INITIATIVES
chacay means bridge
Community Legacy Tourism
Since 2008, we have offered opportunities for high school and university students to visit communities in Ecuador as agents of transformation. In 2013, the Beyond Chacay Foundation was a created to launch our EcoHelix initiative. We are now offering programs for high school and university students, families and retirees to participate in community legacy tourism.
OUR METHOD
CAPACITY BUILDING
OUTREACH
GRECO INTRANET INITIATIVE
The Galápagos Community Educational Network (GRECO) is a visionary project that successfully connected the 24 educational institutions across the 4 populated islands of the Galápagos Archipelago through an advanced intranet.
BCF, in partnership with Villanova University, IEEE, and The Internet Society, raised $250,000. The GRECO, which took three years to complete, became the backbone during the COVID-19 pandemic of a two-year teacher training initiative coordinated by the Galapagos Conservancy.
The GRECO network connected the educational centers of the islands during a time when access to the Internet was limited. This project has been crucial in improving communication and resource sharing among the institutions of Galápagos, significantly contributing to strengthening education in the islands and overcoming connectivity barriers in the region.
One of the great opportunities that GRECO will realize in 2025 is to support the implementation of The Galapagos Plan 2030.
Investing in Infrastructure
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Our work on the Galápagos since our launch in 2013 has relied significantly on the role and contributions of ElecGalápagos, the Public Utility Company that depends on oil transported to the islands from the mainland.
In 2001, the Jessica, an oil tanker, was involved in a catastrophic oil spill on the islands. On the night of 13 January 2001, the Jessica ran aground in Shipwreck Bay, at the entrance to the port of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno. The ship was carrying 600 tonnes (160,000 gallons) of diesel fuel and 300 tonnes (80,000 gallons) of intermediate fuel oil. The environmental impact was enormous.
In the past two and a half decades, both aeolic (wind) and solar solutions have become a priority. In collaboration with ElecGalápagos and FUNCAVID, our local partners, we will be launching a campaign inviting residents to collaborate in reducing consumption. This initiative will be conducted through an Innovation and Community Outreach Center on Santa Cruz Island, which has a population of 28,000 residents.
COLLABORATION
CO - GALAPAGOS PROJECT
The Beyond Chacay Foundation will be working closely in 2025 to promote a series of transformational initiatives on the Galapagos Islands. The Co Galapagos Initiative promotes Co-llaboration, Co-operation and Co-ordination to achieve the 2030 Agenda by supporting researchers, policy-makers and the community to drive progress toward 40 prioritised targets of the Sustainable Development Goals. We facilitate the raising of human and economic resources to promote local initiatives that promote sustainable development and community well-being. For more information
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We want to improve opportunities by investing in Infrastructure (Energy and Connectivity), Capacity Building and Entrepreneurship in Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, in collaboration with schools and universities, municipalities, ministries and the private sector, focusing on self selected communities, especially tourist destinations.
