We visited la Fundacion Amor y Esperanza today, meeting with the director Pancho Sola. Pancho is a gregarious man, excited to fulfill his vision for Ecuador’s poor areas, and full of the love of God. Literally from the moment I walked into the school run by the foundation, I could feel the excitement (Neil put it better, he said he could feel the “JOY”) of the place. There was activity everywhere. Pancho took us around to a bunch of the classrooms where we were greeted by shouts of “Bienvenidos” (“Welcome”) from the kids, many of whom crowded around us to get a better look or just hold our hands. The school really is a great facility for these kids.
In addition to education of children, the foundation is active in promoting health and adult education. But what they lack is a means to help adults start business and earn income. They want to expand into microfinance, and that is where we enter. Pancho seems to want us to help him figure out how to design a microfinance program, and hopefully our research can aid in that.
I would ask you to please just pray for us as we start our research. Please pray that God can use us to find something constructive for both these organizations. Pray God might use us as a tool to serve the poor here in Ecuador. Thank you.
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