Help These Girls Have Better Living Conditions

Merry Christmas from El Buen Pastor!

This quarter has been a busy one, we have new girls and besides our regular school activities, we had a lot of fun activities which helps the integration process.

We had Yoga Classes, Computer Classes, Halloween Party, A trip to the movies, Birthday Celebrations, Christmas cooking classes.

We carry out the remodeling of the Psycology room and the quarterly visit of Dr. Patricia Hernandez!

At Escuela Hogar el Buen Pastor we are very grateful for your patronage. All this couldn’t happen without your support, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Blessed 2023!!!!

Thank you

Summer in our Home.

 Summer is the time to carry out the Planning for the 2022 - 2023 Academic Year. This involves finding teachers and the source to finance our plans. Within the new courses that we are planning to have in addition to the regular academic courses of elementary, middle, and high school, we are going to offer the girls courses of:

 - English and French languages.

- Workshops in beauty, fashion design, entrepreneurs, and computer science.

- Workshop on self-knowledge, affectivity, identity, and sexuality.

- Music and writing.

One of our goals is that the girls develop their talents, sometimes this can provide them additional career opportunities.

 Summer in Mexicali is a very difficult time because of our weather, which reaches temperatures of up to 125 degrees Fahrenheit, this does not allow the girls to have outside activities, so we must be creative and keep the girls busy, among the inside activities we had during the summer was a baking cooking course. The girls learned a lot and enjoyed it very much.

 Another summer course was music.

We also accomplish finishing the remodeling of the pool area,with a generous donation of artificial grass for the floor and walls, so the area is very beautiful. The girls use and enjoy this area a lot in this hot weather.

We thank you again for supporting our Home and making possible this beautiful project!!!

BACK TO SCHOOL

We are very excited with “back to school” after the pandemic!

As of today, we have: 2 girls in grammar school, 11 girls studding high school (in house), 5 of which graduated this term. 1 is attending an outside high school, 13 of our girls besides their regular academic grade are also studying to be an Administration assistant, 2 are preparing to take their college admissions exam for the Baja California University.

Al dia de hoy tenemos 2 niñas en primaria, 11 en Secundaria y Preparatoria, 5 de las cuales se han graduado en Enero de Preparatoria, 13 de nuestras niñas ademas de cursar sus estudios regulares estan siendo capacitadas como asistentes administrativos y 2 de nuestras jovenes se estan preparando para tomar el examen de admision de la UABC.

 AROUND THE WORLD IN TWO WHEELS

Alex Gonzalez author of “the world in two wheels”, from Mexicali who went around the world in a bicycle, was in our school and gave a motivational conference to the girls.

Alex Gonzalez, originario de Mexicali, quien recorrio el mundo en bicicleta, y es autor de "el mundo en dos ruedas", vino a nuestra escuela a dar a las niñas una platica motivacional.

 POOL REPAIR

Our pool had a leak and we had to repair it. This is one of our girls' favorite recreational activities considering that Mexicali is one of the hottest places in the world.

La alberca de la escuela tenia una fuga de agua y se reparo. Esta es una de las actividades recreativas favoritas de las niñas tomando en cuenta que Mexicali es uno de los lugares mas calientes del mundo.

 NEW MATTRESSES

The mattresses in our home were in very poor condition, so we decided to use some of the money raised in the campaign to replace the old mattresses and make sure the girls get a good night's rest.

Los colchones de la casa hogar estaban ya en muy malas condiciones por lo que decidimos utilizar parte del dinero de la campaña para reemplazarlos y asi asegurarnos de que las niñas tengan un buen descanso.

 BEACH TRIP

The girls were invited to spend a day at the beach by one of our benefactors, thank you very much Claudia!!!! They had so much fun!

Una de nuestras benefactoras invito a las niñas a pasar un dia en la playa, muchas gracias Claudia!!! Se divirtieron muchismo!

DOCTOR'S VISIT

Once again, Dr. Hernandez came to Mexicali from Los Angeles with an enthusiastic group of collegues to follow up with our girl's preventive routine.

Una vez mas la Dra. Hernandez vino a Mexicali con un grupo de entusiastas colegas para dar seguimiento a las rutinas de prevencion que estan enseñando a las niñas.

 Thanks to your support we have been doing great things since the campaign started!!!

Gracias por su apoyo hemos podido lograr grandes cosas desde el inicio de la campaña!!!

JANUARY 2022 REPORT

The purpose of this campaign is to improve the living conditions of our girls. We are very grateful for the great support received for our project. We receive donations in the amount of $ 817, 619.84 pesos M.N.

El propósito de esta campaña es lograr mejorar las condiciones de vida de nuestras niñas. Estamos muy agradecidos por el gran apoyo recibido a nuestro proyecto. Recibimos donaciones por un monto de $ 817,619.84 pesos M.N.

This fund is being used to make improvements in our home for the girls to be more comfortable and to reduce the operating costs.  By having a more efficient facility we can optimize the economic resources that the Casa Hogar has for its daily operation.

Este fondo se está utilizando para hacer las mejoras necesarias para que las niñas vivan más cómodamente y lograr reducir los costos de operación. Eficientizando las instalaciones podremos optimizar los recursos económicos fijos con que la Casa Hogar cuenta para su operación.

$ 184,057.09 pesos from this fund were used for the remodeling of the home’s kitchen. The rest of the money will be used in the following months in other improvements, we will keep you posted.

Se utilizaron $ 184,057.09 pesos de este fondo para la remodelación y modernización de la cocina de la casa hogar. El resto del dinero será utilizado en nuevos proyectos de los cuales les mantendremos informados.

In addition to the campaign total fund, approximately $ 28,000.00 pesos per month of recurring donations are also being received through “GlobalGiving”, which are being used for the everyday operating expenses of our home.

Además del fondo recibido por la campaña, se están recibiendo a través de “GlobalGiving” aproximadamente $ 28,000.00 pesos mensuales de donaciones recurrentes mismos que se utilizan para los gastos de operación de la casa hogar.

In October, Escuela Hogar el Buen Pastor was chosen among other homes in Mexicali by INDEX to receive a prize based in its performance for the free installation of solar panels, this generates significant monthly savings.

En octubre la casa hogar fue seleccionada ganadora entre otras Asociaciones de Mexicali por INDEX para recibir un premio por su labor para la instalación de paneles solares, lo que nos genera un ahorro mensual importante.

After our project publication in GlobalGiving, an enthusiastic group of doctors from the USA led by Dr. Patricia Hernandez have taken on the task of offering their services free of charge to monitor our girl’s health. Their first visit was in December, and another is being scheduled for February. In these visits the girls receive education on how to improve their diet and health habits, they also received supplements and a personalized health program. Thank you so much!

Después de la publicación de nuestro proyecto en GlobalGiving, un entusiasta grupo de médicos de EUA encabezados por la Dra. Patricia Hernandez se han dado a la tarea de ofrecer sus servicios gratuitamente para supervisar la salud de las niñas de la casa hogar. Su primera visita fue en diciembre y se está programando otra para febrero, en estas visitas las niñas reciben formación para mejorar su alimentación y su salud, recibieron suplementos vitamínicos y un programa personalizado de salud. ¡Muchas Gracias!

During December we received $ 66,924.09 pesos thanks to GlobalGiving! This amount will be added to the improvement fund.

Durante el mes de diciembre se recibieron $ 66,924.09 pesos gracias a las aportaciones de GlobalGiving! Este monto también será utilizado para mejoras.

I hope this report makes you feel very proud of supporting our project, thank you so much!

Esperamos que esta información te haga estar orgulloso de apoyar nuestro proyecto! Muchas gracias!