Friends of Umbrella Initiatives, it is a great joy to share with you some great news!!! From January 6-11, 2014, we held the first ever Backpack Project in the Shawi community located in the jungle of Peru in the region of Loreto. Through the week of work over 100 children ages 4 to 13 received a week of academic reinforcement […]
It is with 1000 thanks we would like to close out 2013. Thanks to your support and the support of community organizations and churches we have reached our goal for raising the necessary funds to supply 1000 backpacks next year. The backpacks are currently being made in Lima, Peru and over the next two months they will be distributed to […]
At Umbrella Initiatives Foundation, one of the key principles in our work is ensuring that we respect and participate as real partners in efforts to improve communities. To this end, we work with Mr. Jhonny Herandez of Creaciones y Confecciones Kairo of Lima, Peru to hand craft every backpack. Mr. Hernandez and his employees inspect each backpack and pencil holder […]