Location: El Fortin, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Gender: Female

Birthday: July 3, 2017

School: La Consolata

Hobbies: Hanging out with friends

Parents' Names and Occupations: Elvia (mother) is unemployed, and the father (name unknown) works as a day laborer, making minimum wage.

Siblings: Christopher (17) and Mathias (12)

Reason for Scholarship: They are very poor. What little income they have goes mostly to the gangs in the neighborhood. They are notorious for extorting innocent people out of the money in exchange for “protection.” The price of not paying the gangs is violence and sometimes death, so they have no choice but to cooperate. The gangs pay a large sum of money to the police to keep them out of the neighborhoods, so it is all very unsafe.

What Your Sponsorship Provides
When you sponsor a child in Ecuador, your donation supports the child's education in an excellent school.  These children come from very impoverished areas, and the local schools are greatly lacking.  Your donation will not only allow a child to receive a very good education, but will also allow him or her to experience the love of God in a faith-filled community.  Additional donations can be made here to help support children without sponsors as well as support additional needs of the children, such as gifts, uniforms and school supplies.

What You'll Receive
As a sponsor, you will receive a newsletter with general updates from our communities in India and Ecuador as well as a letter from your adopted child 3 times per year:  Easter, early fall and Christmas.  We also encourage you to send letters or cards to your adopted child by creating and logging into your account on our website.