Help Others
Rafting with Street Children. A great experience for everyone
Having a business without helping people is not fair, it wouldn’t be a responsible business practice.
Last friday (June 20th, 2008) Barefoot Expeditions contacted a group of volunteers that help street kids. We met 30 kids that work in the streets of Quito selling candy, shining shoes, blowing fire….
In this meeting, the people from Barefoot Expeditions showed [...]
Zip Lining (Canopy) in Ecuador
Ecuador in its small size has many different ecological environments and dozens of fun activities on each place. One of this activities is zip lining (canopying), which is rather new in Ecuador. There are maybe only 6-8 places across the country where you can do zip lining.
Zip lining is a safe adventure activity that [...]
Children’s Hospitals in Ecuador. The Sad reality
Last week I had to take care of my six year old cousin in a public hospital in Quito. Yesterday he left the hospital and is recovering from an appendectomy with the loving care of parents, cousins, brothers, grandmother and uncles.
But it is very sad to see that some others kids are not as [...]
Help Street Children: Purchase Barefoot Baseball caps & T-shirts
For those of you that had once had an adventure rafting, climbing, biking, hiking or just had a relaxed vacation with Barefoot Expeditions in Ecuador we have some souvenirs for sale.
50% of the profits will go to a charity center in Quito (Albergue San Juan de Dios).
If you feel like buying one of these items, [...]

