Social Responsibility

For some families, Christmas is a time of jubilation and joy, but for many families in Ecuador, it is just another day at work. Christmas is a stressful time for anyone, but especially for families living in extreme poverty. Ecoserve, believes everyone deserves the right to get a decent meal and gift for Christmas. For this reason, we source our gifts from excellent quality manufacturers that care about third-world countries as well as the environment, and give them to less fortunate families. They are affordable, user friendly and recyclable. Our social compromise with the world ensures families living in extreme poverty get a decent meal as well as a Christmas present. This year, Ecoserve will once more deliver meals, toys and clothes for the less fortunate families in Ecuador.

On Saturday 16th of April, at 18:58 local time (23:58 GMT), Ecuador was struck by the largest earthquake in over seven decades. With a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale, the earthquake shook the entire Pacific coast.

Homes, schools and health centres were destroyed, and many children had to be rescued from the rubble of collapsed buildings. After the earthquake, over two-hundred aftershocks were reported.

Ecuador deployed 10,000 soldiers and 4,600 police officers to the affected areas. Hundreds of rescuers from eight different countries travelled to Ecuador to offer help.  The military used search dogs to help find survivors, and the metropolitan police helped set up mobile hospitals and temporary shelters.

During the devastation, Ecoserve distributed food and shelter through a local charity in Quito Ecuador.

Studies have shown that 63% of people in Burkina Faso, do not have access to safe water within a mile of their homes. The government and other organizations have tried their best to supply water, but many of these water supplies break down, due to a lack of infrastructure, maintenance and ineffective partnership with the local communities.

On average, women and children have to travel two miles to obtain clean water, and in many cases they are forbidden to attend school, due to illnesses caused by contaminated water.

Ecoserve, has donated over £3000 for the drilling and maintenance of water sources, in the rural communities of Burkina Faso, in particular, the rural village of Ouagadougou. Ecoserve, believes that everyone deserves the right to have something as crucial and fundamental as clean and safe water.