AlliancExchange

05/05/2016

Was anyone in Rio Blanco community or Tena harmed by the earthquake?

04/25/2016

Amigos de Ecuador, seguimos pensando en uds. Hemos sabido de algunos de nuestros becados, por favor por este medio avísennos como están.

08/04/2015

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What an honor and privilege it has been to work with so many wonderful people and organizations here in the U.S., Ecuador and Peru over the past 13 years. We at AlliancExchange have become wiser and enriched the quality of our lives from these interactions. We are proud of what we have been able to…

06/12/2015

Paul Hurteau of OneWorld Classrooms, an Andover-based non-profit, in conjuction with AlliancExchange & IBM, recently conducted a one week residency at the Lowell Community Charter Public School in Lowell, MA, focusing on the Amazon Rainforest and combining Language Arts, Science and Social Studies themes.

The residency opened with an 'assembly field trip' during which 300+ LCCPS students traveled through poetry, slides and music to the village of Limoncocha in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Poetry writing workshops were conducted for the remainder of the week with eight 1st and 4th grade classes. The students learned poetry writing strategies, brainstormed and wrote their own poetry about animals in the Amazon. They presented their original poems, including works entitled Noisy Rainbow and Swimming in the Amazon, to parents at the school's biannual 'Specials Night.'

Third graders at LCCPS also participated in OneWorld Classrooms' K-12 Global Art Exchange. In the process, they shared original art that reflected their culture with students from six schools in the Amazon. Once schools on both sides received art from their peers, LCCPS third graders Skyped with one of the schools, located just outside Puyo, the capital city of Pastaza Province in Ecuador.

The Amazon residency was funded by AlliancExchange through an IBM grant to bring the Rainforest Curriculum to schools in Massachusetts. We're so proud to be a part of this fantastic initiative!

06/05/2015

We are so proud of the folks at Kallari Chocolate and what they have been able to accomplish in the years we have known them. We remember fondly meeting Judy Logback during our first visit to Ecuador in 2003.

03/14/2015

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02/26/2015

AENI has been a long time partner in our Rainforest Scholars Program.

01/21/2015

Thank you to all our friends who have supported us over the years. A special thanks to all our volunteers and board members.

12/31/2014

Feliz Ano Nuevo, nos amigos.

12/25/2014

Feliz Navidad, todos amigos.

12/16/2014

Ecuadorians in New England (AENI) love our Rainforest Scholars and have been a huge support for our work from Day 1. We love you AENI.

Alberto Vasallo, Beatriz Stein, Luis Yepez.

10/28/2014

Thank you, Sue, for taking pictures at the event and then posting them here.

10/28/2014

Thank you to everyone who joined us!

10/21/2014

We had a wonderful celebration at the Machu Picchu Restaurant last Tuesday. Photos coming soon.

10/14/2014

Last chance to join us at this celebration for donors, partners and friends. And you'll not want to miss the great Peruvian food at Machu Picchu Restaurant in Union Square,
Somerville, MA. Register at http://www.alliancexchange.org/Donate.html

To inquire about or sign up and pay for an event or journey please email us, being sure to include the event name and date, and names of attendees.

09/16/2014

Judy Logback from Kallari Chocolate led the AlliancExchange Chocolate in 2008 and it was fabulous.

Kallari offers a heartwarming, yet challenging intercultural experience. Our visits include everything from a brief hike through a Kichwa chocolate grove, through a three-day home stay to experience village life in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Contact Geovanny Grefa for reservations in Spanish: +593-992-723-756 or +593-994-689-041, [email protected].

09/12/2014

10 years ago a whole family of children came to school in Comunidad Rio Blanco Napo Orellana via dugout canoe. Later there were enough children in the remote area to have their own elementary school. Does anyone remember crossing a bridge like this during our 2004 trek into the village?

In some parts of the world, school can be a hard-won luxury. Many children throughout the world have to take the most incredible and unimaginable routes in order to receive the education that some of us may take for granted. This list we collected will show you just how determined some children can…