Archive for August, 2010

Fundraising

Dress Up Your Dog and Benefit Roots and Wings!

dog clothes

LiftnGlow has once again teamed up with RWI. This summer, the skin-care company is holding a charity drive to create and sell dog outfits, with the proceeds benefiting RWI. Donations $30 and up receive a dog outfit. Following are the dog outfit measurements: SMALL: length is 8 to 10 inches, trunk 11 to 14 inches, [...]

News

Tech Center Progress: Sewage Treatment Plant Addition

It’s been nearly four months since beginning construction on the new Technology Center in Pasac, Guatemala. Progress has been constant despite Guatemala’s rainy season (May through October). Everything is on schedule, and the building should be finished in September 2010. One exciting development is that the Technology Center will be hooked up to Pasac’s brand [...]

Education

Meet Some of Our Guatemalan Scholars

Through the help of our talented volunteer Victor, we introduce you a few of our university scholars in this short Youtube video. Currently, Roots and Wings International sponsors 25 university students in the village of Pasac, a rural part of Guatemala. Our scholars come from families that earn $2 or less per day, and they [...]

News

Sí, hablamos español aquí

On April 28th, we launched our Spanish-language website. The new website caters to our growing Spanish-speaking audiences. We hope that with the launch of this new site, we will reach out to companies who communicate primarily in Spanish and who may have an interest in supporting an organization like Roots and Wings International, whose goals [...]