LACEWING PROJECTS
American Friendship Foundation (2008)
The Lacewing Foundation has provided a grant for the Journey with an Afghan School project. This is a project begun by Julie Bolz of Madison WI. We have earmarked our grant to help fund a teacher training program for instructing girls. Teachers who teach girls in Afghanistan can be risking their lives since the Taliban works to prevent to the education of women. In 6 years, Ms. Bolz and friends have built 10 schools and rebuilt and supplied 7 others. Focus on educating these girls has shown that the girls marry older, have fewer children, have better health care and hygiene and develop leadership skills to help in their communities. The American Friend Foundation, which supports Ms. Bolz’ work, is an NGO that promotes goodwill with developing nations through humanitarian projects like this one.
Atlantic Street Center (2008)
The Lacewing Foundation has provided a grant to Atlantic Street Center to help fund a summer school program for children of color in low income areas of Seattle. The program provides full day, 5 day a week, summer classes for kindergartners through seventh graders. They provide both academic classes and also social skills and self image improvement instruction. All services and programs are provided at no cost to the students. The program reaches approximately 250 at risk children of color each summer. Evaluations have shown that the majority of their students make measurable improvements both academically and socially.
Central Asia Institutue (2008)
Lacewing Foundation provided a grant providing funds to help with the work of building and supplying schools in Afghanistan. Central Asia Institute was begun by Greg Mortensen of Bozeman Mt. Their work is described in the best selling book “Three Cups of Tea”. Working through huge obstacles, which include threats from the Taliban for educating girls, Mr. Mortensen and his team have built and supplied small village schools in extremely remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Without outside help there is no education at all for these children.
San Miguel Community Foundation (2008)
The Lacewing Foundation has provided a grant to a program called Mujeres en Cambio. This is a program for girls of the San Miguel Mexico area to provide middle school through University scholarships to needy recipients. This ongoing education program makes a real difference in the girls lives’ and that of their families as well as the long term stability of the communities in which they live. Educating girls has been proved to provide significant improvement in the health and well being of villages throughout the developing world. This program has a great track record in Mexico. We hope to continue to help Mexican girls through this great project for years to come.
Successful Schools in Action (2008)
The Lacewing Foundation provided a grant to this Seattle school program for 2009 work. Our grant provides help for the work done at the Secondary Bilingual Orientation Center. Here immigrant children are helped to acclimate themselves to school with English as a second language. The bilingual program makes a real difference in the ultimate educational success of the children struggling with a new language in a new environment.
The Ophelia Project (2008)
The Lacewing Foundation made a first grant to the Ophelia Project for 2009. “The Ophelia Sessions” is a program established as part of Child and Family Services of New Port County, RI, to serve the needs of girls and young women. The young women are introduces to inspiring women from the community. The work focuses on issues of relationship, self destructive behaviors, sexuality and behavioral health. We are supporting a weekly Art psychotherapy meeting. The girls meet to discuss their lives in a safe atmosphere and they are taught to make jewelry by a local artist, Ms Erica Zap. They are provided with a snack. Our funding helps with the raw materials for the jewelry classes, food and staff time.
YouthCare Internship Program (2008)
YouthCare is a 25 year old agency serving homeless youth on the streets of Seattle with a spectrum of interventions including street outreach, homeless shelter, and drop in center, employment training, transitional living, and education. [ more... ]
Las Marias School Scholarship Program (2006, 2007 & 2008)
This program is an ongoing project of the Lacewing Foundation. We provide scholarships to elementary school graduates of Las Marias School in Nicaragua. Two students each year are provided scholarships to continue their educations through five years of high school. The grants go to fund their school fees, room and board, uniforms, books and supplies, transportation for home visits and school counseling. As of the 2009 school year, we have six children in the program, three boys and three girls. The children seem to thrive in their new environment and are doing very well academically. We work in conjunction with a Nicaraguan company, CISA, to provide the local support needed to help these students achieve their educational goals. [ more... ]
Safe Motherhood Program (2007)
Dr. Suellen Miller of the University of California San Francisco Women’s Global Health Imperative works with pregnant women in healthcare and pre and post natal care safety and education programs in Nigeria. Lacewing has made a grant to this program to support the distribution and education of women in the use of a product called the Life Wrap. The Life Wrap is a garment which is worn to help women support the unborn child who might be at risk of premature birth caused by work and living conditions in underdeveloped countries. The program includes a training course for hospitals, mid wives and mothers. The garment can used over and over again. Dr Miller’s work has saved the lives of mothers and babies by the use of this remarkably simple and reusable garment.
The Unicorn Children's Foundation (2007)
The Unicorn Foundation is a Florida based not for profit organization which provides funding for developmentally challenged children. Children who suffer from a variety of developmental issues, including autism, are benefited by the gifts provided by Unicorn. The Unicorn Children’s Foundation provides grants to these children’s programs around the country. Unicorn raises more than a million dollars every year to help make a difference in children’s every day lives and to ensure the training and education needed to create better opportunities for their future lives.
Dakota Spirit Super Squads (2005 & 2006)
Lacewing Foundation has provided a scholarship fund of $10,000 to Dakota Spirit. The money goes to underprivileged children to help them buy uniforms, and travel to the competitions. They would otherwise not be able to participate in this team sport. It gives them a real sense of belonging, inspires them to be team players, stay fit, be competitive and have fun with their peers. [ more... ]
East Mountain Quilters of Costa Rica (2005)
In 2005, a group of 18 rural women began to learn about quilting. They made many small pieces at first. The quilters participated in a project with women from Sioux City, Iowa to create small quilts for a Biennial Quilt Show. [ more... ]
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