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Quota International 2013 Hand in Hand

Changing Lives Together in Developing Countries

and-in-Hand World Service began as a dream for supported through Quota’s We Share Foundation, free of HQuota clubs to work together to change lives. The idea administrative costs and government regulation. This direct originated in India, where the New Delhi Quota club sug- aid program to real people in developing nations is efficient gested Quota clubs in developed nations work “Hand in and completely accountable through the oversight of the Hand” with them to fund a shelter for women in need. In foundation. 1983, the dream became a reality. Quota’s award-winning Our current two-year program term (2013-2015) includes service initiative was launched with that first project—the 20 Hand-in-Hand projects in five countries, all highlighted Quota Home for Abandoned and Destitute Women—and in this booklet. More detailed descriptions of the projects are supported by clubs and members around the world. available online. Over the past three decades, the Quota Home has grown Please join us, “Hand-in-Hand,” to help Quota change along with our World Service Program. Together, clubs, lives around the world. Through the convenience of the members, and people who care have changed thousands Internet, people who care—anywhere, anytime—can support of lives through creative and innovative projects that cut our vital initiatives with only one click, using the DONATE across social, cultural, and political barriers with compassion TODAY button at www.quota.org. A full 100 percent of and care. These projects, defined by local Quota volunteers your donation will reach the project you choose to support. who understand the needs of their own communities, are Won’t you share in our service?

Quota World Service 2013 Special Edition Magazine

We Share Foundation Manager/Managing Editor: Christy Herz Assistant Managing Editor/Writer: Mary Margaret Yodzis Designer/Proofreader: Carol Crandall

Quota International, Inc. 1420 21st Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, U.S.A. Telephone: 202.331.9694 / Fax: 202.331.4395 / E-mail: [email protected] / www.quota.org Fiji

Rural Development Program Run by the Quota Club of Ba

In a remote, neglected area—the Naitasiri Settlement, 22 kilometers inland from Ba— Quota aims to change lives with improved sanitation and economic opportunity. Dona- tions will provide flush toilets for six families, fund workshops for women on home-based business, and support youth programs to encourage participation in improving the settlement environment.

Malaysia

Life Coaching and Job Skills for Women and Deaf Adults Run by the Quota Club of Kuala Lumpur

This two-fold project continues a successful program that offers women in a local shelter a series of skills workshops in cop- ing, stress management, parenting, assertiveness, handicrafts, and basic budgeting. In addition, a second program helps local deaf persons—among the most marginalized in Malaysia—find employment, so they can support themselves. Quota members identify “deaf-friendly” jobs and assist participants in attaining them. Donations fund both programs, with particular focus on increasing the number of skilled deaf interpreters for local workers and extending grants to participants in both programs for small business start-ups.

Suriname

Stuka Prisiri: Enjoy Learning! Run by the Quota Club of Suriname

Children aged 9 to 13 experience the ex- citement of opening their worlds through education, by committing to a three-year program, every other Saturday, of life-skills training, field trips, and activities designed to broaden perspectives on education and career paths. Donations help run the program and provide materials.

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Personal Care for Women in Need Run by the Quota Club of New Delhi

This project aims to improve hygiene among impoverished women while also helping local women earn a living. Quota pays village women to make cotton sani- tary napkins, which are then distributed free of charge to women in area slums. Donations cover supplies, shipping, and seamstress wages. Quota also continues to pay for maintenance and other expenses at the Quota Home for Abandoned and Destitute Women, the first Hand-in-Hand World Service project, which Quota has supported since 1983.

Educational, Vocational, and Healthcare Assistance Run by the Quota Club of Kolkata

Needs are plentiful in the impoverished areas of Kolkata, and Quota helps people in need of all ages. Donations to this life-changing project help fund a Montessori daycare center for street children, a library for an elementary school, scholarships for promising youth to pursue higher education, and vocational mentoring for women. Do- nations also help support a nursing home for the elderly and provide medicine for a hospital that serves the poor.

Project Shiksha Run by the Quota Club of DLF City

Project Shiksha helps 100 underprivileged children, whose parents are mostly illiterate, through afterschool tutoring and nutrition. The program emphasizes lan- guage and math skills but includes homework help and enrichment in all academic areas. Donations cover food, vitamins, supplies, teacher salaries, and rent. The club plans to increase the number of students served to 250 with Hand-in-Hand support.

Preschool and Home for the Aged Run by the Quota Club of Sainik Farm

Poverty-stricken children need help in opening doors to education, while the elderly in the community also need support. Quota funds a preschool that provides critical early education skills to prepare children for elementary school with their peers. At the other end of life, Quota continues to support the Quota Home for the Aged with maintenance, supplies, and personal attention. Donations cover teacher salaries and rent for the preschool, as well as maintenance and other costs for both facilities.

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Learn to Earn Run by the Quota Club of Angeles

Deaf persons, their families, and disadvantaged women are made dependent by a lack of skills. Quota’s new program helps these individuals learn to earn a living through home-based enterprises. Quota provides skills training, as well as regular follow-up to encourage self- employment in massage therapy, facial and foot spa treat- ment, and food cart operation. Donations fund training sessions, supplies, and related expenses.

