OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT
FOR MARGINAL COMMUNITIES

Fundación Cimas del Ecuador has been supporting and stimulating a new type of North-South network, based on solidarity, cooperation and inclusion of different ways of being, as a way to construct alternatives to the current world crisis.

As part of a larger and long term effort to find a local alternative development in rural communities in Ecuador, Cimas is facilitating simple and low cost, and yet effective, interventions at the local community levels in Pedro Moncayo County in the Pichincha
Province of Ecuador.

We invite you to be part of these solutions by making a donation to support:

a) A child or young adult to complete high school and /or university education. Most rural communities have an elementary school, while high school is located in the county seat. For this reason, students willing to continue with high school need to travel to some distant places, which demand resources that their families can not meet. Your contribution of one dollar a day could make a life time difference for an underprivileged student. Some of our early sponsored students are already pursuing university degrees.
With your contribution you will receive a picture and information about your sponsored student, letter, grade report and found statements.

b) A poor elderly person. Your contribution of one dollar a day will allow an elderly person to receive 2 meals a day, basic occupational therapy, medical supervision in an adult community day care center and social activities and output.

c) Emergency medical fund. On occasion a poor child, woman or elderly person requires more complex medical interventions, and therefore, financial assistance. We will appreciate any kind of support that you could give to poor communities in the rural areas of Ecuador.
Please fill out the attached form and stimulate other people to be part of this effort.

Fundación Cimas del Ecuador guarantees that your donations will reach the specific targeted group. You will receive regular information about the beneficiary and the destination of your funds. Please also share this information with people who that you think might be interest in joining this effort.

Cimas has had a long relationship with several international organizations and invidual who have supported these program. Please feel free to contact them if you have questions about Cimas´s record in management donations.

For further information contact fcimas@cimas.edu.ec
For additional references please contact:
• Learning Abroad Center, Chip Peterson, e-pete@maroon.tc.umn.edu
• Professor Uwe Stuecher, PhD, University of Minnesota, ustueche@d.umn.edu
PROVITA ANDINA German Foundation, Ingrid Kaspar, kaspar.andina@t-online.de
• Kaaren Johnson, Seattle – Washington, kaarenj@aol.com