Donations spent

With money that was donated we bought a second-hand spectrophotometer (from Gemini BV, who gave us a discount) for the laboratory in Cabo San Francisco and medicines (through a vet in Nijmegen) for the Santa Martha Rescue Center.

For the Santa Martha Rescue Center we bought a cheap mini-oven and some kitchen/cleaning utilities to make life easier for future volunteers.

To be able to do our work at FCSF we bought stuff for the following tasks:
- Garbage cleanup (eg: gloves, many garbage bags and material to make signs)
- Laboratory work (eg: converter for microscope, ups/power regulator to protect electrical equipment, parasite atlas and materials for conducting the research)
- Teaching English (2 dictionaries)
Additionally, we bought some small items for the FCSF house like garbage bins and bed sheets.
Also, for the main elementary school in Cabo San Francisco we purchased stainless steel plates, bowls and spoons for all the children (260). There is a government supplied lunch, but the children had to bring a plate, bowl and spoon from home. This was not very hygienic since they often dropped them on the ground, some plates were old and made out of plastic (with probably many germs in the scratches) and they might not all be washed properly at home. Now, when some more supplies are bought, the plates will be washed at school and will stay there.

To Yanapuma we made a cash donation of $800. Half of this will be used for the Tsachila community in Bua where we stayed for one week (probably for a health center or library). The other half will be used by Yanapuma where they feel it will have the most benefit; we indicated a preference for a project in a very poor area.

For Tinkuy Peru we purchased all of the books used by the government elementary schools, plus a few other books and posters. Also, we had to pay a small fee to bring the books from Lima - we brought 20 kg of donated books.
Additionally we paid for the costs that will allow Tinkuy Peru to be an officially registered school. This has many benefits for the students, such as allowing them to transfer schools. We have also paid for the costs of building the first floor of the new school, which will have improved facilities. Right now the children are using the third floor of a house that is used by other people. Also, with the new school Tinkuy Peru will no longer be paying rent for the classrooms.

We used € 300 of the "Brian and Paulien" money, so that the donation to Tinkuy Peru would be enough for registration and to complete the first floor of the new school. The remaining money was mainly spent on transportation and extra (unexpected) costs for volunteering that we wouldn´t have had if we would have just been travelling.

Donations spent as of September 23rd, 2008.