Stitch for a Living Run by the Quota Club of Legazpi-Mayon

Quota changes lives in entire families by teaching women as well as hearing-impaired young adults to earn incomes through sewing. Four groups of eager students have completed the Stitch for a Living program and entered the economy equipped with new skills and a sewing machine, ready to start their own profitable businesses. Quota helps the program graduates sell their wares, and their businesses become self-sustaining once established. Hand-in-Hand donations provide sewing machines, les- sons, and kits for participants.

Daycare Centers for Malnourished Children Run by the Quota Club of Cebu

Quota’s three daycare centers in Cebu keep hundreds of children from impoverished areas off of the street, providing preschool education, medical care, and nutrition to combat widespread malnutrition. Plans are underway to install libraries and new playgrounds at all three schools and to construct a new building at Sawang Calero, where the current structure is beyond repair. Donations pay for teacher salaries, student uniforms, and food.

Kindergarten Enrichment Run by the Quota Club of Davao

In one of Davao City’s poorest baranguays, a kindergarten serving 200 students will receive a new library plus regular pediatric and ENT healthcare through Hand-in-Hand donations. Quota also hopes to launch a feeding program, parenting classes, and a scholarship at the school.

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Leganes Deaf Resource Center Run by the Quota Club of Iloilo

The Leganes Deaf Resource Center, established and supported by QI of Iloilo since 1998, provides elementary and secondary education for children with hearing loss. Because most students suffer malnutrition, Quota provides daily meals that include fresh produce from schoolyard gardens. Quota encourages parents to plant and maintain the gardens and to cook the school meals each day. Donations pay for food, transportation, and library resources.

Empowering Women and Children through Education Run by the Quota Club of Manila

Women and children in Metro Manila are more likely to become involved in crime and human- trafficking rings simply because they are hungry. Quota helps local women learn to support their families through job-skills training, literacy, and other Quota-organized enterprises. Quality of life is also improved through instruction in basic hygiene. Children and youth benefit from nutrition and values-formation classes with the aim of a healthier and crime-free life. Donations cover materials, teacher fees, and food.

Vocational Training for Deaf Students Run by the Quota Club of Mandaue

Deaf students in Mandaue City often leave high school without the skills necessary for gainful employment and with few job prospects. Quota provides vocational training in the students’ areas of interest, encouraging self-sufficiency and viable careers in numerous fields. Plans are underway to help students learn and implement better marketing strategies in conjunction with their new job skills, further en- abling the possibility of independence as the students start their adult lives. Donations cover skills training, materials, and teacher salaries.

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Special Education Center Multi-Purpose Room Run by the Quota Club of Manila South

At an education center for disabled children, Quota will transform one room into a business office plus a space for physical therapy, recreation, and education. The new space will help provide educational, emotional, and spiritual support to families of people with special needs. Donations will provide office equipment, apparatus for physical and occupational therapy, musical instruments, games, and an audio system.

Learning Resource Center for Deaf Students Run by the Quota Club of Pampanga

After acquiring a new classroom building to house a local special education center, the first and only resource center for deaf and mute people in Pampanga, Quota aims to make the space conducive to learning. Planned improvements include ceiling fans, cooking equipment, audio-visual equipment, and computers. Donations will also fund the development of new curricula designed to suit the various learning styles of students with special needs and to provide job-skills training to both students and their families.

Special Education for Deaf and Disabled Children Run by the Quota Club of Metro Cebu

Renovation of a special education center, which serves hearing-impaired and mentally disabled students with numerous special needs, is necessary for a cleaner, safer environment that enhances student learning. Students have struggled to thrive in a deteriorating building. Repairs are needed both outside and inside the building, from roofing and walls to shelving and storage. Donations will also cover student programs and enrichment activities in reading, nutrition, sports, arts, family life, and more.

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We Share Bakery Run by the Quota Club of Cebu South

The We Share Bakery, established by Quota in 2012, trains high school students with hearing loss to enter the baking business. Students learn to use tools of the trade and then sell their wares in the community. Hand-in-Hand donations will help provide equipment and supplies and cover the salary of a manager to prepare the students to pass a national certification exam in bread production.

Health Clinic Renovation Run by the Quota Club of Parañaque

In a region plagued with tuberculosis, Quota is refurbishing a neglected health clinic. The clinic, with only one doctor, treats about 300 people per day from three impoverished communities, in a building that had been neglected for years. Quota donations have already repaired the roofing and gutters, toilet and sewer lines, and laboratory. Plans are underway for repairs to the dental chair and for these new additions: bathrooms, a wait- ing room, flooring, storage for TB test samples, and a breastfeeding station.

Balik-Ugnay: Reaching Out to Families Run by the Quota Club of Quezon City

Sadly, some women in Quezon City, desperate to feed their families, find it necessary to turn to petty crime. When they are arrested and incarcerated, the families are left on their own without resources. Thanks to Quota, family members of incarcerated women receive meals as well as medical and dental care. Addition- ally, Quota hopes to open doors to brighter futures for the family members and children through literacy and job training. Dona- tions cover teacher fees, food, supplies, equipment, medicine, books, and transportation.

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