VAC Calendars 2012

2012 Peace Corps Ecuador calendars are now for sale! Support the work of Peace Corps Ecuador with your purchase of these full-size color calendars featuring pictures taken by current volunteers. Proceeds go to support small project grants and volunteer activities funded through the Volunteer Advisory Council in Ecuador. Past grants have been awarded for the installation of water systems, creation of community libraries, as well as providing start-up capital for numerous other small-scale sustainable projects. Calendars are $10 each or 5 for $40. Cost includes shipping only within the U.S. Please allow 2-8 weeks for delivery.

Purchase them here through our secure PayPal transaction.  

Amount

1 Calendar $10.002 Calendars $20.003 Calendars $30.005 Calendars $40.0010 Calendars $80.00

See sample photos of the 2012 here on our Flickr stream. 

Click below on "read more" to find out about past projects supported by calendar sales!

June 1, 2011 Update. $1060 raised. Fully Funded! Please support Fundación Tarpuna Causay/ Amazon Partnerships Foundation. PCV Grace Milanowski has brought to the attention of FOE a very deserving environmental education project in the Amazon. She hopes to raise $1000 to support environmental education. 

2011 Peace Corps Ecuador calendars are now for sale! Support the work of Peace Corps Ecuador with your purchase of these full-size color calendars featuring pictures taken by current volunteers. Proceeds go to support small project grants and volunteer activities funded through the Volunteer Advisory Council in Ecuador. Past grants have been awarded for the installation of water systems, buying paint for World Map Projects, as well as providing start-up capital for numerous other small-scale sustainable projects.Arrival before the holidays can only be guaranteed if they are purchased before Dec 10th.

Calendars are $10 each or 5 for $40. Cost includes shipping only within the U.S. Please allow 2-8 weeks for delivery.

Email ecuadorvac@gmail.com with questions.

FOE is using Google Checkout this year so a Google account is required...We hope to have a PayPal option soon.

For a preview of this year's photos, click here to our Flickr stream

The Simón Palacios Intriago Foundation for People with Disabilities is an organization dedicated to providing services to the surprisingly large disabled population of the County and City of Pedernales on the coast of Ecuador.  The members of the Foundation are mostly uneducated and impoverished women, yet despite their lack of personal economic resources, have worked together to establish, maintain, and improve the services offered by the Foundation since it was established in 2001. RPCV Ouida Chichester (omnibus 88) has been working with the community group since her time as a PCV. 

This year the Foundation is launching a new project and expanding its services. For many years now the Foundation has been in possession of a large plot of land on the outskirts of town. They have long wanted to develop it and offer their members a space for income generation, offer new and varied forms of therapy (especially equine therapy) and have room for everyone to congregate, celebrate and work together. The first steps in this project are fencing the plot of land and building a small house for a caretaker. Plans will then be drawn up for expanding the Foundation's services. If you would like to donate, you can do so on our e-pay page.

We are delighted to report that with off-line donations that the GAD Raffle raised more than $9700, which is close to last year's total. We are delighted that you were not deterred by the financial crisis from supporting girl scholarships in Ecuador. This is a tremendous show of support for their education, and we really appreciate your support.

And now for the raffle prize winners! Thanks again for all who participated. Read on for the full list of prize winners.

GAD RAFFLE IS NOW CLOSED. THANKS TO ALL WHO PURCHASED RAFFLE TICKETS. NEARLY $7K RAISED.
Help Ecuadorian girls finish high school…
Have a chance to win fabulous prizes including two plane tickets good for travel within Ecuador, exciting getaway packages to Vilcabamba, Puyo, Mindo, and much, much more!

How?  It’s easy!  Buy tickets TODAY.  Just $1.50 per ticket.

The proceeds of last year's raffle funded more than 60 scholarships and supported three unique leadership camps for young Ecuadorian women. Despite economic challenges we have all faced in the last year, difficult economic times can hit the developing world much harder and force poor families to decide between putting food on their table or sending their kids to school.  With your support, families won't have to make that difficult decision.

Send an Ecuadorian girl to school.  Support our successful scholarship program by buying a raffle ticket today. Click on "Read more" for a full list of prizes!

2009 Peace Corps VAC Calendars are now available for $10 (including postage)! The calendar is created by the Volunteer Advisory Committee (VAC), a representative group of all the volunteers in Ecuador. Proceeds from this calendar fund small project grants for volunteer community projects. Need a nice birthday gift or holiday gift which is just around the corner? A VAC Calendar is the solution! The calendar includes volunteer submitted pictures of the culture and landscape of this beautful country.

Last year, we sold 69 calendars through the website. Let's see if we can top that total!

Buy yours today on our website. Feel free to buy several in a single order and e-mail us at foe@friendsofecuador.org if you'd like them sent to different addresses.

Click here for sample photos.

GAD/ANTI-TIPS 2008 RAFFLE WINNERS

The winners of the raffle have all been announced and contacted. Here are the list of the winners and their respective prizes. Congratulations to all those who won, and thanks to all those who participated. We will post more information soon about how many scholarships were supported by this year's competition. This year's on-line fundraising total of $10,258 surpassed last year's total by nearly $1000. In addition, GAD sold about another $1400 in raffle tickets on-line. Thanks again and we appreciate your support! Click on "read more" link below for the list of winners!