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Once again there was a celebration…
We continually receive inquiries from various organizations as to whether we could help out financially…
Volunteering demands a lot from each individual volunteer…
I am very happy and grateful …
The volunteer house in Puka Urku, built last year…
As my pulmonologist predicted, staying in the Amazon rainforest…
After officially graduating from high-school…
Just the climate, the different cultural background and …
A trip back to my second home.
I am very excited to have succeeded one of my greatest challenges
Ten enriching and moving months
Thursday, July 20, we had a celebration in Puka Urku.
Since mid-May we have been supporting English classes with our volunteers at the Pedro Fermín Cevallos School in the Puka Urku Community…
The construction of the new volunteer house is progressing steadily…
The basic structure of the volunteer house in Puka Urku is finished….
The construction of the house in Puka Urku is progressing rapidly…
Due to further landslides near the entrance road to the student house….
PAKASHKA-SACHA and Great English, an established language school here in Tena….
On the recommendation of friends, a shaman….
On December 29th I could hand over uniforms and soccer balls, donated….
Byron’s parents insisted on organizing a celebration for Byron….
Christmas, time of festivities, gifts, abundance….
Since the beginning of my volunteer work here in Ecuador, I have been accompanying Widinson….
Happy Moments…
PAKASHKA-SACHA is for me a place of rest and to live, at the same time.
Part of the student house PAKASHKA-SACHA is the newly build Choza…
It is obligatory in Ecuador to keep the borders open on regular bases…
Heavy rains after a few dry days have…
Actually it should have been a surprise…
The bodega in front of the Student house PAKASHKA-SACHA, was built, to …
Machines roar again through the silent forest of Pakashka-Sacha…
The situation is not easy…
We are looking for an administrator, manager for our student house in the Amazon Rainforest…
I have been back here in the student house PAKASHKA-SACHA for a week now…
Each student supported by PAKASHKA-SACHA has to organize a workshop together with…
Regularly the access roads and borders have to be cleaned…
PAKASHKA-SACHA offered to the project ALLEY CAT for one of their competitions a prize for the winners…
It was a special day. Already the evening before, in the student house PAKASHKA-SACHA began preparations..
Every 6 months there is a general cleaning in the student house PAKASHKA-SACHA…
Maritza Escobar, the director at Pakashka-Sacha Student House is…
The students in the Pakashka-Sacha Student House celebrated a …
The student house PAKASHKA-SACHA is somewhat hidden…
This tradition has also found its way into the rainforest.
The demand for accommodation and support from the Student House PAS is huge.
Fun and sports
On a large property like Pakashka-Sacha, where the Studenthouse in Ecuador is located …
Vicente has already completed successfully basic training as a local guide here in Ecuador.
The climate in the rainforest, strong sun, heavy rains and high humidity are hard on everything built in the forest.
There are various ways to get involved in the protection of the Amazon Rainforest. Volunteer Work is one of them.
Yesterday Monday evening I had the opportunity to present the project SABER Y CRECER in the church St. Wendelin in Allenwinden.
The goal of SABER Y CRECER is to reduce the destruction of the rainforest through education.
A warm surprise.
I have accompanied Widinson since my first assignment in the student house in Tena here in Ecuador.
Unfortunately, due to health problems, I am not able to do much during my stay in Switzerland.
For a house outside in the rainforest, it is unfortunately inevitable to regularly protect the house against parasites.
The two closest villages to the student house PAKASHKA-SACHA are Guinea Chimbana and Pano.
In the first year, thanks to students and volunteers, we were able to create about 4 km of trails on the terrain of PAKASHKA-SACHA.
Interview with the management of the new student house Pakashka-Sacha
The student house is finally completed
It started with a surprise message … I am Pascal, on my trip thru South American and currently in Ecuador…
It was clear that good lighting was needed for the access road from the public road to the student-house.
The student house is actually finished as far as construction work is concerned.
In order to build the new student house a 250 m long road had to be built from the main street to the new student house, through extremely hilly terrain.
After long delays, due to the Covid situation, Felix can finally start his practical part of his training as a prison guard.
The property on which the PASKASHKA SACHA student house stands covers about 57000 m2.
The construction of the student-house PAKASHKA-SACHA offered several challenges.
It started with a crazy idea. The idea to create my own education Project here in Ecuador.
Our last volunteers took the trouble to bring us a sewing machine from Switzerland, sponsored by my niece and godchild Jasmin.
Vicente has been with us since the beginning of the PAKASHKA-SACHA project as a motivated hardworking student.
I have been guiding Elder since he was a high-school senior.
It is not just a duty, it is a treat, to walk the two dogs every morning in the forest of PAKASHKA-SACHA.
Felix has been interested in a professional education for a long time.
With the final phase of the student-house construction PAKASHKA SACHA, which is actually the main project of SABER Y CRECER, a newly designed website was also created.
Despite all the pressure, construction stress, and Covid difficulties, we’re not letting it spoil our holidays…
Loyal companions and protectors in the student house are our two dog ladies, Becky and Yura. Both are one year old and naturally full of energy and drive.
It was a long-awaited dream. The construction of a student house outside in the Ecuadorian jungle. We still have a lot of work to do, but we hope to finish the construction phase by the beginning of 2021.
