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I am writing to introduce you to our organization, ViviendasLeon. We are a non-profit community development and global education organization based in San Francisco and Leon, Nicaragua. We work in rural communities creating development programs in construction, environmental, economic, capacity building and education development. We have recently been informed of your organization by a teacher in San Rafael who knows of your organization OLPC and recommended we contact you.<BR>
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I would like to know how we might partner with OLPC to provide computer training and equipment for the pre-school through 11th grade students in the communities we work in, and for small business start ups we develop in Nicaragua.<BR>
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ViviendasLeon partners with other organizations and institutions to provide the spectrum of development programs we offer in Nicaragua. One of these partners is the USF School of Business. We have been working with the PSIP program there for 3 years to develop small businesses including a sewing cooperative and our current project, a bee keeping cooperative. These small businesses in particular, and like everything we do in Nicaragua is a laboratory to explore best practices in development and implementation of projects uniquely suited to the location and community.<BR>
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We would be interested to find out how we might work with you.<BR>
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Regards,<BR>
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Evan<BR>
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Evan Markiewicz<BR>
Executive Director<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#CB6500"><B>Viviendas</B>León<BR>
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Connecting Cultures<BR>
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1585 Folsom St.<BR>
San Francisco, CA 94103<BR>
(415) 255-2920<BR>
(415) 255-2921 fax<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>evan@viviendasleon.org<BR>
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www.viviendasleon.org</SPAN></FONT>
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