Education Mexico Project #51666

A Gift of an Education.. Will Change a Generation

by Have Hammer Will Travel A. C.

Project Report | Jul 6, 2021
HHWT JUNE 2021 Be The Light Capital campaign

By H Wayne Renz | HHWT Treasurer

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HHWT JUNE 2021 Be The Light Capital campaign was approved by the Have Hammer Will Travel A.C. Board fo Directors the campaign to purchase our currnet building we rent and improvements to it. Leon the architect is drawing up prelinmary plans for review this weekend.

The classes for Single women with children start on July 19, 2021, To empower the women students we are inviting other local women empowerment groups to come to the school and teach a classs or classes on womens empowement.We realize we can not do it all alone and must partrner with other lcoal womens empowerment groups. Our special project: we will work with at-risk single women with children HHWT will help these Mexican women along with their families to provide positive resources for success. During their time with us, these women will gain life skills through woodworking and Computer Aided Design (CAD) that are necessary for personal and professional happiness in life and guide these women to continue on to a higher level education.

Our mission in this special project is to empower single mothers with life skills through woodworking and Computer Aided Design which will help them transform their lives and rise above the poverty line. We see the dignity of every human being for their human rights and freedoms at each stage of their lives.

Single mothers who are enrolled in our school will develop life skills through hands on vocational training in woodworking, CAD and digital citizenship. This will help them to reach their full potential. This technical and life skills education is the key to unlocking themselves and their families from the vicious cycle of poverty. The students acquire more confidence upon participating in our program.

The globalgving matching campaign is July 14, 2021
8:15 Ajijic/Guadalajara time or 9am Washington D.C.
$400,000 available in Matching Funds for participating projects!
15% match on donations from $100 - $499 (while funds remain)
30% match on donations from $500 - $749 (while funds remain)
50% match on donations from $750 - $1,000 (while funds remain)
Matching Fund rates will apply to donations up to $1,000 per unique donor per organization

Thank you for your partnership and generous support.

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Jun 15, 2021
HHWT MAY 2021 Report Mexico Govt Opened Schools

By H WAYNE RENZ | Treasurer HHWT

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Good News! Mexican government opened local schools May 17, 2021 for small classes. All Covid 19 procedures are still in place.

HHWT opened our classes to ages 11 to 19 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Since Covid 19 in 2020 shut down for 14 months we lost several volunteers at the school. New classes for teaching safety and woodworking skills for older volunteers over age 50 on Tuesday and Thursday morning's.

Thank you all for your donations. The HHWT school is now just meeting most of its current monthly expenses. HHWT hopes to build up our reserves by the end of 2022.

We are meeting with Leon our young architect who lives in Ajijic. Date is Tuesday June 22, 2021 at 10 AM at the HHWT school on the back lawn or it it rains inside the HHWT office.

Leon was referred by Arif who is the son of Paul and Alma's son Alma is our HHWT lawyer.

Leon would like to talk with board of directors about assisting with a plan to buy our building,

as well as create preliminary drawings . He will help us create a vision of where we want to be in 3 to 5 years from now.

We now have the need to develop a capital campaign steering group. I welcome your help to create and guide our 3 yo 5 year vision. I invite you to join us and help and be part this vision.

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GlobalGiving has invited HHWT to participate in the July 14, 2021 matching day. Donations will be matched up to 50%. As we get closer more information will be provided

On July 19, 2021 we are starting a project for single women with children, two scholarships are available. Have them see Fidel Mendoza to enroll.

With Affinity

H Wayne Renz

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May 3, 2021
HHWT March 2021 Report Vetted By GlobalGiving

By H Wayne Renz | Treasurer HHWT

On April 23rd HHWT Graduated the 2021 April accelerator project with GlobalGiving. HHWT achieved vetted status. HHWT is now a partner with GlobalGiving,

GlobalGiving has invited HHWT, now that we are vetted, to participate in the matching fundraiser in July 2021.

The HHWT board of directors met and discussed the need to create a capital campaign to buy the building we are in. By buying the building it will not to pay rent and have additional income for additional teacher and scholarships for HHWT students. You can donate appreciated stock through GlobalGiving and take a tax deduction. Please contact H Wayne Renz, the HHWT treasurer for donating appreciated stock for a tax deduction. The building can be named after you, Maybe called the The ------ ------ vocational school.

The HHWT board of directors and volunteers want to thank everyone who partnered with to raise over $5000 dollars from 40 different donors achieved that milestone and received badges from GlobalGiving,

The badges that were awarded to HHWT were Leader, Vetted and Top Ranked. (see photo)

Getting vetted by GlobalGiving has been a 2-year project, creating year end annual reports, getting letters of reference. HHWT legal documents, newspaper articles and Jalisco Government documents etc. and submitting them to GlobalGiving.

On the first submission in Sept 2020 we to did not get selected, HHWT missed one document from the Mexican government stating that when we dissolve all are assets go to another charity. HHWT was able to get that document and turn it in December 2020. HHWT was selected on March 16, 2021 to participate in the April accelerator project. Thank you all for participation between April 5th and April 23rd 2021. HHWT for the first time in 13 years has now monthly recurring donations. With these monthly recurring donations, we can plan ahead now.

HHWT hopes this month we will get 5 new partners to donate and reach our target of 60 Donors. GlobalGiving has reward program where you get GG Reward points for reaching different targets. HHWT will receive additional engagement reward points when we have over 60 donors.

The more GG reward points we achieve the more matching days and other activities we are invited to by GlobalGiving.

Working with GlobalGiving is a big achievement and milestone for HHWT. We are very thankful for this opportunity to have access to worldwide crowdfunding. Now are partners can invest in HHWT, by credit card or debit card form anywhere in the world that has internet.

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