Note: All reward levels are the minimum amount for each perk. All donors will receive the appropriate perk for their contribution, and any perks from the lower levels that are not offered in the description of their level.
Team Ecuador is a division of Purdue’s Engineering Projects in Community Service Program (EPICS). This team of multidisciplinary students focuses on the development of educational infrastructure and resources within Lumbisi, a small community outside of Quito, Ecuador. The team has worked alongside our project partner, Fundación para la Educación y el Voluntariado Internacional (FEVI), for 4 years. Together we have worked to address the educational needs of Lumbisi by building various equipment and accessibility structures as requested by the community.
FEVI, currently runs a preschool in Lumbisi called Muñequitos. Muñequitos was built by FEVI in 2007 to fulfil the need for a better education system in the community of Lumbisi. FEVI currently runs the school, and with their efforts the education in Lumbisi has improved significantly. However, Muñequitos is now overcrowded and is unable to accommodate the number of young children within the community. This means that many families must send their children into surrounding cities or deny them early childhood education.
To allow the continued growth of education in the community, and not just amongst young people, Team Ecuador has been hard at work designing an education and community center to suit the needs of Lumbisi. The center is two floors with an open balcony. It will provide space for teaching, cooking, and gathering for the community members and children. It's features include:
Preview of the Education and Community Center:
Donors will be acknowledged on the mural in the multipurpose room. Their name will be painted onto a leaf of the tree which will be the center of the mural.
Show your support for our project with everyone you see! We will send you an official Team Ecuador T-shirt of your size, complete with a front pocket!
Those who contribute in the Plaque range will be recognized on a plaque in the conference room of the center and we will also send you an official Team Ecuador T-shirt (front pocket included)!
Want your donation to be remembered forever? Those over $1,000 will be placed on our official team website, plaque in the conference room, and we will also send you an official Team Ecuador T-shirt (front pocket included)!
The classroom sponsorship opportunities are the best way to have an impact on the community of Lumbisi. An individual sponsor(s) of a classroom will receive a plaque on the door acknowledging their donation and a quote of choice by the donor relative to education painted inside the room. In addition, the sponsor will be forever featured on our website with their name and picture (if desired), a short bio (if desired), and what room their funding made possible. We will also send you an official Team Ecuador T-shirt (front pocket included)