Amistad is a registered nonprofit organization in Canada whose mission it is to improve the lives of Mexicans in need through better health, education and social justice. It is an all-volunteer organization (same as Mujeres en Cambio) consisting of Canadians who spend time in Mexico.

Amistad Canada provides Canadians with a charitable framework within which they can more effectively lend a hand to those in need.  To that end, Amistad Canada undertakes projects with local community-based partners to address and help close gaps in services.

In early 2019 Mujeres en Cambio was invited to submit a project to Amistad Canada. In April Mujeres en Cambio proposed Empowerment through Education, which would result in raising funds from Canadians to provide scholarships to educate 28 of our Jr/Sr high school students and 10 of our university students for a year.  Approximately $25,000 CAD.

We were very fortunate to have been selected as an Amistad Canada partner organization in June, and on July 1, 2019, (Canada Day) we began our relationship with Amistad. MeC Board Member Stephen Bresolin from Ottawa, Canada is our Amistad Project Chair.

We will be undertaking a number of fundraising activities aimed at building on-going support for Mujeres en Cambio and building relationships with local Canadians who live either full or part-time in San Miguel de Allende. As well, we will be developing support from Canadians who live in Canada but want to support our scholarship program in Mexico.

Lacewing Foundation is an international non-profit organization dedicated to improving health and education for women and children.

Lacewing believes that good health and education are basic necessities crucial to creating positive change in the world.

Who We Are

Lacewing Foundation began in 2004 with the goal of identifying tools we could offer to women and children to help them improve their lives. We strive to help women around the world to be safe and healthy and to be able to feed their children. We further seek to provide children and their families with quality education, nutritious food and safe water.

Lacewing Foundation believes that meaningful change can take place when people are provided with the right tools and opportunities.

WHY “LACEWING” FOUNDATION?

We often get the question,” What is a Lacewing?” Green lacewings are small, net-winged insects that are found all over the world. They are desirable because of their extreme ability to eliminate harmful insects from gardens and fields. Lacewings feed on both plants and animals. They are also very effective pollinators. We were very attracted by their ability to help gardens of all kinds grow and thrive. Their lacy wings are beautiful and very feminine as well. Hence, Lacewing Foundation.

We are proud to share some of the many wonderful outcomes of our current projects. We support several scholarship and curriculum programs in Nicaragua, Mexico, Tanzania, and Cambodia. We also support healthcare projects through clinics, surgical centers and shelters globally.

THE COVID 19 EFFECT

Year 2020 was a very difficult one for all our grantees. Just as this year was a tough one for most people around the globe. They have lost government funding. They have lost donor funding. Some had to move their students back to their parents’ homes until such time as they could come back to school safely. Many had fewer students, and fewer teachers. Some children had no source of replacement food that was normally provided by school breakfast and lunch programs. Many people became even more trapped in slavery, not able to reach out for help. Their futures all seemed unstable.

Gratefully, the human spirit rises to the occasion. The children were able get back to school.

The doctors kept doing surgeries. Babies are being born to women who understand the process of pregnancy and delivery. Young men are graduating from high school. Young women are looking forward to the possibility of attending university.