We had a wonderful experience at Yachana. This is our fourth year going there with students from the University of Colorado Denver who are learning field-based research methods in health and sustainable agriculture.

Some of the students did bring supplies to the colegio there based on the information on your website. I used the website which worked very well. Several of the students brought colored pencils and markers and other supplies for the colegio and I brought some maps to donate. I think that your site is a wonderful idea and wish you luck with it.

Jean N. Scandlyn, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Departments of Anthropology and
Health and Behavioral Sciences
University of Colorado Denver

We are a team of 6th grade educators granted a fellowship to participate in an ecotour of the Rio Napo River in Ecuador to give students a unique view of the environment. We encountered Pack for a Purpose on the Yachana Lodge website. What a blessing to have found the information we needed to inspire us to collect supplies for other children. Our own students and colleagues donated the supplies and money to fly the extra suitcases filled with games, pencils, and art utensils. It was truly a humbling, life changing experience to be able to give the children a part of our daily lives! Thank you Pack for a Purpose for inspiring this team of educators!

Lynne Breton, Amy Chase,
Vernona Decarlo, Ava Wilhelm
Briarwood Elementary
Moore Public School District
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma