Sustainable Cuenca’s Soup Kitchen is currently serving lunch to 160 people daily, Tuesday through Saturday. Soup Kitchen guests can dine...
Project Category: Children & Families
OSSO Orphanage
OSSO is an orphanage that hosts and cares for 22 children with special needs, ranging in extreme cases of Cerebral...
NOVA Educational Center
NOVA is inclusion school where special needs children and normal children are educated together, fostering acceptance and compassion between children....
CETAP-Lucy
CETAP-Lucy is a center for specialized education support, physical therapies, and psychological therapies for rural impoverished youth. CETAP-Lucy is an...
Fundación El Arenal
Fundación El Arenal is a community center with an after-school program and nutrition program for urban youth and street children...
Language Integration Program
Hearts of Gold Volunteers teach free English classes to young Ecuadorians. In exchange, the Municipality of Cuenca offers complimentary Spanish...
Japa Housing Project
The Japa Housing Project is a volunteer-driven effort to build a house for the Japa family, whose children attend CETAP-Lucy....
Cookie Parade Project for Earthquake Relief
Hearts of Gold is delighted to share the development of The Cookie Parade Project, a volunteer-pioneered bilingual children’s book created...