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Loscarasucias Children's Home Global Colors board member Joy Haynes went to Argentina and while there decided to do a little Guerrilla Aid. In a short amount of time she met every immediate need of a children's home outside of Buenos Aires. |
Women Fuelwood Carriers Just outside of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, there are women who hike roughly 18 miles a day collecting wood to be sold in the market. The weight of the packs they carry can be up to 70 lbs. - close to the weight of some of the women - and they do it all for about $2. |
Development in Gardening We partnered with an amazing organization, Development in Gardening (DIG), to create vegetable gardens next to hospitals in Africa.
We worked at Hospital Fann in Dakar, Senegal, and created something so unique it brought First Lady Laura Bush to visit.
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Cows for the Massai After the September 11 attacks, the very poor people of the Maasai banded together and raised enough money to buy fourteen cows - their most prized possession -to give as a gift to America to help us heal.We decided to go over and thank them by repaying the gesture... |
UCLA at Angkor Thom While in Cambodia in 2005, we met a group of children being taken care of by the monks near Temple Bayon in Angkor Thom just north of Siem Reap, and they eventually became the inspiration to start Global Colors.It was only fitting that our first project was to go back and thank them. |
CAA Envirotrade Creative Artists Agency (CAA) selected Global Colors to launch their International Volunteer Vacation Program, having us take CAA employees to Mozambique and South Africa for a reforestation and outreach project. |
Jeff Scott We were contacted by the friends and family of Jeff Scott to see if we could do any sort of project in his memory, and so we set out to get to know the man Jeff had become, and create a project work in his honor. |
Bonfil Orphanage Just outside Cancun, Mexico, there is a small orphanage called "Casa Hogar Esperanza". This "House of Hope and Faith" is run by Asencio and Esther Mancilla who started this home nearly 20 years ago when someone left an infant on their doorstep. |
Back to School Inspired by Jeff Scott, our Cambodian Back to school program was able to expand to become a resounding success. 120 children are now in school, families are becoming self-sustaining, and we were lucky enough to facilitate it. |
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Just outside Cancun, Mexico there is a small orphanage called "Casa Hogar Esperanza". This "House of Hope and Faith" is run by Asencio and Esther Mancilla who started this home nearly 20 years ago when someone left an infant on their doorstep.
They would like to convert some rooms in their home for education - a sewing room, a computer room, and a music room but have no money to do so. Although their donation was small, it brought smiles to the children that day and was the perfect example of just trying to make a difference where ever you are. We've had inquiries as to how to volunteer at this home near Cancun, and we just received this from an amazing woman who recently returned from there. "I am happy someone is going to visit! and the big need there is shoes of course. "By way of Blvd. Kukulcan KM 20 you can find it quite easily. On occasion I've stayed at Westin Resort & Spa and they were amazing at getting me SAFELY to Bonfil. They took me to the local Walmart and Cosco where I purchased the needs (and some wants) of the children. From this hotel it is about 15 minutes, and they can give you directions for Hogar Esperanza, or you can take a taxi and have the taxi wait for you as you visit. Esther is so kind and the kids will hug on you and will love to see their own faces on the camera. If you go to Cosco you just join as it is the same in the U.S. and they love the chocolates from there. The facility is very safe and you will be let in a locked gate and then it's locked behind you. Of course daytime is better. Believe me, as I was alone on my visits, and I felt no fear. Enjoy!" - Stephanie McAndrew Bonfil Info: Esther Barcenasde Mancilla Casa Hogar Esperanza Iglesia Roca Fuerte #99 81 59 85 90
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Their home will always house somewhere between 20 and 50 children, and they are funded only by the generosity of their church group and local good Samaritans. They receive no funding from the government, and taking care of these children every day can be quite a struggle and strain on them. 
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