Newsletter 12/2011
Workshops 2011
We thank the children for what they are! A big Thank-You also to Eduardo Torres and his family for their commitment and for providing the finca every year to provide a space for the kids to evolve. Thanks to Vanessa and Tim for their support in 2011. Thanks to the Team in Quito and to the Team in Hamburg! And thanks to the people who make it all possible through their financial aid – nothing would be possible without these people!
We strongly depend on donations for our upcoming workshops 2012. Materials, meals and transportation of children to the finca must be secured. Every kind of support is very welcome: one-time donations, memberships, sustaining memberships or partnerships of companies in the area of Social Responsibility.
ASA-Program of GIZ 2012 
bambúProjekt e.V. was picked for being part of the official 2012 ASA-Program (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)). The ASA participants will be planing and executing the artistic workshops and they will be responsible for planing and curating the exhibition from this years workshop results in Quito. The project will take place from August to October 2012. The program catalog and application forms are available at:
www.asa-programm.de/programm
We look forward to many applications and ideas for the workshops in 2012!
becabambú
Some of you probably already know our scholarship program. Since the beginning of 2011 we are working on becabambú, a school scholarship, which will enable our small artists to continue their education. Thanks to the “Fundación Proyecto Salesiano Chicos de la Calle” children have the opportunity to go to school in the UESPA. Unfortunately girls who finish the third grade of the UESPA at the Salesianos are no more supported for higher education within the Proyecto Salesiano. Their families lack the money of any other higher education program, such as colleges. The vision of becaBambú is that through economic support of the bambúProjekt-Kids learning in a colegio will no longer stay a dream, but become another real alternative to going straight into working and/or becoming a housewife at the age of 15. Every child who participated in our bambú-Workshops is able to receive a scholarship – if there are sufficient funds/ donators.
At this point, once again many thanks to the sponsors for their support, their confidence and their sincere interest in a better life for the girls.
Since November 2011 the bambúBecas go to: Alicia, Lisbeth, Teresa and Tatiana (from left)
What is to come 2012?
We are very excited about the candidates of the ASA program. In March, the first selection will be made. We will have collected the first experiences from the new scholarship program and be able to inform the sponsors about the progress. In the late summer it’s bambúProjekt-workshop-time again, we are already looking forward to it – this year we expect many new faces, after some of “our” children have grown out of the workshops and are going to colleges thanks to the scholarships!
We would be delighted if everybody would be part of these developments and if you would keep being interested in our work. Our commitment and workforce is 100% voluntary and we fund our expenses entirely through donations. So here comes the obligatory but none-the-less necessary call to support our work – in particular through financial support for the workshops in 2012! We will need more funds for food and transportation of the children at the six-week-workshop-period from August to October next year. All donations and membership fees are tax deductible and can be submitted to the local tax office – donation certificates (donation receipts) included. Would you like to contribute something or to learn more about us please visit our website, where there is now the opportunity to donate directly. Please feel free to send us an email info@bambuprojekt.org or call us at +49 (0) 40-65796456 in Hamburg.
The bambúTeam wishes everybody a Merry Merry Christmas
y un nuevo feliz año 2012!
