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How You Can Help

For Global Partners: Running Waters, Inc. to be effective in working together with villagers in Latin America, relationships need to be fostered and funds gathered.

Like other nonprofit organizations, your donations are tax deductible. All donations go directly to the project you designate. The GPRW personnel are volunteers except for Sister Jan whose salary is provided by the School Sisters of Notre Dame.

Alternative Giving
Help educate your family and friends to alternative giving that truly helps bring basic necessities to others. Here are three opportunities for your gift:

Mayan Women’s Micro Credit Project, Guatemala
Provides solar ovens and animals; benefits about 1,500 people.

Water Project in Agostadero, Quiche, Guatemala
Benefits 65 families – about 400 people.

Casa Carolina Nutrition Center in Sulaco, Honduras
Benefits malnourished children, offering food, shelter, care, and recuperation.

Click HERE to download an Alternative Gift Giving – 2008 form. A gift acknowledgement/certificate will be sent to the recipient(s) whom you designate.

If you decide to contribute, make your check payable to
Global Partners: Running Waters, Inc.

Click HERE for a donation form that you can print and send with your check. We'll then send you a thank you letter that doubles as a receipt for tax purposes.

Please Examine the Needs

Ongoing Water Projects
Cost
Napoles y Campanac, Lancetillo, Zona Reina Uspantan in Guatemala
Benefiting: 94 families, 564 inhabitants.
$30,000
Ialzunun, Chiapas in Mexico
Benefiting: 90 families, 700 inhabitants.
$14,000
Other Projects
Cost
Ixcan in Guatemala – Agro Ecological Center – Peking Duck Production
•Technical training in production, processing and marketing for eight people;
•Purchase of initial food concentrate for six months, until harvest time;
•Purchase of incubator for 100 duck eggs;
•Marketing of meat, eggs and live ducks for breeding.
$2,186
Bee Project (three-year project)
Micro credit project that will help 1,500 members finance their own income producing projects of domestic animal breeding and the raising of vegetables.
$21,110
Guatemala – Transitions Projects for Orthodics and Prosthetics
Donations will be used to cover the costs associated with assessing patients and building the required mobility devices needed.
$7,500
Guatemala – Special Needs
This project will help with the needs of 18 people in special needs residences.
$7,500
Teyolia Zipecua in Mexico – Child Center Needs
The money is used to purchase meals for 90 children at a day care center.
$2,500
per month


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