Field Trip: Ecuador Ski Team!

Fiorella and Alison discovered snow for the first time of their lives in Les Diablerets (1'800m). The ski teachers Sylvain and Bibi were amazed by their natural skills on skis. After only two hours of class, they were able to use the T-bar alone, mastering blue slopes! We would like to thank our sponsors Isabelle Fontanaz and Jacky Sport for offering the equipment for this wonderful day!  

Field Trip: Back to school

We were all really excited about the opportunity we were given by Esther Eicher, who welcomed our girls in her class during three days. The school is located in the heart of Switzerland, in the beautiful Entlebuch region. The class had kindly prepared various activities for the exchange students. They were greeted with a breakfast, watched an English movie, visited a farm, joined gym class, cooked together, and last but not least, Fiorella and Alison held a presentation about Ecuador. Ms. Camenzind, the school's director, was happy to be able to give the students an opportunity to learn about different cultures. A big thank you to Reni Soguel-dit-Piquard, the school's social worker, who organized this project for us.

Field Trip: Meeting the Mummy at St. Gallen Library

On the weekend, Alison's Godfather, Guido Seiler, took us to St. Gallen where he grew up. There we visited the Abbey Library which is one the world's oldest and most beautiful libraries. It contains more than 1'600 incunabulum (books printed before 1500) and a 2'700 year old Egyptian mummy!  It was made a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1983. A must see if you are traveling in the region!

Field Trip: Our students arrived safely in Zürich

Yesterday the adventure started as Alison and Fiorella boarded an airplane for the first time in their life! Because of that we organized that the students be accompanied by a member of the staff at all times on their flight from Guayaquil to Zürich via Madrid. We talked to the crew in the arrival hall; they were all very impressed and thought that girls were frequent flyers!

Educational Field Trip 2017

We are happy to announce that Fiorella and Alison from our school in Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador will visit us in March for a two week Educational Field Trip. The girls have gone through intensive preparation, which had already started in December when our volunteers held extracurricular classes with them every afternoon (see picture). The final important step has been taken two days ago when we received the visas from the Swiss Embassy in Quito. Let the journey begin! Follow us here for full coverage of this exceptional experience.  

Thank you to our volunteers

Christine and Stephan have completed their voluntary service at the school and are leaving Bahía now. What they have accomplished is impressive. In addition to the activities they shared with us through the posts, they were working on two projects that we will launch next year. More information will follow here shortly. We would like to warmly thank Christine and Stephan for their hard work and dedication for our project. They will be missed by the kids, the teachers and especially their godson.