Project #5 is Underway!

Fabiola and Alejandra are two sisters that live in Mexico, both sponsored by Su. Their father works as a driver and their mother is a homemaker. They have an older sister, Arethmi.

CI was contacted to determine if it was possible to set an Income Generation Project for the mother, as she stays at home all day while the girls are in school.

CI replied: «People of this area do crafts for living. The family said that they had experience to sell things like little containers (kind of tupperware) or things that cost around 0.50$. They would start the business with a capital of $200 USD. At the beginning they would sell these things in the front of their home and later in little markets in the street.»

This IGP will greatly help the family to become more self sustainable! Alejandra is a 10 year old girl, she is in the 5th grade in school. She is a very talkative girl and her letters are really fun to read! She enjoys acting and she even went to free acting classes in her county. She loves to play with her friends, ride a bike, jump rope and skating, although she doesn't know how to do it very well (so she told me). She also told me her favourite colors are: pink, yellow, blue, green, orange, purple, red... bascially all colors! She also loves animals, flowers and trees! When she grows up, she wants to be a teacher.

Fabiola is 5 and her mother told me she loves to eat noodle soup and milk with cereals. She is in third grade of kindergarten and loves making friends, in fact she is really friendly! She loves school, but she doesn't like when kids fight and say bad words. She wants to be a nurse when she grows up to take care of the "abuelitos" (that's what her mum wrote). Also she likes to shower herself and pick her own clothes. Her favourite colours are pink, blue and pastel colors.

To make a donation to this project, please visit:

http://www.firstgiving.com/igp4mexicansisters

I know that this project will fund quickly, too. In case you didn't see my post on the forum, here are a few posts from that:

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!! There are not enough thank you's to show my appreciation for each and everyone of you as well as my excitement for all of our children!!!!

So, here is the big news... You have all shown that together we can make big things happen... So, that is what we are going to do. Someone else will be making a seperate announcement, but I want you to know that it is still a group effort. We are both working together for a common goal- to help all of our kid's families. Here is what is changing on my end:

Starting with project #11, the max for the small fundraisers has been raised to $500!!! That doesn't mean that you have to find a fundraiser that hits the $500 limit, but it should mean that more people can participate in the fundraising. If you have a fundraiser in mind, make sure to send it my way. I know they won't fund as fast as these smaller ones, but I am positive they WILL fund :0)

Make sure to send me your projects. I need to have the list of the next 10 projects lined up by 5/9/09. Make sure to check out my blog as well, so that you know what I need to get from you. On 5/10/09, I will release the list of the next 10 projects on the blog (projects 11-20). So, please send all that you can ASAP.

Stephanie will be handling the projects over $500 with a limit of $2500. I think this will open up a lot of options and opportunities for our sponsored children and their families!!!

I can't wait to get the first round of pictures & thank you from the first two projects. We will probably get those by the end of June, and then, we will have a steady stream of them coming in!! Stay tuned to this blog where all of it will be posted as soon as it arrives!!