Jungle Kids for Christ (JKC), is a mission organization that works in the Amazon Jungle region of Ecuador. They have a couple of different branches that they work with, but the main area being their school.

The Colegio Leonardo Ponce Pozo (CLPP), is a private school in Quito, Ecuador that helps provide an excellent education for students with physical and mental disabilities at a relatively affordable price.

Light in the Darkness is an organization that works with kids and families who are at risk of human trafficking, experiencing food insecurity due to immigration status, and numerous other factors that could lead to incomplete education and cyclical barriers.

Living & Learning partners with Light in the Darkness for internship placements.

After spending a semester in Ecuador in Spring 2018, Regan Beck was deeply impacted by the support of her resident coordinators, the Living and Learning staff, and the experience of living in Christian community. After completing her degree, Regan then joined the staff as an RC with Living and Learning in Ecuador. Later, she moved to Arizona and worked as a Resident Director at Grand Canyon University then moved to her home state, Indiana, where she now serves as a Student Life Director.

In March of 2024, a group of 12 engineering students and two engineering faculty from Anderson University traveled to Misahaullí, Ecuador to partner with Jungle Kids for Christ on their Antioch Christian Academy (ACA) campus to develop a backup water supply system.

This trip provided students with an amazing opportunity to apply engineering processes and tools to a real-world project, work with external clients, and grow in cross-cultural understanding. Most importantly, students were able to glorify God in their work and to be the hands and feet of Jesus as they loved their neighbor as themselves.

Abigail is a Bioloa student who joined us Spring 2023 in Quito, Ecuador. Below are some quotes from her sharing about her time abroad with Living & Learning International.

Rebekah is a Vanguard University student who joined us Summer 2023 in Quito, Ecuador. Below are some quotes from Rebekah sharing about her time abroad with Living & Learning International.

Adaline is a Liberty student who joined us this summer to do an 8-week internship in Quito, Ecuador. She shared with us some photos and snippets of what life was like!

We love our current staff and we are so excited to welcome new members to the team! Check out who’s new and get to know all our staff on our Meet the Team page.

There are a lot of study-abroad organizations out there. Living & Learning is unique to other study abroad programs because it not only focuses on academics but also places a strong emphasis on the Christian faith component. Wherever a student is in their faith journey, the staff at Living & Learning meets them where they are at to support, answer questions, mentor, and disciple each student.

There are a lot of reasons to study abroad in Ecuador. We’ll go over just a few of those reasons in this blog post.

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