MDRF 2019 Annual Report

• THE PROMISE • THE OFFER • OUR PLEDGE

We will provide you with an education filled with experiences to last a lifetime. On field trips and through environmental education you will see, smell, and taste things that you never dreamed existed. You will learn skills that will land you jobs and some that will become hobbies. You will play sports, dance, sing and laugh. You will be safe in our home, because it was built to be your home, too.

You will learn about other cultures and about your own rich culture, knowledge you can pass to your children one day when you are gown up and if you decide to have them. You will attend a private school where you will stay until you are eighteen years old. We will provide tutors and academic assistance along the way. If you are committed to going to college we will help you to get there.

You will learn languages to enable you to communicate with people from around the world. You will serve your community and communities with people you do not know. You will march for peace, for change, and for justice for all. You will be a leader who commands respect.

We understand that if your teeth ache or your mother is ill or your siblings are hungry you may not be present, and you need to be present, both physically and mentally. Therefore we will make sure you receive health care and learn to advocate for your health and wellness. If your family needs assistance, financial or emotional, we promise we will look for resources to help them, so that they will also remain determined to help you break the cycle of poverty by receiving a quality education that was not offered to them. We recognize that you cannot do it alone, none of us ever have.

Our wings are fashioned by many hands.

• THE KNOW

• THE ASK

You began your life many miles behind the starting line, and that was not fair. But this has given you a better understanding of how to be compassionate and patient and we trust you will use this compassion and patience to help others who may stumble or need the wisdom of someone who has had to overcome so many obstacles. You will remain committed and will not give up.

You may get used to hearing no, but you will never accept it when it is about your well-being or your own dreams or the well-being and dreams of your community, since we don’t belong to ourselves alone.

To achieve these goals, you must show up. You must contribute your time and devotion. Dream big, work hard.

You must never forget your cradle, where you came from and that you will share your knowledge and love with all that you come into contact with.

You will care for your mother earth and for your mother who birthed you as well as the many mothers and fathers who helped raise you. You will be proud and remain a reader, a problem solver, and a good communicator.

You will never stop trying. You will not condone violence or discrimination in any form or intentionally hurt others. You will not judge others as we did not raise you to be judges but to be peacemakers. You will teach others to love the earth and the sea and the air.

You are a Mariposa. Your wings were fashioned by many hands. Use them to soar.

• LA PROMESA • LA OFERTA • NUESTRO COMPROMISO

Te proporcionaremos una educación llena de experiencias para toda la vida.

En excursiones y a través de la educación medioambiental verás, olerás y sabrás cosas que no imaginabas que existían. Ganarás habilidades que te ayudarán a conseguir trabajo y algunas que se convertirán en pasatiempos.

Jugarás deportes, bailarás, cantarás y te reirás. Estarás segura en nuestro hogar, porque fue hecho para ser el tuyo también.

Aprenderás sobre tu propia cultura y otras, conocimiento que pasarás a tus hijos un día, si tu decides y estés lista para tenerlos. Asistirás a una escuela privada donde estudiarás hasta los dieciocho años. Te proporcionaremos tutores y ayuda académica en el camino. Si estás comprometida para ir a la universidad te ayudaremos a llegar allí.

Aprenderás idiomas que te permitirán comunicarte con personas de todo el mundo. Servirás a tu comunidad y a comunidades de personas que no conoces. Marcharás por la paz, por el cambio y por justicia para todos. Serás una líder que inspira respeto.

Entendemos que si te duele un diente o tu mamá está enferma o tus hermanos tienen hambre tal vez no estarás presente, y tienes que estar presente, tanto físico como mentalmente. Por lo tanto nos aseguraremos de que recibas atención médica y aprendas a defender tu salud y bienestar.

Si tu familia necesita ayuda financiara o emocional, prometemos buscar los recursos para ayudarles para que ellos también sigan determinados a ayudarte a acabar con el ciclo de pobreza a través de una educación de calidad que no les ofrecieron. Reconocemos que no lo puedes hacer sola, nadie lo ha hecho solo.

