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Rocky Mountain Region Projects
Governor's Project
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Governor’s Projects in the Rocky Mountain Region started in 2000 when the Youth
Forum’s ended. The Children of Peace International (COPI) had presented its work
to the 1999 Fall District III & IV Meeting hosted by SI Fort Collins in Estes
Park, Colorado. From that moving presentation, the idea of projects that could
be done for COPI were born. Children of Peace International is a humanitarian
organization which exists to serve the people of Vietnam by developing the
capability of the people to help themselves.
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For 2010-2012 Rocky Mountain Region will be "Remaking a Life."
The COPI project is partnering with six other non-governmental organizations
to provide life skills training for women who are victims of human
trafficking, domestic violence and social injustice. The women learn to
write resumes, improve their self-esteem, and develop skills for successful
living including nutrition and women's health. For 2010-2012 Rocky Mountain
Region will provide funds for survival bags for at least 300 women. These
bags have all of their workshop materials, a portfolio to complete their
resume, books, personal hygiene kit, small make-up kit, a five dollar phone
card, and a five dollar taxi voucher. The phone card and taxi voucher are
to help them escape to a secure spot if necessary.
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For 2008-2010 Rocky Mountain Region supported two projects.
During the 2008-2010 biennium COPI received
a total of $4734.00 from Rocky Mountain Region for the Little Rose Project
which was a project to house and help girls reclaim their lives after they
had been rescued from the web of human trafficking. Help in these
shelters included counseling, education and skills training among other
things, depending on the individual girl’s readiness. The goal was
$4,200 for this project which included the annual club assessment. This was
actually 70% of total funds requested for the governor’s project this
biennium because we had a two-part project for the first time.
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other 30% went to Into Your Hands – Hands of Hope scholarship program. The
goal was $1800 for that project which also included a portion of the club
assessments. By the end of the biennium a total of $2,286 was donated from
the region. The grand total was $7,020 for both projects.
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In 2006-2008 Rocky Mountain Region
continued the region’s partnership with Children of Peace International with
a pledge to support two projects that focused on women. The first provided
500 reflective vests to women in North Vietnam who biked from surrounding
farms to the market in Hanoi each morning before 4:30 a.m. The second
project provided ten market kiosks for indigenous women who offered their
beautiful quilts and blankets for sale in the popular tourist town of Sapa.
The goal was to raise $5,500 for these two projects, but thanks to the
generosity of the clubs and individual region members, total contributions
at the end of the biennium were just short of $9,000.
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In 2004-2006 Rocky Mountain Region provided scholarships to fund schooling for the
orphan children in Vietnam through Children of Peace International.
This biennium's theme for COPI was: “Rocky Mountain Region Soroptimist
Scholarships for Children of Peace.” This project provided scholarships for
700 poor children for 1st grade through college level in Vietnam. The goal
was to donate $5,000 for these Rocky Mountain Region Scholarships. The goal
was exceeded through generous club and personal donations of over $7,000 for
scholarships during this biennium.
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In 2002-2004 Rocky Mountain Region provided funds to supply school supplies,
medical supplies and other necessities for the children through Children of
Peace International.
During this biennium members donated school supplies, blankets, yarn,
stuffed animals and medicine to COPI, as well as $8,000.00 to the Vocational
School. Members Gay Houchins and Stacey Scharfe traveled with Binh Rybacki
to Vietnam.
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In
2000-2002
Rocky Mountain Region provided
funds to build a school in Vietnam for orphan children through Children of Peace International
which was the
first project chosen. The goal was to raise $10,000 over the biennium. In
total there was around $18,000 from clubs and personal donations by 2002.
International Goodwill
& Understanding (IGU)
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