UBECI Foundation

A classroom starts with a vision—and with your support, it becomes a reality.

Thanks to a recent donation, we're making progress toward our $5,000 fundraising goal. So far, we've raised $837 to help create safe, inspiring learning spaces for children in Ecuador.
We're grateful for the momentum, but we still have a long way to go.

Every contribution, no matter the size, helps us build more classrooms, expand educational opportunities, and create brighter futures.

To support UBECI:

GlobalGiving:
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/ubeci-ecuador-2018/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio
Zeffy:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/safe-childhood-campaign?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio

Thank you for helping us build opportunities, one classroom at a time.

Look at those new classroom smiles! 💛

Just a few months ago, children in Guamaní were learning wherever space could be found.

Today, they have a dedicated classroom.

This is exactly what your support makes possible.

We’ve now raised $695 towards our $5,000 goal to build the next classroom for children in Quito’s markets.

Help us turn another donated space into a safe place to learn, grow and dream.

💛 Donation link in bio
💬 Comment QUITO below and we’ll send you the link

Five years later, he’s back.

In 2021, a group of volunteers from Idaho spent weeks teaching alongside Mónica and Byron in Quito’s markets.

On their last day, Jason told us:

“That bus ride home was tough. There were mostly tears, just realising how much difference you’d made. It had changed you. And then it was over.”

Five years later, he’s back.

This time, he’s returned with the younger siblings of those original volunteers.

“They’ve been talking about it for years. They wanted to be part of this story.”

But this visit is different.

Their siblings taught children on the pavement.

This generation is helping build them a classroom.

At UBECI, we believe that when you empower a child, a parent, or a community, lasting change follows.

💛 $650 raised so far towards our $5,000 classroom goal.

Every donation helps turn an empty market storeroom into a safe place to learn.

🎥 See our first classroom transformation:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DY5YKM9hIaD/

💛 Donate via the link in our bio, or comment QUITO and we’ll send you the details.

📣 If you can’t donate, a like or share helps this story reach someone who can.

Right now, many children in Quito’s markets are still learning on pavements, between the noise, crowds and long working days.

But a small change can have a huge impact.

With $5,000, we can transform a market storeroom into a safe, welcoming learning space for children.

What we are building next:

🚪 A secure, lockable door & fresh paint

📚 Basic furniture & learning materials

🎨 A colourful environment where children can learn, grow and build confidence away from the pavements

Watch the video to see how we already transformed a messy storeroom into a thriving classroom at Guamaní Market.

💛 How to support the next classroom:

🔗 GlobalGiving:
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/ubeci-ecuador-2018/

🔗 Zeffy:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/safe-childhood-campaign

💬 Comment “QUITO” and we’ll DM the details directly

Every donation helps move learning off the pavement and into a classroom.

Be part of the next transformation ✨

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Meet Maria. She has been part of Quito’s markets since she was a little girl.

Today, her grandchildren are educated, independent, and building lives of their own. That change did not happen by accident.

For 25 years, UBECI volunteers have shared life with the children of these markets. They have played with them, studied with them, and believed in what they could become.

For years, children here have been learning on the pavement. Now, an old storeroom at Guamaní market has been transformed into a dedicated classroom, and with your support we can keep going.

🎒 Want to help build it? Donate via the links below or click the link in our bio.

🌍 GlobalGiving:
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/ubeci-ecuador-2018/

💛 Zeffy:
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/safe-childhood-campaign

Or comment DREAM and we’ll send the link directly to you.

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Why do people choose to volunteer with UBECI?

Because behind every lesson, game and conversation is something bigger, the belief that every child deserves the chance to grow, learn and imagine a different future.

In Quito’s markets, many children face barriers to education from an early age. Our volunteers become part of a wider community working to create confidence, opportunity and support where it is needed most.

* Sometimes that means teaching.
* Sometimes it means listening.
* Sometimes it simply means showing up consistently.

And that can change more than we realise. 💛

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