25 Days | Summer 2018

Community Service Projects ECUADOR

Ecuador community service projects completed in partnership with local community members and El Municipio de Patate.

Ecuador community service projects in Patate
Ecuador community service projects in Patate
  • Completed bathroom construction in the Tahuaicha Community Center:
    • Mixed and poured 220 pounds of concrete to set the floor.
    • Dug a trench to install plumbing.
    • Plastered, sanded and painted exterior and interior walls.
    • Installed toilets

 

  • Installed a new floor in the Puñapi’s coliseum:
    • Picked and removed worn floor.
    • Mixed, poured and distributed 44,000 pounds of concrete.
  • Regularly assisted staff at a center for adults with disabilities. Served more than 30 community members by running activities in art, English, dance and soccer.

 

  • With a local farmer in San Cristobal, Galápagos, assisted with harvesting, cutting and installing new posts for perimeter fence. Removed tattered fencing and cleared weeds.

 

  • Spent a day helping to remove weeds from a community member’s garden in Puñapi.

 

  • With a group of elders, organized a two-hour cultural exchange of art and dance.
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