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Mission Details
Dates: May 11, 2009 - May 25, 2009
Total Cost: $ 2,100.00
Sponsored By: OMS International
Created By: Brad Milius
About the Mission
We will be working with OMS-International in South-Eastern Ecuador. We will have a few different opportunities to serve in Ecuador; there will be a chance for us to help at their medical clinic, work with their guinea pig farm, and assist on the construction of their ministry training camp.
Although in recent years Ecuador has benefited from a rise in tourism offer some economic relief, millions of people live below the poverty line, mainly children. Governmental statistics estimate that over one million children work to survive and maintain their families. Growing poverty, lack of education and limited governmental resources further worsen the problem of street children and orphans in Ecuador. A government study* concluded that 45% of the population between the ages of 10 and 16 are working, 60% of the children under the age of five are malnourished and a third of the population has not completed the first part of their basic education.
Every year PCCH (Purdue Christian Campus House) sends many Purdue students on mission trips around the world. This year is our first time experiencing Ecuador. We are very excited for the new challenges ahead.
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