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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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Development in Gardening (DIG) is an organization created in Senegal to build vegetable gardens next to hospitals and HIV clinics. By providing food to aid with the ARV (Anti-RetroViral) therapy, the much needed component of nutrition in patient care is realized.
The gardens create over 500 lbs. of vegetables per month, with the outpatients being able to sell the excess to help with their transportation costs to and from the clinic. We began a collaboration with Development in Gardening (DIG) in the summer of 2006, and we have been working to raise money and awareness for their efforts ever since. In addition, the founder of DIG, Steve Bolinger, accompanied GC to Mozambique to aid us with our CAA Volunteer Vacation - as we both benefit by combining our expertise. 
DIG has introduced new gardening techniques along with new vegetables such as kale and collard greens - to replace the more traditional (although with much lower nutrition value) cucumber and eggplant. The garden has been an overwhelming success, both nutritionally and socially, creating a sense of community with a gathering place for those receiving treatment. We proposedDIG to “The Penitent Yanks” - a group competing in the “Plymouth to Dakar Rally” for charity - and they raised thousands of dollars for DIG through their efforts - primarily through a fundraiser at Former Senator Tom Daschle's home. After our collaboration on previous projects, we were asked by the White House about groups in Africa we thought Mrs. Bush may be interested in, and we immediately proposed DIG, and in June 2007 she arrived to tour the site in Senegal. Barton was placed among the Senegalese dignitaries to greet her to Africa and the site, while Steve gave her and Jenna a tour of the garden and they picked vegetables to help prepare lunch for the patients. She also met privately with some of the women affected with HIV, handed out over 2,000 malaria nets with USAID, and spoke of the importance of nutrition for HIV patients, as well as eradicating malaria.
It was a wonderful event that was covered by CNN and will change the course of the attitude of the Senegalese towards those who are HIV positive. We are incredibly grateful for everyone’s help with this - you really have helped us change this part of the world.
Mrs. Bush’s staff was very supportive of Global Colors and our work, and their kindness was humbling. It is truly strange experience to see a black motorcade pull up to see you in Africa, with The First Lady of the U.S. and First Lady of Senegal step out, watch the ambassador arrive, and see a years worth of work come to fruition. It was an amazing day. We owe a debt of thanks to Derek Booth in the Secret Service, Mrs. Bush’s staff - Cherie Harder and Anita McBride, and her press secretary, Susan Whitson. Susan has continued to be a champion for the work of Global Colors, and we are incredibly grateful for her support.
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