Rainforest Scholars & Families
at the Ice Cream Social,
January 2010

It  is clear from the letters of appreciation that AlliancExchange has received from each student how important the scholarships are to each student’s welfare and how appreciative they are to have the resources made available to them. Through our work and the donations we receive, AlliancExchange is committed to continuing this support.

How you can help with the Scholarship Program.

The AENI Scholars

Oscar was thirteen years old when he entered the Rainforest Scholars program in 2007. He lives in the province of Napo, Rio Blanco community.  His family is an active partner of the Rio Blanco community.  Oscar has six siblings who are supported by the meager means of their farm.  Oscar was in eighth grade attending Fisco Misional “Father Ottonino Todescato” of the Ahuano parish.

Breny  was sixteen years old when she entered the Rainforest Scholars program in 2007.  She lives in the province of Napo, Rio Blanco Community.  Her parents Licuy Wake and Samuel are separated and, currently, Breny is living with her father and four siblings.  She attends “Technological Institute Tena” and is very firm that she wants to continue her education.  Breny graduates in June 2010. 

Jairo  was a boy of thirteen when he entered the Rainforest Scholars program in 2007, living in the province of Napo in the Galeras community.  His parents, Miguel and Antonia, have very limited economic means as they rely on the income of their small farm and the community’s tourism.  In 2007, he began his eighth year of education at the Colegio Unidad Educativa Fisco –Misional Experimental a Distancia Napo extensión Galeras. 

Veronica  was a girl of sixteen when she entered the Rainforest Scholars program in 2007.  She lives in the province of Napo; the Rio Blanco community.  She has 10 siblings, all of whom are supported by the family farm and Rio Blanco tourism.  She is very proud of her technical drawing skills and artistic abilities, achieving first place recognition in her school.  In 2007 she began her studies at the “Technological Institute Tena in the City of Tena”. She graduates in June 2010. 

Ilver is from the parish of Ahuano, province of Napo; community of Rio Blanco.  He was sixteen when he entered the Rainforest Scholars program in 2007.  His parents are very active in the community, although struggling economically solely from the proceeds of their farm and the community’s tourism program.  He has six siblings.  Ilver attended the “Technological Institute Tena” in the City of Tena where mathematics was his educational focus.   He graduated in June of 2009. Ilver is a skilled rainforest guide having attended a program sponsored by Ecuador’s Ministry of Tourism.  He wants to learn English to enhance his skills in leading tourists to rainforest destinations.  AlliancExchange is evaluating the possibility of helping him further his study of English. 

Franklin was fifteen years old when he entered the Rainforest Scholars program in 2007.  The son of Martha, until recently a widow raising several children alone, Franklin attends “Technological Institute Tena" and he is currently living in the home of a family friend in Tena.  He hopes to obtain a certificate in furniture carpentry.