SPONSOR A CHILD!
Since 2014, we have helped dozens of children enroll and remain in school and given them invaluable experiences
HOW TO BECOME AN SPONSOR:
it’S A TWO STEP PROCESS:
1st step: ADD and submit your name below
2nd step: CLICK *HERE TO MAKE YOUR CONTRIBUTION
*When you click "here" you will be directed to the page of our partner (fiscal sponsor), Palms for Life Fund, a nonprofit, 501(c)(3), U.S. based organization.*
Your financial contribution at any level below will cover the cost of the basic fees and supplies these children need to attend and stay in school. Greater contributions will pay for shoes and school uniforms (an essential and often unattainable item for attendance in public school). All of these are costs their families simply cannot afford. The contribution levels are:
Sponsorship Levels
$100 – Basic Support Pays for a child’s school supplies (the full, government‑issued list of required materials).
$150 – Essential Support Pays for a child’s shoes, school supplies (comprehensive government‑issued list), and includes books and calculators when required.
$250 – Full Support Pays for a child’s school uniform, shoes, school supplies (comprehensive government‑issued list), and includes books and calculators when required.
Donate any amount: All additional donations will be used to provide children with basic hygiene items and food/snack baskets.
WHO WE SERVE:
The children and families RIEcuador serves live in impoverished villages in an around Gualaceo, San Juan, and Jadan, Azuay. Our children come from extremely difficult situations, including severe poverty, abuse and abandonment. They are between the ages of 5 and 19. Most of them work to help their families survive and do not receive adequate schooling, medical attention or nutrition. To see the children and the families we serve, click here.
WHAT WE DO:
RIEcuador’s Sponsor a Child program designates contributions from donors to individual children to ensure each has all the tools she or he needs to receive her or his education, and to enable us to bring new experiences to all the participants. We accomplish this by:
Purchasing and providing shoes, uniforms, supplies necessary for each child to attend and remain in school.
HOW WE MAKE IT HAPPEN:
Each September, our founder travels to her native Ecuador at her own expense. When she is unable to make the trip, Foundation volunteers work closely with the children’s teachers, parents, and community members to coordinate, oversee, and purchase all necessary school supplies, uniforms, and shoes. Once everything has been secured, we host a charitable community event where we provide a nutritious meal, distribute the supplies, uniforms, and shoes, and ensure that each child has met the administrative requirements needed to attend school.
With your sponsorship commitment, you will receive information about the child's current situation and RIEcuador's plans for her or him.
*Your donations directly support a child's needs. Our volunteers work for free and our only current administrative cost is a 10% fee paid to our partner, the Palms For Life Fund. That Fund provides invaluable support and its fiscal sponsorship enables us to legally solicit tax-exempt donations in the U.S. and to legally remit those donations to Ecuador.