Global Outreach

Coprodeli USA – Peru
Beth Marek
elizabethm@oldstpats.org
312.831.9361

Coprodeli USA supports Coprodeli’s programs in Peru focused on education, healthcare, housing, job training, and business development with financial assistance, volunteers, and product donations.   You can support Coprodeli’s mission by participating in a working trip to Peru, or volunteering to support Coprodeli USA’s efforts stateside: by attending special events such as the Celebración de Coprodeli fall gala; the unique culinary event — Cocina de Coprodeli in the spring; contributing to the Annual Summer Clothing Drive; sponsoring a child in the Padrino Program; or walking with other volunteers along the historic road to Santiago de Compostela in Spain to raise fund.  By volunteering in a number of other ways, you can contribute your time and talents to help Coprodeli achieve its mission to battle the root of poverty for the most impoverished in Peru!

Friends of Fabretto – Nicaragua
Tom Gleason
tgleason@ameritech.net
773.456.6158Bridget Sweeney
b-sweeney1@northwestern.edu
312.503.1115

The Friends of Fabretto Program provides direct service to the La Familia Padre Fabretto Community through Summer Service trips by providing volunteers to staff building projects, maintain conservation efforts, and develop children’s recreation outreach activities to the mountain villages of Somoto and Cusmapa.  Longer term volunteer opportunities are available. Volunteers also are needed to promote and staff Fabretto’s annual “Night for Ninos” fundraiser.

Fabretto enables impoverished children and their families in underserved communities to break the cycle of poverty and reach their full potential through programs promoting nutrition, health, education, community, and character development.

Global Alliance for Africa – East Africa
Jonathan Shaver
jonathanshaver@msn.com
312.399.2830

Global Alliance for Africa partners with local African community-based organizations to design and implement innovative, economic strengthening programs with the goal of enabling communities and households to provide sustainable care and support for orphans and other vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS.

Their model of development helps households and communities to become self-reliant and to build the capacities to provide orphans and vulnerable children with shelter, education, health care, food security, psycho-social support, and legal services.

LIFT – India
Dan Quinn
dquinn@lift-foundation.org
412.996.9670 or 773.866.1822

Leading India’s Future Today (LIFT) is an international non-profit committed to creating young adults leaders by providing education, leadership formation and community support to underprivileged children in Tamil Nadu, India, home of Fr. Jamels James one of LIFT’s founders.

LIFT is dedicated to ending to extreme hardship, poor health and poverty by raising the aspirations, leadership skills and educational experience of children so they can achieve their potential and create positive social transformation in the villages and communities from which they come.  LIFT serves children regardless of background, social status or religion.  LIFT volunteers host fundraising events, coordinate development activities, travel to India to meet the students and provide ongoing spiritual, financial and emotional support to LIFT students and staff.