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Children's Home
Jardín del Edén
Ecuador - South America
Day by day millions of children fight for survival
in the streets.
Our JARDIN DEL EDEN works hard to build a future
for some of them.
Official representative in Europe:
Rainer Günther
Staufenstr. 11
72458 Albstadt
Tel.: 0049-7431-73743 Fax: 0049-7431-72480
e-mail: guenther-albstadt@web.de
Bank Account in Germany:
Michael-Günther-Stiftung für Kinder
Sparkasse Zollernalb BLZ 653 512 60
Kontonummer: 66 105 444
contributions are acknowledges by your tax office.
Your contribution is directly transferred to JARDIN DEL EDEN without
administrative costs.
Fundacíon Jardin del Edén
Casilla: 05 - 01- 598
Latacunga - Ecuador
Tel./Fax: (00593-3-727-406)
e-mail: fjareden@interactive.net.ec
Bank Account in Ecuador:
Swift: PICHECEQ
Codigo
ABA:0661286
Banco
del Pichincha – Salcedo
Cuenta
No. 6800964-6
Beneficiario:
Fundación Jardin de Eden / Roberto Altamirano
How our home came into being
What counts are acts , not words
Our little home in the highlands of Ecuador came into being in 1989
through the private initiative by two Ecuadorian students, Roberto Altamirano
and Anita Constante. Roberto paid regular weekend-visits to prisoners in
several jails in Ecuador. It was on one of these visits that he came to
realize the miserable situation of some children who had no choice but
to live in jail with their condemned fathers. They had no other home !
Seven of them shared one little cell where they slept on the cold floor
(which was covered with nothing but newspapers) sharing what little food
they were offered and participating in the daily prison drills. Their social
neglect became more and more obvious, but nobody would offer a solution.
Roberto - deeply moved by the children's situation and by the words
of one of the prisoners: " Nice of you to come visiting and talking.
But you are like all the others: you're just talking, but you don't act!
Do something! " - Roberto decided to dedicate his life to these children.
A short time later he and his wife Anita founded JARDIN DEL EDEN.
Although confronted with severe financial problems Roberto and Anita managed
to salvage 15 children from their daily struggle to survive and to offer
them a makeshift home in a former henhouse.
Who lives in JARDIN DEL EDEN ?
Besides the prisoners' children many "social orphans" have found
a new home in recent years.
JARDIN DEL EDEN hosts:
- children mistreated by their parents
- children who used to work and live in the streets
- children who were forced to live with their imprisoned parents
- children whose parents were unable to supply them
JARDIN DEL EDEN provides:
- shelter
- food
- medical care
- schooling and professional training
- a feeling of security in a new family
Future Prospects
WHAT WE MANAGED TO ACHIEVE IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
JARDIN DEL EDEN's aim is it to provide sufficient supplies for
the children and the youths ( for the time being) and to offer promising
future prospects in the long run.
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The construction of new accommodation units has led to better living-conditions.
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35 children and youths are accommodated in JARDIN DEL EDEN.
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The construction of a new water-tank safeguards the drinking water
supply of the home
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Eight youths and children attend a secondary school (grades 7 -
12 ) and are
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privately coached by a female teacher supervising their home-studies.
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Juan, 19, is able to walk properly again. While still a child he
had a severe accident (as he was working in the street) with
his left leg stopping to continue to grow and remaining 13 cm shorter than
his right one. This handicap could be overcome by a successful surgical
operation.
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Building up our own carpentry workshop has been our main objective
in the past few years. Besides a qualified school education we want to
offer professional training courses to our youths with the long-term aim
to enable them to make their own living.
Only by many people's overwhelming readiness in
Germany to offer their help has it been possible to promote and support
our children's home.
FUTURE PROSPECTS
Our maintenance....
is mainly provided for by spontaneous private donations and contributions
in Ecuador and in Germany. In order to be able to take in more children
the persons in charge of JARDIN DEL EDEN are working hard on finding a
charity organization willing to give a fixed annual amount of money.
Taking in more children and youths....
If we mange to add accommodation unit No. 4 we can host more children.
Thus our objective - namely to take care of 65 children and youths - could
be realized. This, however, requires guaranteed financial support of the
maintenance-costs of our home, at least for the next couple of years to
come.
Further professional training.....
After the successful start of our carpentry workshop further professional
training facilities ought to be offered. In the long run we plan to establish
a garment factory unit with sewing machines, a metalworking shop, and a
computer room.
How can you help ?
The main part of our costs is covered by private donations and
contributions. Although we are accustomed to money-efficiency we need US$
80,-- per month for the support of one child.
Official representative in Europe:
Rainer Günther
Staufenstr. 11
72458 Albstadt
Tel.: 0049-7431-73743 Fax: 0049-7431-72480
e-mail: guenther-albstadt@web.de
Bank Account in Germany:
Michael-Günther-Stiftung für Kinder
Sparkasse Zollernalb BLZ 653 512 60
Kontonummer: 66 105 444
All contributions are acknowledges by your tax office.
Your contribution is directly transferred to JARDIN DEL EDEN without
administrative costs.
Please don't forget to print your address on the transfer form.
Bank Account in Ecuador:
Banco Popular del Ecuador
Av. amazonas y Atahualpa fundacion jardin del eden / Roberto Altamirano
Quito
ABA : 0660140043 fondo capital No. 571340.1
Latacunga- Ecuador
We ask you
- to support Roberto's and Anita's work and JARDIN DEL EDEN
with
your contribution
- to make sure that we can continue to support those 65 children
and youths in the years to come
- to make it possible for more children in Panzaleo to find a
new home with schooling and professional training facilities
- to provide for further training workshops
- to hire further, qualified staff members whom we urgently need
You can help us
1. with your spontaneous or regular contributions
2. by assuming an official "sponsorship". We need US$
90,-- per month for the support of one child. You cover the costs
for one child. All our children profit from your contribution !
3. by donating used machinery, tools, books in Spanish language, second-hand
computers (esp. Laptops), toys , etc., etc...
© Chris Straub 2007