Ecuador
 
 
Since AYUDA was founded in 1996, the organization has become the driving force for diabetes advocacy in Ecuador.  AYUDA’s largest international volunteer program is in Ecuador and is focused around an annual diabetes camping program -- Campo Amigo Ecuador (CAE).  CAE, conducted with AYUDA’s local partner organization FDJE, trains adolescents and young adults in peer-based education, to enhance social and emotional support networks and empower local youth to take a more active role in managing their diabetes. AYUDA recruits and trains volunteers to work in collaboration with the Ecuadorian diabetes communities and serve as leaders of social change.
 
 
Healthcare professionals also have the opportunity to volunteer with AYUDA at CAE by to serving as part of the international medical team; such experience is intended to improve the quality of care offered by medical professionals as well as encourage them to be leaders in child advocacy.  Volunteers participate in a formal training program where they analyze local health and diabetes on multi-dimensional levels. Training culminates in traveling and working in the local setting at CAE, a weeklong overnight camp that brings youth with diabetes together in a recreational, educational, and safe environment.
 
AYUDA’s local partner is the Fundación Diabetes Juvenil Ecuador (FDJE), a foundation established by a group of parents of children with type 1 diabetes.
 
AYUDA works with the FDJE and their growing team of youth leaders to reach out to other youth with diabetes throughout the country.  With the support of AYUDA, FDJE also co-organize and run  and Campo Amigo Ecuador, Ecuador national diabetes camping program that receives participant from most of the provinces in Ecuador.
 
 
Field Program
 
Collaborate with youth leaders from Ecuador to:
 
  • Administer diabetes education workshops
  • Conduct outreach projects and home visits in rural areas
  • Facilitate national youth leadership conference
 
Volunteers will collaborate with a team of Ecuadorian youth leaders in several diabetes education and empowerment workshops for children with diabetes and their families.  They will conduct grassroots local outreach projects, and then will unite the Ecuadorian youth leaders from across the country in a national youth leadership conference.
 
Campo Amigo Ecuador Program
 
Team up with the Fundación Diabetes Juvenil Ecuador (FDJE) to:
 
  • Train with Ecuadorian leaders at empowerment pre-camp
  • Learn about Ecuadorian culture and Spanish language through a home-stay experience
  • Conduct workshops and outreach work in various provinces
  • Carry out the national diabetes camp, Campo Amigo Ecuador (CAE)
 
Volunteers will collaborate with a team of Ecuadorian youth leaders at an empowerment pre-camp while planning and preparing for camp in Quito.  Before camp volunteers will also conduct grassroots provincial outreach projects and workshops in which they educate and motivate children with diabetes and their families.  Finally, the culminating project is Campo Amigo, where participants learn critical life skills to manage their diabetes and are able to socially integrate with other children just like them.
 
 
[SLIDE SHOW OF ECUADOR]
[Find Map of the Americas with Ecuador highlighted]
 
Since AYUDA was founded in 1996, the organization has become the driving force for diabetes advocacy in Ecuador.  AYUDA’s largest international volunteer program is in Ecuador and is focused around an annual diabetes camping program -- Campo Amigo Ecuador (CAE).  CAE, conducted with AYUDA’s local partner organization FDJE, trains adolescents and young adults in peer-based education, to enhance social and emotional support networks and empower local youth to take a more active role in managing their diabetes. AYUDA recruits and trains volunteers to work in collaboration with the Ecuadorian diabetes communities and serve as leaders of social change.
 
Healthcare professionals also have the opportunity to volunteer with AYUDA at CAE by to serving as part of the international medical team; such experience is intended to improve the quality of care offered by medical professionals as well as encourage them to be leaders in child advocacy.  Volunteers participate in a formal training program where they analyze local health and diabetes on multi-dimensional levels. Training culminates in traveling and working in the local setting at CAE, a weeklong overnight camp that brings youth with diabetes together in a recreational, educational, and safe environment.
 
AYUDA’s local partner is the Fundación Diabetes Juvenil Ecuador (FDJE), a foundation established by a group of parents of children with type 1 diabetes.
AYUDA works with the FDJE and their growing team of youth leaders to reach out to other youth with diabetes throughout the country.  With the support of AYUDA, FDJE also co-organize and run  and Campo Amigo Ecuador, Ecuador national diabetes camping program that receives participant from most of the provinces in Ecuador.
 
