Skip to main content

Rosary Ministry Donations

Thank you to the Ladies at the Rosary Ministry from my church St. Vincent de Paul for the fabric, underwears, and dresses that were donated for my project, "Little Dresses for Africa". Your generosity is most appreciated, I know the girls will love them.

""Be the change that you wish to see in the world."
          —     Mahatma Gandhi

Fabric Donated & Completed Dresses

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Service Unit Leader Meeting Presentation

Just recently I attended my service unit's leader meeting and presented my project to them. The leaders all gave positive comments about my project and showed great interest. They are being very supportive and want to lend me a hand. I am grateful for their support and know with everyone's help we can help change the lives of many girls in Africa; together we can make a difference.

U.E. (Unidad Educativa) Mary Ribera Gutierrez – SEDUCA – Primaria y Secundaria

I am at SEDUCA (Servicio Departamental de Educación de Bolivia), Beni Departmental Service of Education building, where students and families from Mary Ribera Gutierrez Secondary and Primary School have come to learn at my workshop. This workshop was a truly motivating experience as there was a father and two sons that joined the workshop. At first, the boys were reluctant to participate and it wasn't until I showed them a video called "The Beauty of Red" (with spanish subtitles) that they realized how global and how real  this issue is.  I think that most men don't usually take the feminine issue of the lack of menstrual resources seriously because it doesn't personally affect them. Once men are shown the extent of the matter, they understand the need to help.  For the rest of the workshop, the boys were active participants - the father even decided to learn how to sew and make a washable for his daughter. I am scheduled to have another workshop at the SED...