Happy Holidays

We would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone Happy Holidays and all the best in the coming year. We had a very successful 2011 and we are grateful once again to our supporters, volunteers and partners who have contributed to our past and present projects.

We look forward to working with all of you in the coming year in completing new projects that will improve the lives of those less fortunate in the world.

We wish you all a happy, healthy, peaceful and prosperous New Year!!

from the Isa Mundo Foundation.

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ps. 2011 also produced Isa Mundo's newest Mundoer - Sila Lacasse

Welcome Sila to Isa Mundo and may you continually teach us to be the change, you wish to see in the world.

Vallarta Nature

Mundoers were able to visit a potential new environmental health projects with the conservation group, Sociedad Ecologica de Occidente (Western Ecological Society) in the Bahia de Banderas area. We were able to meet with Mr. Oscar Aranda, a biologist who founded the organization and has dedicated his research and work to protect marine turtles and mammals and improve the environmental conditions in Mexico. Mr. Aranda was recognized as one of the CNN Heroes for Saving the Planet in 2010.

Isa Mundo will be assessing how we can collaborate with Mr. Aranda to support his present and future conservation projects in Mexico.

To learn more about the Sociedad Ecologica de Occidente - visit their website at www.vallartanature.org

To see the CNN Heroes Award video please click on CNN Heroes Award - Saving the Planet.

Volcanes Primary School Update

Isa Mundo was able to visit the Volcanes Primary School this month and also brought much needed educational supplies to the school. Mundoers were able to assess future needs at the school but also see the great progress since our last visit in April 2011.

The IMEC is now part of the overall Education Project in Volcanes and we hope to continue working in collaboration with the school and Cafe Roma to improve the centre and their project in 2012.

Sinacaban Central School

We are currently in discussion with the Principal at the Sinacaban Central School in Misamis Occidental, Philippines to develop the second Isa Mundo Education Centre (IMEC) in the country.

The school has a total enrollment of 384 pupils and 20 teachers. This is just a small central school with only 20 teachers. Although this is a complete elementary school with a graduation rate of 97%, there are still students who are not able to graduate due to poverty.

The objective of the IMEC in Sinacaban School will be to improve academic performance and increase computer literacy of students. Isa Mundo will continue the discussion with the school and assess the feasability of completing this project. We hope to find support for this project and help improve the education opportunities of students in this community.

New Website Design

Isa Mundo Foundation will be launching our newly designed website for 2012. Under the guidance of Gee Gen - www.geegen.com - the website design will have a new 'look and feel' and will be the most significant change since the initial development of the website in 2006.

We hope to launch the new website before end of the year! Stay tuned

The new Isa Mundo Postcard

As a follow up to this month's release of new promotional materials, we are releasing the foundation's new post card design. We would like to thank our Chair, Website and Graphic Design (Gee Gen) for her creativity and talent in developing the post card.

We will be releasing the template for our newly designed website in November. Stay tuned.

The new Isa Mundo Brochure

We have launched our new brochure outlining our history, projects and how to support our foundation. The new look and feel of Isa Mundo will also be highlighted in our new post card and website. We encourage you to print and distribute to your network.

Let us know what you think.

Thanks