• LA COMPRENSÍON

• LO PEDIDO

Comenzaste la vida muchas millas atrás de la línea de inicio, y eso no es justo. Pero eso te ha dado un mejor entendimiento de cómo ser compasivo y paciente y confiamos que usarás esta compasión y paciencia para ayudar a otros que pueden tropezar o necesitar la sabiduría de alguien que ha superado tantos obstáculos. Seguirás comprometida y no te rendirás. Tal vez te acostumbrarás a oír “no,” pero nunca lo aceptarás cuando tiene que ver con tu bienestar o tus sueños o el bienestar y sueños de tu comunidad, porque no nos pertenecemos a nosotros solos.

Para alcanzar estas metas, tienes que venir. Tienes que contribuir tu tiempo y devoción. Soñar grande, trabajar duro.

Nunca debes olvidarte de tu cuna, de donde vienes, y compartirás tu conocimiento y amor con todos con quien tengas contacto.

Cuidarás la madre tierra y la madre que te dio la luz y todos las madres y los padres que ayudaron a criarte. Serás orgullosa y serás una lectora, una buena comunicadora y solucionadora de problemas. Nunca dejarás de intentar. No condonarás ni la violencia ni la discriminación en ninguna forma ni hacerle daño a otro a propósito. No juzgarás a otros porque no te criamos para ser jueces sino pacificadores. Enseñarás a otros a amar a la tierra y el mar y el aire.

Eres una Mariposa. Tus alas fueron hechas por muchas manos. Pero solo tú puedes ponértelas y volar por todo el tiempo que estés en la tierra.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Winter 10 Spring 14 Summer 20 Fall 30 Profiles in Generosity 34 Our Volunteers 36 Social Enterprises 38 Financial Overview 40 Donors 42

CONTACT US US Address:

DR Address: DR Phone:

PO Box 425 Ithaca, NY 14851 Calle Principal Cabarete, Dominican Republic (809) 571 0610

E-mail: Website:

info@mariposadrfoundation.org www.mariposadrfoundation.org @Mariposa DR Foundation

our MISSION

our VISION

WE CREATE SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS TO END GENERATIONAL POVERTY

BY EDUCATING AND EMPOWERING GIRLS AND INSPIRING THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO JOIN THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT

TO CREATE A MODEL THAT CAN BE ADAPTED AROUND THE WORLD FOR A HOLISTIC GIRLS’ EDUCATION AND EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM TO END GENERATIONAL POVERTY.

LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

If a picture paints a thousand words, Yonna’s on the front cover captures the essence of all we do with her powerful pose. We know that girls are the most powerful force for change and I have spent hours explaining to friends and donors why we are investing so heavily in the education and empowerment of girls.

Ten years ago I was asked to describe what an empowered girl looked like and how we would measure empowerment. At the time it was hard to know what all that meant, but after 10 years of working with girls it has become clear that empowerment and confidence are sisters. If a girl is a confident reader, swimmer, dancer, mathematician, chess player, musician, surfer or friend she is empowered. For this reason our compassionate guides and mentors look for at least two things that our girls love to do and we help them achieve their goals and thus gain confidence.

This ultimately empowers them to be the best of themselves they can be.

On the journey they meet many kind people and some that are not so kind. We know that kindness is more important than being right. We problem solve together, we support each other and the power of this support and our family of butterflies just keeps growing.

As we celebrate another amazing year, thank you for being there on our journey. It could never happen without you all, who understand that a girl truly is the most powerful force for change.

