Dear Mr. Batcha,
Hello and greetings from Quito, Ecuador. On behalf of myself and Ana
Maria Castro, Program Manager of the Youth/Family at Risk Program, I
would like to thank you, your organization Seed Programs Inc. and The
Rotary Club of North Mecklenburg County North Carolina for the vegetable
seeds, which Peace Corps/Ecuador recently received. The kindness and
generosity of providing the seeds and their transportation to Ecuador
has been very much appreciated.Presently we are just beginning the process of administering the program
and distributing seeds to Volunteers and their local community schools
which are participating in the program. Ana Maria and I are managing and
supervising the program from here in the Peace Corps/Ecuador Quito
office.
Participation by Volunteers of all five PC/Ecuador programs and local
communities throughout all regions of Ecuador is expected. Last week the
initial announcement went out to Volunteers and already within days we
have received requests to participate in the program. During the weeks
of the 9th and 17th of June Peace Corps/Ecuador will having regional
conferences with groups of Volunteers and representatives of their local
communities throughout the country and more program announcements and
presentations will be made to the groups. By the end of June we hope to
have the distribution process in full swing.
As part of the program's administration we are asking the Volunteers to
provide us with project up-date reports so as to enable us to inform you
of the program's progress. Hopefully we will be able to provide you with
a reasonably accurate idea of the impact the seed program is having upon
the lives of local folks here in Ecuador. Along with basic project
descriptions and information related to local participants, we are
asking the Volunteers to provide us with photographs of their projects
which we will forward to you as they become available all in the hope
that everything will provide you, the staff of your program, and folks
at The Rotary Club of North Mecklenberg with an increased awareness of
what is happening with the donation of seeds here in Ecuador.
In the weeks ahead we will continue to be in contact with you. Please
let us know if there is anything specific that you would like us to do
or can do to satisfy the needs of your program. Volunteers and local
communities appear to be very enthusiastic and desirous of becoming
partners in this seed program and we anticipate a high level of
participation. We will keep you up-dated on project development and
program progress.
Thank you once again for your generosity, assistance, and support of
Peace Corps/Ecuador's endeavors. Both Volunteers and members of the
local community are gratefully appreciative of your personal effort and
those of Seed Program Inc and The Rotary Club of North Mecklenberg
County North Carolina.
Thank you and best wishes from Ecuador.
Russell Harris
Volunteer Coordinator, Animal Production Program
Peace Corps
