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World Health Day
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced April 7, 2014 as World Health Day. This year’s theme is Small Bite: Big Threat and focuses on mosquitoes, flies, ticks and bugs as threats to our health at home, in communities and when travelling. WHO states that 40% of the world’s population remains at risk from dengue. In…
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Red Cross Letter
As an update, we successfully completed the Typhoon Haiyan fundraising and will now be returning to our on-going Support a Teacher Campaign. We would like to thank everyone who donated to this worthwhile cause, your support made a difference in the lives of those most affected by this natural disaster. Red Cross sent us a…
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Dr. Jim (Jaime) Boland
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Jim (Jaime) Boland. Jaime had been one of the biggest fans, strongest supporters and loudest advocates of the Isa Mundo Foundation. We first met Jaime in Mexico in 2007 and showed us some of the not for profit organizations, charities and communities he…
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Happy New Year
It has been a great year for the Isa Mundo Foundation. We forged new partnerships this year both with businesses and other not for profit organizations. Most notably, we collaborated with Big Mountain Youth Society to bring school supplies to Indonesia and partnered with St. George’s Academy to bring laptops and educational tools to Peru…
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Typhoon Haiyan Relief Campaign
In response to the devastating typhoon that occurred on November 8, 2013 in the Philippines, Isa Mundo Foundation has launched its Typhoon Haiyan Relief Campaign. We have chosen to partner with the Canadian Red Cross due to the organization’s global reach and its ability to mobilize effectively to provide humanitarian relief in places affected by…
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Typhoon Haiyan
Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms ever recorded, struck the Philippines on the morning of November 8, 2013. The typhoon carried wind with gusts of up to 200mph (320km/h). Eight days after the typhoon made landfall, more than 3,600 people have been confirmed dead with the number expected to rise each day. According to…
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Project Somos
Isa Mundo Foundation was able to meet with Denis Knox, one of the Board of Directors for Project Somos. Isa Mundo’s Director and Founder, Paul Lorilla, learned about the work of Project Somos through the St. George’s Academy group who also sent volunteers to Guatemala to support construction of various infrastructure and facilities. Project Somos…
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International Year of Water
The year 2013 has been designated as the International Year of Water Cooperation. The initiative is being coordinated by UNESCO and recognizes that cooperation is essential to strike and to use water as an instrument of peace. Water is a shared resource and its management needs to take into account a wide variety of conflicting…
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World Indigenous Peoples Week
Cultural Survival and First Peoples Worldwide are dedicating this week to FPIC – Free, Prior and Informed Consent. This initiative is a lead up to International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, celebrated annually on August 9th. FPIC dictates that corporations, governments, and NGOS must include Indigenous Peoples in the planning and implementation of all…
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Bon Voyage to Big Mountain Youth Society
The Big Mountain Youth Society (BMYS) is one of Isa Mundo Foundation’s newest partners in 2013. A group of students and teachers will be travelling to Ara, Indonesia, a small village on the island of Sulawesi to help a local community develop a media and technology centre for school children. BMYS’s students have been fundraising…