With gratitude,

Patricia Thorndike Suriel Executive Director, Mariposa DR Foundation

OUR TEAM EXECUTIVE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ADVISORY BOARD

DOMINICAN BOARD

Julia Alvarez Honorary Chairwoman, World Renowned Author, National Medal of Arts Recipient Stacey Kertsman Castilleja School Tesha McCord Poe Board President, Founder of Joy Rising Jessica Mitchell Board Treasurer Raymond Jay Dunn Dunn Family Charitable Foundation Teri Epting Retired Educator Patricia Thorndike Suriel Mariposa DR Foundation Radmilla Cody Miss Navajo Nation ’97-‘98, Grammy-nominated artist Bill Eichner Founder of Alta Gracia Emmanuel Franjul Frontier Capital Holly Gordon Campaign Founder and Executive Producer Girl Rising Judy Greenberg Psychologist Richard Hansen Soluz Deborah Harmon Bouknight Educator Sara Lulo Yale Law School Nell Newman Founder of Newman’s Own Organics Yaneris M. Rosa Honeywell Security Group Caitlin O’Shea Educator Elizabeth Thorndike Environmentalist Joelle Wyser-Pratte OCP Capital Milagros De La Cruz Aislinn Doyle Jessica Lawson Yajaira López Francia Soranyi Lugo Sarah Ross Paulina Perez Patricia Thorndike Suriel

Patricia Thorndike Suriel Founder & Executive Director

Luis Sosa General Services

María Alexandra Rivas Production Supervisor

Jessica Lawson Co-Founder and Consultant

Ana Suriel Special Education

Belkys Ynoa Seamstress

Yany Almonte Kitchen Helper

Eva Torres Grounds

Amanda Bucci Program Coordinator & Director of Art & Culture

Harriet Trower Environmental Ambassador

Alexander De La Cruz Associate Director of Water Sports

PART-TIME CONTRACTUAL STAFF & VOLUNTEERS

Pamela Cuadros Graphic Designer & Surfing Mentor

Tadeu De Marco Music

Aislinn Doyle Development & Volunteer Relations

Anja Mahnke Swimming

Rebeca Dugue Program Assistant

Lorena Medina Bournigal Yoga

Nora Fallon Assistant Director of Elementary & Middle School

Sherry Herdman Sewing

Fernanda García Program Assistant Yajaira Martinez Office Manager Dilsaurys Mercado Literacy Guide & Librarian Miriam Orellana Peña Program Advisor

Marianne Anderson-Santilli Ballet Freddy Suriel Food & Tours

Tony García Lead Barista Orianna García Server, Mariposa Volando Karina Mendez Manager Yamalí Pascual Server Fermín Vargas Server Fifi Richard Cook

Grecia Suriel Kitchen Tatianna Suriel Summer Intern

Altagracia De La Rosa Community Social Worker

Yaritza Terrero Mariposa Volando, UWC Counselor

Yanaira Rodriguez Secretary, Mariposa Volando

Jafreisy Vargas Mariposa Volando, UWC Counselor

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Fran Afonso (Girls not Brides) Nicole Bleck Amy Martin Mark Tuschman Jianca Lazarus

WINTER TERM

Our winter cycle programs were rich and engaging for the Mariposa girls and included the following courses: • • • • • • • • • • •

Ballet Math Reading STEAM Environmental Studies Yoga Book Club Improvisation Hip Hop Cooking Environmental Activism

Saturday programs included:

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Basketball Music SUP Sewing Social Media Safety Self-defense

The youngest Mariposas also had a final ballet recital with return volunteer ballet teacher Marianne Anderson-Santilli.

ECO-BRICK COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROJECT

Our eco-bottle brick community outreach project was an incredible success on so many levels! The Mariposa Environmental Activism group lead discussions in the local school and in their neighborhoods about how to create the bottle bricks and why the reduction of single use plastic is so important. The activism group called on the community to bring in bottles stuffed with compacted single use plastic trash and the bottles that met our quality control standards were paid 20 pesos per bottle. In the end, we received over 8,500 eco-bricks from our hard working community! The enthusiasm and support for this project has been unbelievable!

With the completed bottles, we built a small music pavilion and benches at the Center and in all of the public schools in town. At different times of the year, we will continue to collect bottles to complete other projects in our community.

Overall the eco-bottle bricks cleaned up our community, saving over 9,000 pounds of plastic from going into the watershed.

