Special Indigenous Celebrations

Place of Hope – November 2017 This is a special story of indigenous celebrations for you to enjoy and better understand the culture of Ecuador and Cotacachi. Our sincere thanks to David Sasaki for the photographs that enhance these stories.  Please remember to continue your donations to Ecuador Project Hope through the link to our […]

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October Update 2017 – A Fruitful Month

September has been a wonderful month in serving our poor elderly and anyone in need. We managed a couple of surprises for the enjoyment of our less fortunate.   One of our volunteers arranged for a movie to be shown at Place of Hope on September 14th after breakfast – Charlie Chaplin in “The Kid”. We […]

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Place of Hope News

September 2017 We had a very exciting month selling raffle tickets that were donated by JetBlue Airlines to help support Place of Hope in caring and feeding our poor elderly. Ft. Lauderdale is the main location; however they have a team of agents representing JetBlue in Quito. Several of their employees visited us two months […]

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Wonderful Generosity

Wow! July started out with many opportunities to help our poor elderly and those in need. JetBlue airlines donated two round trip tickets for travel from Quito to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and back to Quito – value at least $700. Raffle tickets will be available within the near future. JetBlue also donated walking canes and […]

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TIME Performs Again!

June 2017 Update Great news!   Our last update had a video showing our successful fund-raising Pancake Breakfast, and featuring the band TIME. TIME will perform again on June 23, 2017 at 7:00pm in the grand theatre, owned by the Municipality of Cotacachi, capacity of 300 people.   Tickets are only $3.00 each and you have […]

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Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser

Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser

Cotacachi Pancake Breakfast (March 25, 2017) What am I doing as an 80-year-old single woman living in a foreign country? Am I out of my mind? Sometimes that is good, because I’m sure out of my comfort zone. My heart is beating rapidly and my hands feel sweaty as I mentally go over all the preparations […]

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Serving Hope – May Update

Serving With Hope, Fun and Compassion We had a Rock Painting party in the last week of April, and 35 people from our kitchen brought 45 rocks. They were filled with joy and enthusiasm and many painted very artistic rocks for our flower garden. Three of our volunteers assisted them in this fun project. We are […]

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Place of Hope April Update

April 2017 Food Kitchen As most of you know, we had a pancake breakfast on March 25th for fundraising. It was a success and details will follow towards the end of the month. My friend who helps me with updating and sending out the monthly newsletter has created this video. Turn up your speakers, and […]

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Cotacachi Soup Kitchen

Gratitude and Appreciation [video]

Let me share a story… This video confirms how much you are appreciated with your continued support in serving our poor people at Place of Hope. You are hearing just a few stories and we hope to do more interviews. We need to increase medical service as many have physical problems. Place of Hope brings […]

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