Visit to Alex World Vision 037

World Vision visit

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April 25th 2010
We have had an interesting week. On Friday we travelled by bus an hour to Ambato and were met by Santiago Nunez of World Vision. Ambato is a city in the Andes that is cool, and very dry. He and the staff spent an hour with a powerpoint presentation on their work in the area. They have a foundation of 7 small villages which have combined into an organization called Unocant. WV has sponsors for ... read more

South America » Ecuador » Centre » Ambato

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The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more