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COMMUNITY ENGAGED

CASTILLEJA SCHOOL

Castilleja and Mariposa girls bonded over the completion of a new mural on site (designed by Xaivier Ringer), as well as with a number of activities based on feminist art and perspective of women in creativity and art in general.

BUFFALO STATE

Buffalo State observed in classrooms and developed a language/cultural exchange with some of the oldest Mariposas.

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REFLEXOLOGY VOLUNTEER PROGRAM (RVP) RVP from Canada offered services of foot reflexology treatments to staff members, mothers and Mariposa girls. By the end of their service they had provided 30+ people with foot and hand massage workshops and over 40 treatments to our team and extended community.

LEARNING GROUPS

LAWRENCE ACADEMY

Helped build the small eco-bottle brick pavilion on site at the Mariposa Center for Girls. By the end of the week they had used more than 3,000 bottles and had learned so much about the importance of single use plastic reduction!

EDUCATION FIRST

We hosted four EF groups this winter. Their projects included building the prototype eco-bottle brick bench and beautifying Puerto Cabarete public school with paintings and map murals.

PHILLIPS ANDOVER

Phillips Andover group arrived 2 days late due to winter storm, but made up for their missing days and had a great time as they worked hard on building Mariposa, Kimberly’s, home while learning more in depth about Dominican community and culture.

CONCORD ACADEMY

Concord Academy continued in the build of Mariposa girl, Kimberly’s house project and also worked at the public school and on site at the Mariposa Center for Girls in a variety of capacities.

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SPRING TERM

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EARTH DAY

Our Earth Day celebration was one of our most successful presentations so far! Mariposas sang, danced, did theater performances and had an ecological fashion show all in the name of protecting our planet!

Many parents and siblings of the girls came to support the performance, making it a great turn out and a perfect platform for us to educate our community on the ecological issues facing our community and the world!

HEALTHY MEALS We continue to serve all of the Mariposas breakfast, 2 snacks and a healthy lunch on site throughout the week. In total we served over 150 people a day in 4 lunch sessions and breakfast. Included in our meal is a lesson on table manners and etiquette.

The new lunch schedule has not only taught our girls a tremendous amount, provided them with healthy food but has also significantly increased the attendance rate in the afternoon!

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COMMUNITY ENGAGED

THIS SPRING, COMMUNITY ENGAGED LEARNING GROUPS VOLUNTEERED A TOTAL OF:

4,936 HOURS

EDUCATION FIRST

Multiple EF groups worked on site and at Puerto Cabarete and La Cienaga public school on beautification projects, helped with eco-brick bottle projects and supported in our prep for our big Earth Day event.

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LEARNING GROUPS

WHITBY SCHOOL

Whitby School came for the 3rd year in a row and helped with installation of UNITY project poles. This project is created by a circle of poles with identifiers that are connected with yarn, creating a web. The UNITY pole project reminds us as individuals how we are connected and the similarities we share with each other. We are proud to be the first in Caribbean to have a UNITY pole installation and grateful for Whitby to have presented us with this idea!

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES

Our staff and volunteers connected with fellow girl champions from all over the world to share knowledge and ideas around how to prevent child marriage and empower girls to stay in school and become independent young women. z

Girls Not Bride’s invited and offered Amanda Bucci, Program Coordinator, a full scholarship to attend the 1st Latin American reunion for members in Mexico City. The highlight of the experience was sharing best practices with other organizations working in the Caribbean and Latin America.

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Executive Director Patricia Suriel, along with year-long volunteers and PiLA Fellows, Vanessa Smith and Emma Wingreen attended the Women Deliver conference in Vancouver. During the conference 8,008 of people gathered with more than 200,000 others joining remotely - world leaders and youth leaders, frontline changemakers and social entrepreneurs, activists, advocates, and academics came together to drive progress on gender equality through the lens of power.

Women Deliver is a leading global advocate that champions gender equality and the health and rights of girls and women.

