"Sunrise is a rare animal for international giving:

"Sunrise is a rare animal for international giving:
locally-led and locally-focused change you can believe (and INVEST) in."
March 3, 2014
In This Issue
Saludos de Camoapa, Friend of Sunrise,
Tried and True
Innovation
Happy Anniversary Sunrise, and Hogar Luceros del
Amanecer! We celebrated 10 years of building better
lives with Camoapa children and families in February.
Sunrise Program
Infographic
Where has 10 years brought us? In this issue we go
both broad and deep. An infographic attempts to give
the big picture on a page, followed by a couple articles
focused on our "wrap-around" education-social work
with kids. A teen profile (first in our new Teen
Sponsorship Program) and the history of Sunrise
founder Rachel Greenwood round out the stories.
GRACIAS for your Friendship (click), every dollar
matters more than you can imagine.
ED Corner: Tried and True Innovation
We live in an era that prizes
innovation. In the business
world, it takes constant
innovation to make more
money. In the energy world, it's
all about innovative technology
and business models. Even in
government, somehow
efficiency and integrity aren't
enough, we need INNOVATION.
The development world appears to be caught in the
same frenzy, but just what does everyone mean by
innovation?
Are You Just a
School?
Peer Playgroups at the
Hogar
Our First Teen
Sponsor Opportunity
Meet Rachel
Greenwood
WHY YOU?
Because 85% of our
funding comes from
individual donors LIKE YOU. And 95%
of those dollars are
spent right here in
Camoapa, Nicaragua.
CONTRIBUTE NOW
Sunrise Programs on a Page
Another Infographic, we
know they're everyone's
favorite.
This one is an overview of
current Sunrise
programming, and
supplements the financials
infographic we presented in
our last newsletter. There's
no way to represent 10 years
of program evolution on a
page, especially the deep
community roots we've built,
but it's a start.
Are You a School?
Have you ever had trouble explaining to people "what
you do" in your
work without
serious oversimplification? We
sure do, so in this
and the following
piece we're
digging just a bit
deeper into what
we actually do at
the Hogar Luceros
del Amanecer, our center in Camoapa.
Peer Playgroups at the Hogar, by Carole
Lapidus
This story begins four
years ago on one of my
annual visits to
Camoapa and the Hogar
and Crecer programs.
Many of the children's
troubles were mostly
related to emigration
from farm to town with
few or no skills and the
marginal economic and
social status of most of the families. continued
Thank You
BUFFALO!
We would like to
send a big shout-out
to the eye care
brigade that recently
visited Camoapa
from Buffalo NY.
Organized by the
Lions Clubs of
Buffalo and
Camoapa, and
Hopeful Ways, Inc.,
this group of 30
professionals and
local interpreters
(including many
Peace Corps
Volunteers) provided
evaluations,
eyeglasses and 81
surgeries to over
2,600 Camoapeños,
including kids and
parents of Sunrise
families.
Read more in this
guest blog,
and
THANK YOU TO ALL!
Please ...
(lots of them!)
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Meet Delvin Jose Vanegas Perez, by Hogar
Social Worker Aleyda Rios Herrera
On March 8, 2006,
walking in the
neighborhood we found
this 10-year-old boy in
his small house weaving
a seat cover. We
learned he had gone to
school for three years
without advancing, the
teachers couldn't
understand his speech,
the other kids made fun of him ... read this amazing
story of a young man who is still very much a part of
the Sunrise family. Delvin is the first in our Teen
Sponsorship Program: are you interested?
Board Corner: Founder Rachel Greenwood
After ten years, we all owe a
tremendous debt of
gratitude to our founding
board member, Rachel
Greenwood.
Enjoy this brief history of
Rachel, her involvement in
Nicaragua, and Sunrise.
We hope this issue has helped give you a greater
understanding of the breadth and depth of Sunrise work
in Camoapa.
As we say (repeatedly), the vast bulk of our funding
comes from individual donors. We're expanding the
opportunities for support, including:
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straight, unrestricted donation (easiest all round)
"Friends of Sunrise" chapters
Teen Sponsorship
and coming soon, Volunteer Management
Yes, we'll be offering volunteer opportunities as a way
for individuals and possibly groups to contribute both
time and financially. Stay tuned: more on this in the next
newsletter, but if you simply can't wait, get in touch with
me.
Sincerely,
Andy Johnson
Camoapa, Boaco, Nicaragua
andrew.johnson@thesunrisefoundation.org
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