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Mir Pace International
(World Peace International) 
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May 2006 Newsletter
A Volunteer Humanitarian Aid and Development Organization Our Mission: To provide worldwide humanitarian relief and development programs in order to reduce vulnerability, alleviate human suffering, and restore the self-sufficiency and livelihoods of disaster-affected populations, while fostering cultural understanding and volunteerism through International High School Mission (IHSM) programs. |
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We extend our sincere gratitude to so many of you who have and continue to support our work. We hope you enjoy this issue, and we hope that you will continue to be inspired to help us in our efforts to serve the poor throughout the world and foster youth volunteerism! We continue our efforts to raise much-needed funds in order that we may build and expand our programs in serving the poor, and we depend on your generous support. If you would like to make a donation, please click here to be automatically directed to our secure on-line donation page. We ask that you kindly give as generously as possible, and please encourage everyone you know to match your donation! We also want to assure you that at least 90% of all donations received is spent directly on our development programs. Mir Pace International is a Massachusetts 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Your charitable contribution is deeply appreciated and is tax-deductible to the full extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code.
Mir Pace's principal goal, through our IHSM programs, is to provide young people the opportunity to
experience and appreciate the effects of poverty and injustice in the lives of people throughout the
developing world and help them to learn invaluable lessons about their personal capabilities, to know the
values of volunteerism and to then use this knowledge to involve themselves more committedly in community
service programs here at home.
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Once again, Mir Pace was blessed with 21 extraordinary volunteers who participated in our April 2006 IHSM program. With the help of family and friends, our young volunteers began their mission even before they departed Boston. They worked to gather donated items for the people of Tamahú and held several very successful fundraising events. Once in Tamahú, they came together in truly inspiring ways! Under crystal-clear skies and in sweltering heat, the group worked tirelessly to construct three homes for some of the poorest families in Tamahú. We are grateful for the sacrifices they and their families made, and we applaud each one of them for their cooperation, determined efforts, and unremitting exuberance. There are many treasured memories of this trip, and we invite you to read about their experiences by following the "next" link at the bottom of this page. We hope you enjoy what our young volunteers have to share!  2nd Annual Paddle for Poverty© On July 22, 2006, Mir Pace will hold its
2nd Annual Paddle for Poverty kayak race (canoes and other paddle boats are also welcome!). Come meet
us at Steamboat Wharf Marina (Nantasket Pier), on George Washington Boulevard, next to Jake's Seafood
Restaurant, in Hull, MA. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. Volunteers are also needed! To learn more and
to download a registration form, please click here.
From July 27 through August 11,
IHSM volunteers will work in the northwest region of Tanzania, the Kagera region, assisting local
communities in the construction of water harvesting systems, interior repair and improvement
projects at a rural medical clinic, assisting at a shelter for street children, and visiting the local schools.
Knowledge of the Swahili language is NOT required!
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