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SUMMER TERM

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THE MARIPOSA SUMMER CAMP

OUR EXCITING SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS INCLUDED:

There were also lots of specialized and individualized academic programming and special guests visitors who added to the richness of this cycle’s programming.

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The environmental activism group went on many different excursions in line with their deeper understanding of environmental issues affecting our community. The trips included the following: Sosua Ocean Village, Permaculture garden, Playa Alicia, Rio San Juan Cacao tour, Playa Diamante, and Laguna Dudu.

Tennis Swimming Math Reading Circus Biking Upcycled Sewing Surfing Kiting English Classes Excursions... the list could go on and on!

During the summer we had the opportunity to work with stellar consultants who provided innovative professional development opportunities for our team members throughout the summer.

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In July we welcomed 18 students from all over the world for the our United World College (UWC) Short Course, Sustainability as Social Justice: Investing in Girls & in Mother Earth.

UWC is a global education movement that makes education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future.

Participants traveled from 10 countries including: Brazil, Dominican Republic, USA, Philippines, Sweden, Norway, Venezuela, Slovenia, and Austria. They explored issues around climate change and its impacts on girls and women through excursions, coursework, and hands-on activities.

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While giving the girls a pep talk, we let them know that they were most likely the only girls of color on the entire island of Hispaniola that are kitesurfing. The more we thought about it, we realized they might actually be the only group of underserved girls in the world that are learning to kite as a team!

Thanks to a very generous donation and support from our partners of Wind Voyager and Slingshot Kite for all of their awesome equipment, we have begun the Mariposa Kiteboarding program!

Our Mariposas are out on the water often, pushing themselves hard to learn this extreme sport. We are proud of their bravery and love for the water and love to see them excel in a sport that has given Cabarete a name throughout the world!

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THE MARIPOSA SURF COMPETITION We were thrilled to have our 5th Annual Mariposa Surf Contest in which 23 girls participated this year! As our surf program expanded, so did the knowledge of our girls. This year, the girls learned new techniques of the sport and continued to take care of the environment by collecting trash during every surf outing.

All the Mariposa girls, staff and families were at the beach celebrating the end of another amazing Mariposa Summer Camp!

Big shout out to 321Take off Surf School for hosting our program in their school, and to Wind Voyager for supporting the Mariposa surfing program!

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WORLD OCEANS DAY We celebrated World Oceans Day sailing from Sosua beach to the Puerto Plata port, with our future environmental ambassadors!

Thank you Tip Top Catamaran Excursions for this amazing experience!

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COMMUNITY ENGAGED THIS SUMMER WE HOSTED VOLUNTEERS WHO TOOK PART IN COMMUNITY ENGAGED LEARNING GROUPS FOR A TOTAL HOURS OF:

1,110 HOURS

YOUNG SCHOLARS FOR SUSTAINABLE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

We were happy to host the Young Scholars for Sustainable International Development who surveyed our community on women’s empowerment, education, job prospects, sustainable energy, and healthcare. This valuable data will help us serve our community even better!

CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL

This is the 5th year in a row that we have had the privilege of working alongside Central Catholic High School. The group helped with projects at the Center and integrated into classes with the youngest Maripositas.

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LEARNING GROUPS

EDUCATION FIRST

Our summer EF group did a lot of work at the public school in Cabarete and helped to finish up projects that we had wanted to complete by the end of summer

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FALL TERM OFF TO COLLEGE IN THE US!

Yaritza, Romely, and Jafreisy, three Mariposas Volando who graduated from UWC schools in May 2019, left the DR in August to start college in the US. These three young women continue to shatter the glass ceiling over and over again and we are so proud of all that they have achieved.

ROMELY

YARITZA

JAFREISY

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HEALTH FAIR •

Our annual week-long health fair was a huge success with 57 girls given wellness check ups and a 95% attendance rate.

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98% of Maripositas were accompanied by their mother/ father/family member during their wellness check ups with the doctor.

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110 girls were triaged and 68 girls were given dental treatments and check ups at Monkey Jungle

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9 girls received ACCESS therapies.

