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Easter tradition Fanesca soup

Easter Tradition and Celebration

March 2018 Place of Hope Update Donations are needed for Place of Hope. Donations received in February and March were not the usual income to meet a food budget of $1,100 per month. We are feeding breakfast to a minimum of 45, and up to 65 people, Monday thru Friday. Of course, Easter week was […]

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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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Timeline: Place of Hope March 2017

Serving the Poor Elderly and More   March 10, 2017 This is Fund Raising month, so we can to continue caring for our poor and elderly people. We serve breakfast to between 55 and 65 people from Monday thru Friday. We have added scrambled eggs with vegetables to our menu a couple times a week […]

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Place of Hope – January 2017

It has been an exciting 2016 for Place of Hope in serving breakfast to our poor elderly. We moved in to our present location in May and have accomplished much due to your generous donations. We have two separate buildings. The kitchen/serving building can seat up to 60 people. Our second building can take additional […]

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Soup Kitchen Update for June 2015

  We moved to our temporary location a few weeks ago. The people are now eating inside the building instead of under a tent. Winds have been a bit strong and this was a safety move. We hope the addition for our new kitchen will be completed this summer at Jambi/Unorcac – our original location. […]

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Hatu Mikui Soup Kitchen For the Poor Elderly

Update for January 2015 Great News! We will be starting an additional kitchen this month in the area shown above. Plans will be submitted to the Municipality for approval and permits.  A group from Quito are donating a stove, refrigerator and kitchen pots and pans.  What a Blessing. We require donations of approximately $3,500 to […]

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Hatu Mikui “Come and Eat” Soup Kitchen

Hatu MIKUI “Come and Eat” Soup Kitchen Recently I met with our wonderful volunteers who are cooking breakfast to feed our poor elderly.  At this time, approximately 20 to 35 are being served breakfast.  These are the neediest people – some living in homes without running water or bathrooms, others living on the street or […]

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