Extreme Response InternationalQuito Women's Program
Our Quito Women’s Program serves 60+ women through two weekly gatherings that provide exercise, nutrition, skills training and business support.
Women connected to the Quito Dump community (60+ women) · Two gatherings each week
From extremeresponse.org/our-work/vocational-training ↗About this program
In 1997, ER founders began working with 300-plus people who gleaned their living by collecting recyclables from the trash in the Quito Dump. They survived on what they found to use, eat and sell. The site is now a transfer station where garbage is sorted by workers who are part of the Quito Recycling Community.
Though the dump has changed over the years, the people and their needs have not. Our Quito Women's Program serves 60+ women through two weekly gatherings that provide exercise, nutrition, skills training and business support.
Pastor Jose and Teresa Jimenez have ministered to these women for 20+ years, providing counseling, home visits, care packages and spiritual instruction. The women have grown tremendously in their faith and now help lead their families out of poverty.
Questions
What does the Quito Women's Program provide?
Our Quito Women's Program serves 60+ women through two weekly gatherings that provide exercise, nutrition, skills training and business support.
Who leads the Quito Women's Program?
Pastor Jose and Teresa Jimenez have ministered to these women for 20+ years, providing counseling, home visits, care packages and spiritual instruction.
Details
- Who
- Women connected to the Quito Dump community (60+ women)
- When
- Two gatherings each week
- Where
- The Quito Dump
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