Sponsorship Opportunities with CoCuMu

Greetings from Peace Corps Paraguay! For the past year or so I have been working with a group called CoCuMu (Compartiendo Cultura Mundial).  This group runs an amazing project called Ahecha Paraguay, which means, “I see Paraguay” (in Guaraní).  It is a participatory photography project that puts digital cameras in the hands of Paraguayan youth and fosters artistic exchange between communities.

To date, this project has gone a long way towards promoting artistic expression and boosting self-esteem among its participants.

We recently won a big award for our project and local demand for this project has far exceeded our capacity to provide access to camera kits (the wait list is over a year-and-a-half long & our term is for only 2 years).  This is where you come in!!!  We want to buy some more cameras so that we can continue to grow this successful project – and for that, I need your help.

If you want to help out with this project, please donate through the Peace Corps Partnership Program https://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.donors.contribute.projDetail&projdesc=526-200 and forward information about this project to your friends.  You can read more about the project details by following that link.  All donations are tax-deductible, and please remember that even $10 or $20 goes a long way once you exchange it for Guaranis. Our goal is to raise $4,813 by Thanksgiving.

For more information about the program, please visit our blog at http://ahechaparaguay.blogspot.com/. To view Ahecha photographs selected for this year's national exhibition, please visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahechaparaguay/tags/expo/.

If you have any questions regarding Ahecha Paraguay, please don’t hesitate to ask. Thank you for your time and generosity.