The end of another school year has come and we are so incredibly grateful for your support. Thanks to you, we've been able to provide the BEST Education in the Dominican Republic to a remarkable 650 students! Pretty incredible to think we started with just one little girl back in 2013 and had no intentions of building a charity.
This year has been an impressive one with some pretty great milestones that we'd love to acknowledge and share.
In November 2023 we celebrated our 10 year anniversary with a group of 20 donors and volunteers, many of whom sponsor a student or two and were able to finally meet them! That same month, we were awarded with a Silver Medal at the Ministry of Education's top schools in the country Awards Ceremony.
Approval of our Technical School
In January, we received the exciting news that we were approved to continue to build on to our award winning education and offer Poly-Technical Trades Education. With this news, we quickly hit the ground running to raise money to create the space, procure the equipment and provide the training required to deliver this curriculum. It's one thing to have the opportunity to do this, it's another thing to have the money and funding to make it happen! Thanks to two of our very generous donors - we were able to run a matching campaign and secure $25,000 for this Technical Trades School.
Now that we've been able to get the Technical Trades school up and running, we are looking for support with a couple of key elements for the Culinary program.
Here are the top 3 items we need, if you are interested in purchasing one of these items - please let us know!
- smart board
- professional blender
- chest freezer
AWARD WINNING STUDENTS!
Many of our students have been busy winning awards! Including these two, Joel and Elihu. Joel won FIRST place for Social Sciences and Elihu won SECOND place in the French competition. Beyond this, 4 of our students were recognized with Maximum Academic Excellence at the the District level!
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
As a part of our Technical Trades education, we've been able to provide post-secondary education and training to our students seeking to pursue a career in the Medical, Hospitality and Culinary fields. In March, we partnered with a local resort Emotions, to provide on site training to our students in the Hospitality program.
In other news, we're participating in a fundraising impact campaign with aBillion, with donations from this platform being matched by our Chair, Desiree's footwear brand, Voes & Co. If you are using the aBillion app, you can help us raise funds by posting a picture and following the hashtag #vegansolemate 💙
Thank you for being a part of our community and continuing to support our efforts. Please do not under-estimate the impact you're having, you truly are changing these children's lives!
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