Community Corner
Silicon Valley Rainbow Rotary Club joins forces FAMA Foundation
to build a New School in Rural Mexico Village to build a New School in Rural Mexico Village Better Together/ Mejores Juntos
The Silicon Valley Rainbow Rotary Club today announced a joint project with the FAMA Foundation (Friends Assisting our Mexican Amigos), a Bay Area Non-Profit. The first phase of the project, titled Better Together/ Mejores Juntos, will be to build a new school for underprivileged children in the village of Rancho Graciano Sanchez, Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco, Mexico.
“Our club members realize the value of early education and getting a head start for children is paramount. When we learned of the work FAMA was doing, it seemed a natural fit to work with a similarly aligned non-profit to make a difference in young lives with an international emphasis.“
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- Renee Johnson, Club President
“All children deserve a real education, with a real classroom, real textbooks and a teacher! They are children with real dreams, and their parents want their children to learn to read and write, and have the opportunities not afforded to them. Join us in giving these children the opportunity to dream about what they want to be when they grow up.”
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- Patricia Peréz, FAMA Foundation President
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Most children in the village either walk two hours to the nearest school one day a week, or don’t go at all. FAMA Foundation, www.famafoundation.org, has been working with the people of the village to bring economic self-sustainability.
Projects to date include bringing fresh water and electricity to the village. The next dream is to build a school. Better Together/ Mejores Juntos is the joint project between Rainbow Rotary Club and FAMA to build a two-room classroom, for preschool and middle school. The building would be done in phases as funds are raised. Building the school is a collaborative effort. Funds that Rotary and FAMA raise will be used to purchase building materials. The regional Mexican government will provide a teacher, uniforms and some educational materials. And most importantly, the residents of the village will provide the labor to build the school.
About the Silicon Valley Rainbow Rotary Club
Silicon Valley Rainbow Rotary was established January 2019. It is the second LGBTQ-focused Rotary Club in the world. The Club meets twice a month. One meeting includes a community-based speaker as well as reporting and discussion of current and future service projects. The other meeting is a social gathering intended to build a cohesive group. Past projects include a fundraiser for The LGBTQ Youth Space in downtown San Jose. Ongoing projects include providing a monthly meal at New Haven, an LGBTQ homeless shelter located in San Jose. The club is open to all, LGBTQ+ and allies. Although we focus on assisting LGBTQ organizations in Silicon Valley, we also work on general community projects both locally and internationally. For more information about our club, or if you wish to attend a club meeting, please visit our website at www.rainbowrotary.org. Currently we meet online the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 6:30 pm.
About the FAMA Foundation
The FAMA Foundation works to empower economically disadvantaged people in the underserved communities of Mexico by providing educational, financial, and health related support with the goal of creating self-reliant and self-sustainable communities and households in the region. More information can be found at www.famafoundation.org.
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CONTACT:
Roark Clayton/ 408-734-5330/ roark@theprintingworks.biz
SILICON VALLEY RAINBOW ROTARY CLUB
408-734-5330