Bill and I are astounded at the generosity of our friends, family, and church families. Thanks to you all, we raised almost $5,000 and 500 pounds of clothes for projects here in Paraguay!! That far and away exceeded our expectations. When this all began, we told the sisters, "We might be able to raise $300, or it could be $3,000, but we won't know until we ask." We are blown away by your response.
We have stopped accepting donations to our personal accounts. You, of course, are still welcome to continue to supporting the Canossian Ministries through the Sisters in Albuquerque. If you do, we suggest that you consider sponsoring future VOICA volunteers. VOICA America sends volunteers to Paraguay, Mexico, and Brazil.
We are proud to announce that ALL of our proposed projects will get funded:
Housing- A house for Edu's family (pictured with us on the right)
- X-Ray Equipment for the dentistry practice
- Dentistry equipment
Education / Jardin
- Books
- Playground equipment (if we can find any to purchase)
- Toys
The "Chicas" - High school girls living and working at the Canossian House
- Computers
- Clothes Dryer
- Projector
JOMICA - Youth Group
- Sound Equipment -- They were really excited about this, btw. I'm pretty sure they have no other source of funding, and they worked hard last year to raise enough money to build a new house for another family in the neighborhood.
- Sponsorship of two youth groupers for the trip to Brazil for World Youth Day (with the Pope).
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