In an interview, Jonas Lange, the project manager of SALEM International in Mindo, Ecuador, tells us how the Corona pandemic has affected the children and youth center. How has the virus changed SALEM? From March to mid-September, the center could not take care of any children or adolescents due to Corona but since September, thanks…

Christmas is an important time for SALEM children! But this year the celebration had to be adapted to the pandemic, but of course this did not stop us from preparing a feast for the children and young people. Thanks to an invitation, four groups spent the morning and afternoon on two days in a lodge…

SALEM’s first live virtual event was a success! Our planning and preparation paid off and we hosted an hour-long MEET SALEM event that included a tour of the grounds, a musical presentation from the SALEM kids, a demonstration of alternative education materials  and everyone’s favorite was Johana and Maira’s story about growing up as a…

A delicious light salad with melloco, onion and tomato. Recipe: Melloco salad Ingredients (for 5 people): 250 g melloco (as an alternative, Jerusalem artichoke can be used in Europe). 2 tomatoes 2 red onions 1 bell bell pepper 1 avocado 1⁄2 tsp salt 5 tbsp. neutral oil Preparation: The vegetables are washed well and the…

Mindo is already affected by the virus, no infection has been detected yet, but since the beginning of the crisis nobody visits the tourist place anymore and so there are no jobs and therefore no money to feed himself and maybe his family. More than 70% of the population in the canton of Los Bancos…