Since beginning the first Eco-Camp program in 1995, the Foundation has designed the camp experience to encourage alternative approaches to education and to foster a greater appreciation of the natural world. Children, families, and local school groups learn to work together and develop a powerful bond-with each other and with the natural world-through this series of educational and therapeutic activities. The Eco-Camp program also provides special healing programs for child prostitutes, abused women, and disenfranchised youth.

By understanding and appreciating the lives of Indigenous people and those who make a living by utilizing natural resources, students develop a profound understanding of how all elements and people are interconnected. Students start to see the communities they live in with more sensitivity, compassion, and understanding. This helps to build a stronger sense of working as a community to build a better society.

Short-Term Projects Designed by Volunteers

A Bed for Every Child – low-cost bunk beds for children sleeping on dirt floors.
Basic Baskets (Canasta Básica) – Food baskets provided to low-income families.
I Give You My Hand – Child to child support program to combat abuse.
It’s Your Business – Consciousness raising program to confront child prostitution.
Holiday Party – Yearly holiday celebration for hundreds of wishful children.
Rainy Day Boxes – Boxes with materials to entertain isolated children on rainy days.
Shoes for Shoah – Distribution of thousands of shoes to people living in impoverished communities.