On behalf of Gender and Development (GAD) Committee of Peace Corps Ecuador and our partners at Club Kiwanis Chiquiragua, we would like to extend a big thank you to all of those who contributed to the annual raffle to support our Ecuadorian Women’s scholarship fund. Thanks to many generous donors, we were able to raise more than $5,800 in our annual raffle. This money will help sponsor over 70 motivated, yet economically disadvantaged young Ecuadorian women graduate from high school.  These young women now have opportunity to use their education in ways to better the lives of other fellow Ecuadorian women and men.  We will also use the funds to sponsor our other programs, such as the 3-day outdoor camp and leadership conference for the girls.  

The winners of the 2005 GAD RAFFLE were:

Suisshotel dinner for two, Robert Carter Dunn
Ceuce Winebar lunch for two, Mary Tyson
                                                  Lynn Brewer
                                                  Patrick Fraser
The Brothers Karamazov in Spanish, Lynn Brewer
American Airlines round-trip airline ticket, Myrene Brown
 
Congratulations to all of our winners and to the rest, keep up your generous spirit for next year’s raffle. Thank you again to all of our donors and those whose efforts have made a difference in the lives of many young Ecuadorians.