Mexico Project Site Visits in April

Isa Mundo Foundation members (or Mundoers) will visit current and new potential projects in the Puerto Vallarta region in mid April 2011. Mundoers will return to Pasitos de Luz to visit the now completed solar panel project. We will also visit the new Volcanes Primary School which has been completed as part of the Feed the Children and School of Champions organization. We are committed to expand our first Isa Mundo Education Centre in Mexico and will discuss a potential partnership with the school in our next visit

We will provide an update on the ground in Mexico. Gracias.

Introducing .... Buena Vida Youth Foundation

Isa Mundo Foundation is proud to announce the launch of the Buena Vida Youth Foundation. Buena Vida (Good Life) is a non profit organization developed by Juan Valle and his group of passionate young individuals dedicated to improving the lives of at-risk youth in Latin America. Buena Vida will be focussing it's initial work in El Salvador by funding a soccer drop-in program to provide a safe environment away from gang activities and access to positive role models and mentors.

Isa Mundo was consulted by Buena Vida in early 2011 and we were honored to provide advice and guidance and share our own experience in developing our non profit organization. We will be supporting Buena Vida's program in the near future as we believe in their vision of improving the situations of children and youth in Latin American communities.

To learn more about Buena Vida Youth Foundation visit their website at www.buenavidayouthfoundation.com

Thank you MacEwan!

Back in October we applied for an education fund through the MacEwan Global Education Fund. We found out in late 2010 that our application had been accepted to receive a grant! We have now received a small amount from the GEF, which will go towards the funding of Isa Mundo Educational Centers.

The GEF’s mission statement is "believing in the value of education, the MacEwan Global Education Fund is designed to help less fortunate people world-wide access education through funds, training, and support." To find out more about the GEF visit their website at: http://www.macewan.ca/web/services/global_edfund/FAQ/Index.cfm?MenuOption=4&Line=14

Stay tuned for project details on our funding!

Mundopedia

We are in the process of creating a Wikipedia style link on our website, we are calling it, Mundopedia. Inspired by information and accessibility of Wikipedia, Isa Mundo is developing a similar approach by providing visual and basic statistics of various countries we have visited since 2005.

Mundopedia will highlight various indicators relevant to our projects, ie: population, educational attainment, literacy, poverty index, life expectancy, etc... We will also outline past, current and future projects in each countries to showcase contributions made by supporters and funders to the Isa Mundo Foundation.

We hope to launch Mundopedia by April 2011.

Happy New Year !

We would like to wish everyone a happy and peaceful 2011.

As we approach our 6th year as an organization, we would like to also take the opportunity to thank all those who continue to support our work and projects since our inception.

We are looking forward to an exciting and productive 2011 as we attempt to complete projects this year in Mexico, Philippines, Nicaragua, Peru and beyond, and in partnership with communties and other not-for- profit organizations.

11th Annual Maligayang Paslit

We would like to congratulate the Bambang Youth Organization in Bambang, Bulakan Philippines for a successful Maligayang Paslit event this year. The annual event took place once again on December 24th for a one day children and youth celebration in the town of Bambang. This is the 5th year that Isa Mundo has contributed to the event and we have now become one of the main funders of this great celebration.

Under the guidance of Mr. Benjo Cruz, the Maligayang Paslit has reached out to over 700 children and youth in the community and continues to provide gifts, entertainment, food, laughter and leadership to those who attend. With support from Isa Mundo, the event in the past few years have also targeted families in Bambang by providing Christmas food hampers to the most needy. We are proud to be a part of this event and it's success and we look forward to the celebration in 2011.

Happy Holidays on behalf of Isa Mundo!