Kentucky Partners of the Americas Inc

Partners volunteers are people with diverse backgrounds and a wide range of interests, such as the arts, healthcare, physical and mental rehabilitation, environmental and agricultural issues, education, and many others. Volunteers from both sides of the international partnership work together on projects and activities that improve the quality of life in communities throughout the Americas.  As a Partners of the Americas organization, the three main objectives we aim to achieve with Ecuador are:

1. To promote volunteerism and self-help attitudes in economic and social development projects
2. To strengthen independent sector organizations in the United States and in Latin America and the Caribbean
3. To establish professional linkages among citizens and institutions of the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean

Kentucky Ecuador Partners sponsors many projects including to help acheive these goals including:

• The SPONSOR A POTTERY VILLAGE project provides a modest monthly stipend to indigenous communities to continue to produce ceramics.  This effort has brought traditional ceramics production back from the brink of extinction in some cases, and serves as an incentive for women to preserve the craft and pass it on to younger generations.

• Kentucky Ecuador Partners embarked on a mission to address the DENTAL HEALTH problems in selected areas of Ecuador in 2002.  Since then, the project has applied 170,000 sealants, 40,000 fluoride varnish treatments, and distributed 128,000 toothbrushes.   As a result of this ambitious undertaking, decay has been reduced up to 78% in some areas!  

Every dollar you donate directly supports Kentucky Ecuador Partners foster people-to-people exchanges, develop opportunities, promote capabilities & share cultural experiences between Ecuador and KY. 

PLEASE GIVE TODAY to strengthen Ecuador’s community development and enhance international cooperation.