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HOW YOU CAN HELP.... |
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Your gifts to Sí a la Vida street kids project are most welcome, no matter what the amount. Partners for Health is a non-profit organization and your contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law. The money you give will go toward rebuilding the lives of children in this country so devastated by war and natural calamity. Please mail your contributions to the address listed below. |
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| SALE OF FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS (Pulseras de Amistad) -- | |
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We urgently need outlets to sell the hand-woven Friendship Bracelets (Pulseras de Amistad) that the boys create. All revenues from the Pulseras go to the boys themselves. They are paid a small amount for each bracelet when they deliver it. This is their only source of pocket money and their first experience at earning spending money instead of begging or stealing. The Pulseras collected are then sold by friends of Sí a la Vida outside of Nicaragua. We sell the pulseras for the boys through church youth groups, school classes, craft stores - everywhere we can. All of the income from these sales goes into a fund for the boys, who periodically decide by vote on spending these funds for some special need or project of their own. The pulseras are a continuous activity for the kids, and a visitor to the Sí Vida Centers in Managua and Ometepe will see them with the strands of thread draped around their necks and their fingers flying as a new pulsera takes shape. The boys are incredibly imaginative and skilled at devising new designs and color combinations. The sizes and shapes differ as well. No two pulseras are alike. They are all beautiful. If you would like to help by arranging for your group to sell the Pulseras, purchase them as gifts, party favors or some other use, please click on the pulsera for more information. |
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| FUND RAISING -- | |
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We are now constructing a long term rehabilitation center away from Managua on Ometepe Island in Lake Nicaragua. Our first dormitory, a kitchen/dining hall building and a basketball practice area have been completed on Ometepe. and we are seeking sources of funding for a second dormitory and the completion of a classroom/office building in Managua. These developments are proceeding as funds are received. |
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| MATERIAL AID -- | |
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See our latest List of Project Needs and shipping information. Please contact us for updates of the list and any questions you may have. We will greatly appreciate your donation of any of the items on our lists. |
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