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 Well known artist gave their time ,creativity and generosity to the
Wayuu children. It was a day filled with smiles ,colors and happiness
at the Wayuu Taya School "Tepishi Talashi". The 6 artists worked
together with the children on 6 pieces that will be auction at the
Wayuu Taya event on June 17th in New York to raise funds for the
educational programs and to better the lives of indigenous
communities .
"What's important is to discover what's behind the eyes of these
children... but it is not easy, because at first they fill you with their
light"
 Christmas arrived in Tepichi Talashi, about 400 kids received toys. With so much joy they waited while they ate and played. We would like to thank for the donation of all the toys to the following companies:
VECONINTER ..........................109
POLINTER ...............................25
TECNOSHOP............................193
EMPLEADAS DE LESBIA WONG..10
PETROBOSCAN .......................30
ZF. CONSTRUCCION ...............10
OK. 101 .................................30
PROCTER/GAMBLE ..................250
HAPPY NEW YEAR & THANK YOU!
The Wayuu Taya Foundation completed this year one of the most important social projects in Venezuela.
 Sponsored by Technology Company Hewlett-Packard, the foundation provided elementary school “Jesus Redentor” new physical classrooms and installed a computer lab that is being used to launch an education program for indigenous communities’ development
The new “Jesus Redentor” elementary school’s infrastructure was officialy opened on november 28th. This public institution, located in a small village in Mara (Zulia, Venezuela), has been assisted by our foundation since 2006.
Members and Volunteers from Wayuu Taya Foundation in Venezuela attended to the openning ceremony. The Hewlett-Packard General Manager in Venezuela also attended and shared with us the satisfaction to assist a whole school community with a population of 250 children from wayuu etnia. HP donated three new classrooms and one computer lab with equipment and tools for children learning.
The entire school community participated during the opening activities (director, teachers and parents). The children showed their happy faces as they have now a shelter to study and computers to learn and explore the technology world
 Sponsored by HP
Hewlett-Packard Venezuela (HP) has been a technology sponsor of Wayuu Taya Foundation (WTF) since 2005. This year HP joined forces with WTF and selected “Jesus Redentor” to be one
of the first Latin American schools to receive a Technology for Teaching K-12 grant. The grant provided resources to create a computer lab with capacity of 20 children and integrate the use of computers and printers into classroom instruction and student learning. HP also provided local funds to build three (3) new classrooms.
The HP contribution included the following components:
- Three (3) new classrooms
- One Computer Lab
- 10 HP Laptops PCs for children
- One HP Tablet PC for teachers
- One HP Digital Camera
- One HP Photosmart all-in-one (printer/scanner/copy machine)
- One Video Beam
In addition, HP Volunteers worked with Wayuu Taya Foundation to install the computer lab and provide computer training to administrators, teachers and students
 We
are pleased to announce that this past May 13th, The
Wayúu Tayá Foundation inaugurated
its first Tepichi Talashi Preschool and Women Center
in the Mara region of Venezuela. The Tepishi Talashi
Pre-school and Women’s Center are both part of
The Wayúu Tayá
Foundation’s Roof Project.
The
Roof Project seeks to create a centrally located network
of facilities where-by the members of poverty-stricken
communities can benefit from both education, and nutritional
care while developing their work skills.
The
pre-school and women’s center are the result of
more than two years of arduous planning, hard work,
and dedication.
The
pre-school will service the needs of more than 70 children
between three to six years of age and they will receive
two meals a day while they attend school.
At
the Women’s Center, women from Mara will have
the chance to be educated in the areas of family planning
and nutrition by a qualified member from the community.
These women will be provided with the tools necessary
for them to create their handcrafts, which in turn helps
to maintain their culture and tradition while providing
the means to earn a modest income. The
Wayúu Tayá Foundation is currently
provide an outlet via its website (www.wayuutaya.org)
for the sale of these unique items such as beautifully
woven bags.
We
would like to express our gratitude to HBO, Intercable,
Mobile Space System, HP, FEDE, Mara's Mayor's office
and all the people who made this inauguration possible.
In other news, our Third Annual Benefit Gala will took place on June 20th at the Tribeca Grand Hotel.
Our honorees were Russell Simmons, Edward
James Olmos and Lila Downs.
Thank
you all for your continued support!
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here to view pictures.
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