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9 girls were given a thorough eye exam and checked at the Ophthalmologist.

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40 girls went to the CONANI workshop to receive information on preventing teen pregnancy

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All 8th graders participated in a thorough class on the menstrual cycle, and each girl received Luna pads and a menstrual tracking bracelet to better understand their cycle.

With funds from the Ocean Conservancy the Mariposas created a children’s environmental workbook that teaches key concepts of environmental sustainability and climate change. The book will be gifted to children in the Cabarete community and is offered for sale in Cabarete.

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BORDER OF LIGHTS We had an amazing Border of Lights celebration this year! Activities included a candlelight vigil around a map of the island, reading of Julia Alvarez’s poem, “Hay Dos Paises en el Mundo,” and a theater presentation about the life of Edwidge Danticat and Sonia Pierre. We had young representatives from Batey Libertad who came to talk to us about life on a batey and their struggles, challenges and accomplishments as a community. There was a creole class with basic Haitian gastronomy and lastly, a series of videos featuring the beautiful parts of Haiti.

LIFESAVING COURSE Swimming Instructors course was held in town through Happy Dolphin organization and we were able to send 2 participants.

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FINCA ALTA GRACIA We are thrilled to share that Mariposa is now managing Finca Alta Gracia! Finca Alta Gracia expands our campus to the mountains of the Cordillera Central. The farm is owned by Julia Alvarez and Bill Eichner, who are in the process of gifting it to the Foundation. We have already begun restoring the agriculture and we have plans to build a school that will be home base for Mariposa programming along with hosting community engaged learning groups up there!

Julia Alvarez and Bill Eichner came to visit to formalize the gifting of Altagracia to Mariposa. The visit included a walk about at the farm in Jarabacoa, and a day visiting our center.

The farm joins the Mariposa Center for Girls, Cabarete Coffee, Cabarete Responsible Tourism and Investment Guide, and Mariposa Upcycled Sails as part of the Mariposa Family.

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PROFILES IN GENEROSITY

Photo by. D Magazine

CHARLIE McKINNEY Charlie McKinney first visited us in the spring of 2018 and we are so lucky he did! An avid kitesurfer, Charlie loved our approach of using water sports as a way to build confidence, athleticism and discipline, along with our environmental education to create leaders who will protect the ocean and the watershed. He did not hesitate when we asked him to support our nascent kiting program and environmental programs, and the Mariposa/Wind Voyager kiting program was born! Charlie understood the need to get more girls interested in the sport, especially Dominican girls who are underrepresented. We are so appreciative of all Charlie has done to support the Foundation’s work. Thank you Charlie!

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THE GETCHIS FAMILY For 12 years the Getchis’ had been visiting the Dominican Republic and as their kids got a little bit older, they wanted them to fully experience the language and culture and decided to put plans in motion and take the leap. Ryan, a JetBlue pilot, Tessa, a marine biology teacher and their two daughters, Cameron (11) and Makena (9) spent a year preparing for their family adventure - getting certified as lifeguards, taking spanish lessons and soliciting donations for The Mariposa Center for Girls. They raised over $7,000 for the organization and in August 2019, packed a few suitcases filled with snorkel gear, and other donated items for Mariposa and set out on the trip of a lifetime.

Ryan, Tessa, Cameron and Makena spent 4 months in Cabarete, volunteering with Mariposa, teaching girls all about ocean conservation, marine life, river systems and more - guiding groups through the lagoon and river on stand up paddle boards. They were an amazing addition to our team and will forever be a part of the Mariposa family. Thank you Getchis Family!

