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 […]
For the past 12 months we have been raising funds for the purchase of over 1000 backpacks but that is one part of the work and activities of Umbrella Initiatives through the Backpack Project. Just as critical is the work of the volunteers and volunteer coordinators that work tirelessly within their own organizations and also with the local schools they […]