Featured Student
- Diego Guachaj Chox

Diego is 22 years old and lives in Chuinimajuyup, one of the poorest villages in the Boca Costa region. Every day of the week Diego walks 2.5 hours down the mountain to school and 3.5 hours back up after classes. He is one of the few people in his village to study past elementary school. His dream is to help the people in his village learn Spanish, in addition to K´iche´, so that they can participate in the formal markets of the country. He would also like to eliminate illiteracy in his village which reaches up to 80% of the community. Diego is now studying Social Sciences at the University Galileo.

Click here to donate $5 to help a dedicated student like Diego!

Green Lion Roars for RWI!

Virilion, of Washington, DC, held a successful cocktail event on August 20, 2009, to raise funds for Roots and Wings International. Virilion garnered publicity for RWI and managed to raise $200 by serving delicious Green Lion cocktails (proceeds from each cocktail went to RWI). What an exciting evening for RWI´s very own Anna Heatherly, who manages our social networking endeavors and whose company, Virilion, began a partnership with RWI. Virilion will continue to host similar events to raise funds for RWI in the future!

“Green Lion” is a term stemming from a combination of Latin and English words whose meaning (the Latin “viri” = green; lion symbolizes strength) is intended to represent the full-service interactive agency Virilion! If you´d also like to support RWI, click here to donate!

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RWI´s Live Broadcast to Raise Funds

On August 19, 2009, the Seattle-based nonprofit Jolkona Foundation held a live broadcast featuring Roots and Wings International. The purpose of the live event was to raise funds for RWI´s Computer Literacy for Kids project ($60 per year per student for one year).

Jolkona Foundation saw RWI´s incredible potential for growth and selected RWI out of 40+ nonprofits. The event lasted approximately two hours, with participants from Seattle also in attendance doing impromptu interviews. Remote viewers communicated with Adnan Mahmud, Jolkona´s founder and host of the event, via Twitter. Jolkona raised a total of five gifts through the event: one full year of tutoring for one student ($60) and four gifts of one month of tutoring for one student ($5). The evening also garnered local publicity. You can make a difference, too! A small donation of $5 will help tutor one student. Please donate today by clicking here!

RWI´s Star Magazine Writer Strikes (Or Writes) Again!

Killeen Gonzalez, RWI´s magazine writer, has recently publicized RWI´s efforts all over the online magazine world. She uses penetrating interview skills to deliver intriguing articles! As of late, Killeen has published the following two online articles: “Roots and Wings International Gives Much Needed Lift to Those in Need,” published in Nonprofit Awareness Magazine and “Roots and Wings Intl. Volunteers Help to Educate Others” published in The Savvy Woman. Killeen also has articles lined up for online publication, like her article in Extreme Woman scheduled to be published in October 2009.