Introducing Casa Guangaje

With excitement we announce the purchase and dedication of Casa Guangaje!  This 3-story apartment building near Universidad Tecnica de Cotopaxi in Latacunga has become dormitory housing for the Para El Futuro Scholarship students.  It provides safe, affordable housing, giving students the opportunity to support each other in this challenging time of life.

Casa Guagaje’s dedication, which occurred in July 2022, was a wonderful time of speeches by students, parents, mentor Rodrigo Ilaquiche and Para El Futuro founder David Wood.  A celebration meal was shared by all.

Here is a video excerpt of one student’s emotional expression of what it means for her, as an indigenous woman, to have access to higher education. 

Casa Guangaje was donated by the Founders to Fundacion Yanapak Jumandy Funyaj, who will maintain the building, supervise the students and continue to provide mentoring and accountability. Vamos Adelante!