Butterflies en Mexico is a not-for profit, non governmental and non religious organization
SPONSORSHIPS
07.23.17
All programs have been researched, developed and are ready for Implementation
BUTTERFLIES EN MEXICO (BeM) SPONSORSHIPS
AT A GLANCE
(more detailed description below)
ALL OUR PROGRAMS WAGE PEACE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Food Program
$37,500 pesos ($2,164 USD) – Feeds 25 hungry families in one community once a week for one year.
OR, adopting a family for $1,500 pesos a year (or $121 USD) provides a nutritious meal once a week
Parent Program
$6,300 ($340 USD) provides an opportunity for families to come together to share 1.5 hours in 8 weeks of games and sharing their struggles of raising children.
Community Council Assistance
$6,000 pesos ($320 USD) provides office supplies and incentives to the council members for a year.
HUMANE EDUCATION ALLIANCE - APEH (conflict resolution) Public School Program
$8,450 pesos ($457 USD) – provides a one hour a week program for 8 weeks.
VOCATIONAL SKILLS APPRENTICE Program
Front-of-Restaurant Apprentice
$14,550 pesos ($82USD) – provides 30 hours of English classes and 96 hours of experiential classes.
Textile Apprentice
$11,344.50 ($578 USD) – Provides 64 hours of experiential classes
Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Textiles
$4,000 pesos ($250 USD) - Domestic Sewing Machine
$12,000 pesos ($800 USD) – Serge Machine
LONGER DESCRIPTIONS
COMMUNITY PROGRAM - One village at a time
Hacienda Pesos
Building trust in low-economic areas, where “fear of establishments” has been entrenched over generations is a challenge when offering opportunities. When communities develop a plan for how they can be assisted they are much more likely to follow through with action. The council of Hacienda de la labor want an increase in their nutritionals. Providing fruit and vegetables to a needy community is our manner of “building trust” in a community prior to developing opportunities for residents to be offered vocational skills or other programs for children/youth. Twenty-five families are in need of more nutritious food; protein, vegetable and fruit. We are beginning with our dry food produce that was designed 2.5 years ago. It contains soy, split peas, rice and a spicy flavor that is palatable to the Mexican people.
Sponsors will have the opportunity to visit the community and participate at any level they are comfortable, as well as, have pictures mailed to them from the food delivery activity.
Parent Program
Provides a 12 hour program over 8 weeks towards conflict resolution in family life. Families learning about signs of illness, both physical and mental, that need attending immediately before they become chronic and healthier eating and sanitation skills within the family unit. Families will learn how to play and interact with their children in a respectful manner while discussing how they can share hope with their children for a better life.
Community Council
We supply a liaison to assist the development and support of 10 person community council. These individuals are the decision makers for all aspects of how they can better support children and youth of the community. The individuals meet once a month for 9 months of the year to learn leaderships skills and provide ideas and how to implement those ideas into the community.
HUMANE EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE
Classroom Program
We share information with teachers in how to better resolve conflicts; with the planet, animals and humans. This is our 3rd year of providing this program to the public schools at Lakeside. We have been in 49 schools over just this last year. There is contact with between 100-120 students in each school. If requested, you will receive photos of the classroom and playground activities and a personal note from the class about what they learned during the one hour class for the 8-week session.
VOCATIONAL SKILLS PROGRAMS
Front-of-Restaurant Apprenticeship
Apprentices will have a formal interview by professionals to prepare them for future job seeking. Additionally, the class will include “Looking for a Job and Keeping a Job” and development of a resume. The apprentice must be 18-25 years of age. The students will work in a classroom environment 4 hours a week for 8 weeks learning English words and phrases that are specific to restaurant work. During the same 8 weeks, they will train in a restaurant for 12 hours a week with a mentoring bi-lingual waiter. The apprentice and the restaurant will have a check-in by a qualified liaison, once a week, to provide safe and helpful progression of each individual participating. The total training period is a total of 8-weeks long. The Liaison will work with the apprentice 1 week after the classes in encouraging them to apply for positions in the community using a letter of recommendation and their resume which they have been provided support in creating. Sponsorships for the 8-week program includes the 32 hour English Class, Job Keeping and Seeking Skills, mentoring by a seasoned restaurant waiter/ress, and support while finding employment after the apprenticeship is completed. If requested, you will be sent pictures of the apprentice in class and in restaurant work, as well as, a letter from them explaining what future they hope to obtain with the new skills. And, of course, if you are in the area, you will have the opportunity to meet the apprentice.
Textile Apprenticeship
The program will be seeking youth, 16-25 years of age, to work as an apprentice for 96 hours to gain enough skills under the tutelage of an experience seamstress to begin sewing which can pay a living wage part-time. They will be learning hand sewing and machine skills as well as quilting and embroidering. The apprentice and the instructor will have a check-in by a qualified liaison once a week to provide safe and helpful progression of each individual participating. The fee for a 96-hour apprenticeship includes instruction, materials and incentives and support by the Liaison to assist them with their letter of recommendation and completion certificate in seeking employment during the first week after their apprenticeship completion. If requested, you will be sent pictures of them quarterly during their apprenticeship and a letter explaining how the experience is making a difference in the individual’s life.
Entrepreneurial Opportunity
In order that the apprentice has an opportunity to continue working they may need their own sewing machine or a serger machine for them to work out of their home. When the individual finishes their apprentice program and if he/she is interested in an entrepreneurial focus, they will have an opportunity to purchase a machine by having a portion of their wages put towards securing the tool of their choice while they work. The cost of a sewing machine is $4,000 pesos ($250 USD) and a serger is $12,500 ($850 USD). If requested, pictures and letters of the working individual and letters will keep you updated for 6 months.