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Episode 13: Micro-Scholarship in Rural Ecuador with special guest Suzy Olsen

What are schools like 'out in the sticks' of Ecuador?  How far can a dollar go towards education there? Co-founder of E=H, Cameron Vivanco, her Ecuadorian co-worker Jorge Luis Rodriguez and special guest Suzy Olsen, board member of the E=H program in Calacalí, examine these questions.

Episode 12: Nuts and Bolts of a Virtual Short Term Mission

What in the world is a Virtual Short Term Mission team?  Why would I want to do one? What can they possibly have to do with poverty alleviation? Co-founder of E=H, Cameron Vivanco and her Ecuadorian co-worker Jorge Luis examine these questions.  Education=Hope is a US based non-profit dedicated to providing for the education of those in desperate and difficult situations.

Episode 11: Where do we go from here? Reinventing Teams

E=H has garnered many supporters for the microscholarship program through Short Term Mission teams. Now (thanks COVID) presencial short term teams are few and far between. How do we take the 'good' of teams and reinvent it? How do we continue to focus on relationships in a virtual world? Co-founder of E=H, Cameron Vivanco and her Ecuadorian co-worker Jorge Luis examine these questions.  Education=Hope is a US based non-profit dedicated to providing for the education of those in desperate and difficult situations.

Episode10: Changes in Ministry due to COVID-19, Part 2

How do you make virtual school viable in desperate and difficult situations?  And culturally speaking, is virtual school even worth it? Co-founder of E=H, Cameron Vivanco and her Ecuadorian co-worker Jorge Luis Rodriguez examine these questions.

Episode 9: Changes in Ministry due to COVID-19

If all schools in Ecuador are on-line (due to COVID-19) do they still need micro-scholarships?  How have the ministry sites adapted to virtual learning? Co-founder of E=H, Cameron Vivanco and her Ecuadorian co-worker Jorge Luis Rodriguez examine these questions.

Episode 8: Wild Ride. Cofounder Chip Smith Shares His Side of the Story

Why would you start and NGO? What is important when thinking of starting one? Co-founders of Education=Hope, Cameron Vivanco and Chip Smith look at his side of the story and why he decided to take this wild ride of helping to provide education for those in desperate en difficult situations. 

Episode 7: COVID and Culture. 10 Months in How Is It Affecting Us? with Mika Insuasti

How does Culture impact how COVID-19 impacts a country? We are all in the same storm but not the same boat. Co-funder of E=H, Cameron Vivanco and her Ecuadorian co-workers Jorge Luis Rodriguez and special guest Mika Insuasti examine these questions. 

Episode 6: Poverty of Condition and Being, Part 3

Systemic poverty reaches much deeper than a lack of things. What happens when you lack purpose and responsibility, or well-meaning people usurp your responsibility? Co-founder of E=H, Cameron Vivanco and her Ecuadorian co-worker Jorge Luis Rodriguez examine these questions.

Episode 5: Poverty of Condition and Being, Part 2

How many types of poverty are there? How are they connected? Isn't poverty just...well...poverty? Co-founder of E=H, Cameron Vivanco and her Ecuadorian co-worker Jorge Luis continue examining these questions.

Education =Hope is a US based non-profit dedicated to providing for the education of those in desperate and difficult situations.

Episode 4: Poverty of Condition and Being, Part 1

How many types of poverty are there? How are they connected? Isn't poverty just...well...poverty? Co-founder of E=H, Cameron Vivanco and her Ecuadorian co-worker Jorge Luis examine these questions.

Education =Hope is a US based non-profit dedicated to providing for the education of those in desperate and difficult situations.