Project Report
| Sep 26, 2012
Final Project Report!
By Jessica Lawson | Co-Founder, Associate Director
Dear Friends,
We have had an extremely busy few months at The Mariposa DR Foundation. While we will continue monitoring the success of The Power Project, we will no longer post project this as a fundraiser on Global Giving. Fortunately we have been able to acquire a large amount of inventory and will begin a sewing program over the next few months on our new land that we recently purchased! This way the girls can produce the products themselves!
We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to all who have supported this initiative and encourage you to check out our other project pages, our Facebook page and join our mailing list where you can continue to receive updates on the success of the Mariposas.
With gratitude,
The Mariposas
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May 23, 2012
Peace Corps Volunteers Join Mariposa
By Jessica Lawson | Co-Founder, Associate Director
Dear Friends,
We are thrilled to announce that we have recently acquired two Peace Corps volunteers that will be living in one of our Satellite communities in Rio San Juan, Dominican Republic. The couple will be working on several initiatives with community members, most importantly strengthening the girls group and helping us better determine the unique needs of the girls living in this rural area.
LunaPads were distributed to a small sample of girls in this community about a year ago. Over the next few months, our new Peace Corps volunteer will be conducting follow-up interviews, distributing more products, and creating training and continuing education programs to ensure that the girls who receive kits are well informed, using them properly and staying in school.
As always we want to express our gratitude to our partner on this project www.lunapads.com as well as all of you who have generously contributed to it's success. We are working hard to make sure that this remains a high impact initiative that delivers lasting results. This update also includes a link to our 2011 Annual Report where you can read even more about the success of the project.
Thank you,
The Mariposas
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Jan 20, 2012
Follow up and continuing education
By Jessica Lawson | Associate Director, The Mariposa DR Foundation
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LunaPads Workshop
Dear Friends,
We are continuing to follow up with the girls that received LunaPads kits in 2011 and are receiving quite a positive response. Starting in February a full time volunteer will join us to help us better track the progress on this initiative and get ready for the next group of young women to receive their kits. We hope to expand this initiative in 2012 and provide more kits so that more girls can benefit from this program. Our goal is to ensure that our girls begin their journey to womanhood with LunaPads and this becomes a cultural norm. The Mariposa girls have bi-weekly health classes and LunaPads education has been fully integrated into the curriculum. Happy, healthy, eco-friendly, money-saving alternative to help keep girls in school.
We want to thank you for your continued support and will continue to update you on our progress!
Sincerely,
The Mariposas
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