[ logo ]  Fundación Diabetes Juvenil Ecuador (FDJE)
Quito, Ecuador
www.fdje.org
 
 
 
Field Program
 
Collaborate with youth leaders from Ecuador to:
 
Administer diabetes education workshops
Conduct outreach projects and home visits in rural areas
Facilitate national youth leadership conference
 
Training: on-site
 
Volunteers will collaborate with a team of Ecuadorian youth leaders in several diabetes education and empowerment workshops for children with diabetes and their families.  They will conduct grassroots local outreach projects, and then will unite the Ecuadorian youth leaders from across the country in a national youth leadership conference.
 
 
 
Campo Amigo Ecuador Program
 
Team up with the Fundación Diabetes Juvenil Ecuador (FDJE) to:
 
•              Train with Ecuadorian leaders at empowerment pre-camp
•              Learn about Ecuadorian culture and Spanish language through a home-stay experience
•              Conduct workshops and outreach work in various provinces
•              Carry out the national diabetes camp, Campo Amigo Ecuador (CAE)
 
Training:  Volunteer Training Program (VTP) in Washington, DC (late spring)
 
Volunteers will collaborate with a team of Ecuadorian youth leaders at an empowerment pre-camp while planning and preparing for camp in Quito.  Then, before camp, they will conduct grassroots provincial outreach projects and workshops in which they educate and motivate children with diabetes and their families.  Finally, the culminating project is Campo Amigo, where participants learn critical life skills to manage their diabetes and are able to socially integrate with other children just like themEcuador
 
[SLIDE SHOW OF ECUADOR]
[Find Map of the Americas with Ecuador highlighted]
 
Since AYUDA was founded in 1996, the organization has become the driving force for diabetes advocacy in Ecuador.  AYUDA’s largest international volunteer program is in Ecuador and is focused around an annual diabetes camping program -- Campo Amigo Ecuador (CAE).  CAE, conducted with AYUDA’s local partner organization FDJE, trains adolescents and young adults in peer-based education, to enhance social and emotional support networks and empower local youth to take a more active role in managing their diabetes. AYUDA recruits and trains volunteers to work in collaboration with the Ecuadorian diabetes communities and serve as leaders of social change.
 
Healthcare professionals also have the opportunity to volunteer with AYUDA at CAE by to serving as part of the international medical team; such experience is intended to improve the quality of care offered by medical professionals as well as encourage them to be leaders in child advocacy.  Volunteers participate in a formal training program where they analyze local health and diabetes on multi-dimensional levels. Training culminates in traveling and working in the local setting at CAE, a weeklong overnight camp that brings youth with diabetes together in a recreational, educational, and safe environment.
 
AYUDA’s local partner is the Fundación Diabetes Juvenil Ecuador (FDJE), a foundation established by a group of parents of children with type 1 diabetes.
AYUDA works with the FDJE and their growing team of youth leaders to reach out to other youth with diabetes throughout the country.  With the support of AYUDA, FDJE also co-organize and run  and Campo Amigo Ecuador, Ecuador national diabetes camping program that receives participant from most of the provinces in Ecuador.
 
[ logo ]  Fundación Diabetes Juvenil Ecuador (FDJE)
Quito, Ecuador
www.fdje.org
 
 
 
Field Program
 
Collaborate with youth leaders from Ecuador to:
 
Administer diabetes education workshops
Conduct outreach projects and home visits in rural areas
Facilitate national youth leadership conference
 
Training: on-site
 
Volunteers will collaborate with a team of Ecuadorian youth leaders in several diabetes education and empowerment workshops for children with diabetes and their families.  They will conduct grassroots local outreach projects, and then will unite the Ecuadorian youth leaders from across the country in a national youth leadership conference.
 
 
 
Campo Amigo Ecuador Program
 
Team up with the Fundación Diabetes Juvenil Ecuador (FDJE) to:
 
•              Train with Ecuadorian leaders at empowerment pre-camp
•              Learn about Ecuadorian culture and Spanish language through a home-stay experience
•              Conduct workshops and outreach work in various provinces
•              Carry out the national diabetes camp, Campo Amigo Ecuador (CAE)
 
Training:  Volunteer Training Program (VTP) in Washington, DC (late spring)
 
Volunteers will collaborate with a team of Ecuadorian youth leaders at an empowerment pre-camp while planning and preparing for camp in Quito.  Then, before camp, they will conduct grassroots provincial outreach projects and workshops in which they educate and motivate children with diabetes and their families.  Finally, the culminating project is Campo Amigo, where participants learn critical life skills to manage their diabetes and are able to socially integrate with other children just like them.