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Education for rural development
Fundación Wong fue creada en 1993 y ejerce liderazgo significativo en el campo educativo rural, social y ambiental. Wong Foundation was created in 1993 and exercises significant leadership in the rural, social and environmental educational field. The Wong Foundation was born in 1993 with the objective of contributing to the need for access to education identified in the rural communities near our operations. For Don Segundo Wong Mayorga, founder of the business group, it was important that the children of his workers, and all the boys and girls in the neighboring communities, had a quality education that would contribute to their development and a better future. Our programs empower communities and develop the potential of human talents, creating leaders in rural areas and technicians for companies and the country. These talents, endowed with critical thinking and values, foster productivity and promote good relations with the communities immersed in the Group's activities.
Purpose
Our objectives with each of our programs are:
Programs
Child Development Centers
The CDIs offer care, early stimulation, food, preventive health and nutrition to boys and girls in low-income rural communities. At the same time, they promote the active participation of families in adequate child care and development.
Wong Foundation has 4 CDIs, in alliance with the Ministry of Social Education, located in the areas of Buena Fe and Patricia Pilar.
Rural Educational Units
Our educational model focuses on the comprehensive development of students through a teaching process based on values and contextualized to the rural environment that promotes leadership, autonomy, responsibility and participation in decision-making related to their training. In addition, it promotes entrepreneurial skills through productive projects linked to their families or community.
Our 3 Educational Units contribute to the education of more than 600 boys, girls and young people.
Productive Technical Baccalaureate
The BTP in the specialty of Agricultural Entrepreneurship is a post-baccalaureate program in agreement with Reybanpac and the Ministry of Education that aims to train young workers from Reybanpac and high school graduates from the Wong Foundation schools in the banana sector. , giving them a certificate of work skills.
This program also has the support of external allies and benefactors.
Since its establishment as a Scientific Center, Río Palenque has been the subject of multiple studies and research with the purpose of expanding knowledge of its fauna and flora. In 1978, C. H. Dodson and A. H. Gentry published "Flora of Río Palenque", where 1,100 species of vascular plants of various species were identified, of which 30 are endemic to this forest.
Río Palenque Scientific Center
The Río Palenque tropical humid forest is located at km 56 of the Quevedo – Sto road. Domingo, main road artery that connects Quito and Guayaquil. This forest was developed as a biological research station in 1970 by the University of Miami, declared a protected area by the Ecuadorian Government in 1971 and acquired by the Wong Foundation in 1998.
Río Palenque Scientific Center
The Río Palenque tropical humid forest is located at km 56 of the Quevedo – Sto road. Domingo, main road artery that connects Quito and Guayaquil. This forest was developed as a biological research station in 1970 by the University of Miami, declared a protected area by the Ecuadorian Government in 1971 and acquired by the Wong Foundation in 1998.
Since its establishment as a Scientific Center, Río Palenque has been the subject of multiple studies and research with the purpose of expanding knowledge of its fauna and flora. In 1978, C. H. Dodson and A. H. Gentry published "Flora of Río Palenque", where 1,100 species of vascular plants of various species were identified, of which 30 are endemic to this forest.