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OUR VOLUNTEERS

Luisa Nilan

Vanessa Smith

Harriet Trower

Tessa Getchis

Betty Duran

Emma Wingreen

Nora Fallon

Ryan Getchis

Victor Filpo

Johana Mata

Elyse Transon

Marianne Sanderson

Tirres Family

Braden Wilson

SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OTHER CONTRIBUTORS & CONSULTANTS

• Jenna Dailey • Todd Dailey • Susan Green • Pat Saliby • Bernadette Sanchez • Robin Bandinel • Vanessa Lopez

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OUR SOCIAL ENTERPRISES

Cabarete Coffee Company continues to prove itself as a major asset for Mariposa. The business produces revenue, which reduces Mariposa’s need to outsource food needs and helps make us more self-sustaining. In addition, we employ some Mariposa graduates as well as current Mariposas. We added new items to our menu, and encourage you to come check us out!

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As we consistently work more and more towards sustainability in our projects and community, we were excited to announce the launching of our “De Uno en Uno Salvaremos el Mundo� campaign. This campaign is focused on decreasing the consumption of single-use plastic bags in our community by motivating community collaborators and influencers (schools, small business owners, and restaurants) to begin to be committed to make a sustainable change in their reduction of single-use plastic bags.

Each participating business will be visited by our Environmental Activism group, given a survey tool and will sign an environmental commitment to the future children of Cabarete. All businesses who sign the commitment will be provided with some of our amazing Mariposa Upcycled shoppers (reusable bags made with upcycled sails that are sewn by Mariposa girls and women in the community; providing jobs, less trash and generating income for our environmental programming) with absolutely no cost, and solely with the commitment of using the bags instead of single use bags when making purchases. Also, we will be offering up to 20 eco ideas to each business and will be checked in on a monthly basis to register their progress and to better understand their needs.

Lastly, an exciting component of this campaign will be to have each commitment campaign member tick statements that their small business does in becoming a true eco champion in our community. By May of 2020, all businesses who can prove their commitment will be featured in an article in our Cabarete Responsible Investment and Sustainable Tourism Guide for the 2021 year!

At the end of 2019, we launched the 2020 Cabarete Responsible Tourism & Investment Guide, which is the 9th successful edition of the magazine produced by the Mariposa DR Foundation to support our community partners through advertising and to share the Mariposa mission and story to the thousands of tourists that visit Cabarete each year.

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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW

FUNDS RAISED IN THE D.R.

$129,048 IN 2019 WE RAISED OVER

$1,443,954

IN-KIND

$137,859

Funds raised in the US Funds raised in the DR

FUNDS RAISED IN THE US

Pro-Bono

$953,070

PRO-BONO

In-Kind

$223,977

PROGRAMS

USE OF FUNDS

87%

ADMINISTRATIVE

8% 5%

FUNDRAISING

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IN-KIND, PRO-BONO & COMMUNITY PARTNERS •

3 Mariposas Montessori

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Emily Moran

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Methodist University/Davis

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321 Take Off Surf School

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Erick Gomez

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Andari Spa

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Feminine Edge

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Millennium Resort & Spa

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Aislinn Doyle

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Fresh Fresh Café

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Miriam Ipek

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Alice Fradin

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Georgina Monti

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Natalie Elizabeth King

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Amy Paysnick

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Girls Not Brides

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Natalie Santana

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Analu Faleiros

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Gloria Tomlinson

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Natura Cabana

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Anna Copeland

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Gordito’s Fresh Mex

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Nico Suriel

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Beach Club

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Hannah Louisa Reinisch

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Nora Fallon

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Bernadette Sanchez

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Hilary Miller

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Nykia Blue

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Beyond the Beach

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Hotel Villa Taina

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Packer Collegiate Institute

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Bliss Restaurant

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Idaho College/Davis

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Pat and Jim Lariviere

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Blue Moon Retreat

Foundation

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Pauhana Surf School

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Cabarete Circus

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International School of Sosua

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Phillips Andover

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Cabarete Villas

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Irene Montanini

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Pohnyuk Family

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Chameleon Creative Arts

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ISLA Academy

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Robin Bandinel

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Caitlin O’Shea

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Jennifer Lewis

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Rohin Van Nguyen

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Caribbean Coast Recovery

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JetBlue

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Rose Grace Neill

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Casa Goethe

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JoannMorales-Batista

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