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Ecuador

Compassion partnership began 1974

EST. 1974

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Hola! When you arrive in Ecuador, you’ll discover a country where the Andes, Amazon and Pacific Coast meet in one breathtaking landscape. In its neighbourhoods, or barrios, you’ll be welcomed by people who value community and nature. In fact, Ecuador was the first country in the world to give nature constitutional rights!

Population

18 M

Capital city

Quito

Local time

Current Weather

, 0°C

Distance to Australia

13,764 km
In Ecuador, children are forced to grow up too early. Exposure to physical, sexual and emotional violence threatens their health and makes it difficult for them to develop good socio-emotional skills. A brighter future can feel hard to even dream about when children spend their days sick and working instead of learning.

Poverty in Ecuador

Half
of children aged 1 to 5 experience some form of physical, emotional or sexual abuse
23%
of children under 5 have stunted growth
29%
of youth drop out of school early

Yet God's Church is on the move in Ecuador. At church-run child development centres, children can feel safe and learn their worth in God’s eyes—a truth that changes everything. Children and youth are also empowered to take their health into their own hands and overcome malnutrition, vector borne diseases and early pregnancies.

Compassion in Ecuador

258
local church partners
89,653

children supported

1,295

babies and their mums supported

Impact in action

Jennifer, 20

Change is happening across Ecuador. Jennifer came from a family that struggled daily to provide. But staff at our local church partner and her loving sponsor believed in her and guided her through every difficult season. Now she is pursuing a degree in social work while serving the next generation of children at her centre.

“Sometimes I see myself in the little girls here. They come in with the same fear in their eyes. And I remember. I remember that fear. And I get to be the one to tell them, ‘You’re going to be okay. God sees you.’”
Jennifer, 20

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