUCONI
The JUCONI Foundation is a non-profit NGO founded in Guayaquil, Ecuador, in 1995. Their mission is to promote social inclusion and enhance the quality of life for children and their families, contributing to the full exercise of their rights through psychosocial support. They aim for the comprehensive development of those facing extreme violence, employing a holistic intervention approach within their immediate environment: families, communities, and schools.
The Anglo-Ecuadorian Society works with a UK charity, the International Children’s Trust to sponsor children in the JUCONI programme.
The Condor Trust for Education
Over the past eighteen years, The Condor Trust has enabled over 100 young individuals from low-income families in Ecuador to pursue secondary education and university. Bridging gaps not covered by the state, the organisation ensure access to education by offering essentials like textbooks, uniforms, and transport, alongside living cost contributions. Their commitment extends to extra support, addressing barriers to effective learning, and has positively impacted students, propelling them into careers ranging from export business to healthcare. This support directly fuels education initiatives in Ecuador, providing life-changing opportunities and breaking the cycle of poverty.
Conservation
Fundacion Jocotoco
Ornithologist Dr. Robert Ridgely discovered a species of bird which until then had not been studied by science, the Jocotoco Antpitta; which is currently classified as endangered. Fundación Jocotoco was originally founded to conserve its habitat and has now expanded into a network of 15 reserves in Ecuador that are home to over 900 species of birds and protect large and rare mammals such as the Spectacled Bear, Mountain Tapir, Chocó Tapir, Puma and Jaguar. All the reserves have a lodge for visitors.
Galapagos Conservation Trust
The Galapagos Conservation Trust is the only UK registered charity to focus solely on the conservation of the Galapagos Islands, one of the most unique and ecologically important, but vulnerable, areas in the world. With 25 years of experience supporting impactful conservation programmes across the Archipelago, GCT partners with Ecuadorian authorities, NGOs, local communities and leading scientists, both in Galapagos and worldwide.
Rainforest Concern
Rainforest Concern is a British charity that protects rainforests and other crucial natural habitats, working with communities and organisations across eight countries. The Neblina Reserve consists of over 2,200 hectares of threatened high altitude cloud forest in north-west Ecuador. Teeming with wildlife, this area of forest is unusually rich in orchids and epiphytes alongside endangered animal species such as spectacled bears, pumas, ocelots, tapirs, toucans, rare frogs and hummingbirds.
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