Update on our Road to Success Campaign II

We have already received many donations for our Road to Success Campaign and are only missing about $500.00 to complete this project. We hope to complete it by the end of this month in order to send the money to Casa de Sion by the end of the summer. Volunteers will be there to help build the road that will link the orphanage to the water wells.

Charity Village

Check it out! We are slowly expanding our network and are now part of the Charity Village Nonprofit Neighbourhood under the International Relief/Development/Peace section. To link to the page click on the following link: http://www.charityvillage.com/cv/nonpr/nonpr9.html

New website design

It has been almost two years since Isa Mundo was officially launched and to celebrate, we are revamping the design of our website. Thanks to Geegen's dedication and patience, the new look will be launched within the next few weeks...stay tunned for our funky new website!

Road to Success Campaign II

Last year, we launched our Road to Success Campaign and raised enough money for the building of the service road at Casa de Sion orphanage in Guatemala. Unfortunately, due to political pressure from the Guatemalan government last Fall, the building of the new orphanage and consequently the service road was put on hold. Since we had already received many donations for the road, we decided to use to money to complete the Isa Mundo Education Center in Bambang (as you can see from our March 6 blog).

The construction of Casa de Sion is now in full swing and is almost complete...the only thing missing is the service road. We will be re-launching our Road to Success Campaign and hope to complete this project by Summer 2009. Please send your donations for Casa de Sion.

Isa Mundo Education Center

We did it !!!

On March 6, 2009, Isa Mundo completed the first Isa Mundo Educational Centre in Bambang Elementary School in Bambang Bulakan, Philippines. The computers will be used to teach basic programs to each grade level and to develop knowledge and skills of computer hardware, software and orientation to the world of Internet.

We would like to thank Contronics Computers Center in Manila for their cooperation and to everyone who contributed to this worthwhile project. We hope to continue this project to other communities.

News from Puerto Vallarta

We often receive newsletters from various organizations. Children of the Dump in Puerto Vallarta have monthly newsletters, which they send out and post online. We always love reading them and thought you would too. Enjoy their February newsletter at http://www.kids.romamexico.com/newsletters/Newsletter-February-2009.pdf

Grace Educational Trust

This month, we would like to highlight the great work done by Grace Educational Trust. The two co-founders, Neelima Pratap and Francis Dass were inspired to alleviate poverty through education and decided to launch Grace Educational Trust as a registered charity in India dedicated to providing educational opportunities for underprivileged children and women. Their vision is to support sustainable community development through education by providing new learning opportunities to children in need in the small village of Betim Ramnagar in Goa, India. They have several programs including early childhood development, bridging and tutoring. To find out more about the children and the great work Grace Educational Trust is doing, check out their website at http://www.graceeducationaltrust.com/index.html