THE WE SHARE FOUNDATION
What is the We Share Foundation?
The We Share Foundation is a leader in providing
humanitarian support worldwide. The Foundation strives to
make a positive impact on the lives of those in need through
compassionate programs that span the globe. Worldwide,
volunteers in 14 countries donate tens of thousands of hours
and more than a million dollars each year. The We Share
Foundation supports them by operating service programs and
special projects and by offering technical support, education,
information, and publications.
Who are We Share Foundation volunteers?
Volunteers are members of Quota International, Inc., a
service organization founded in 1919 that links thousands of
members of all ages, occupations, and nationalities in a
worldwide network of service and fellowship. Organized in
clubs that are located in 14 countries, members are
committed to serving their communities and their world. All
Quota members operate under the motto "We Share" and
share the values of serving others, developing friendships, and
promoting international understanding.
What types of service programs does the We Share
Foundation support?
The We Share Foundation and Quota volunteers are known
for service to deaf, hard-of-hearing, and speech-impaired
individuals, as well as for service to disadvantaged women
and children.
What is the We Share Foundation?
The We Share Foundation is a leader in providing
humanitarian support worldwide. The Foundation strives to
make a positive impact on the lives of those in need through
compassionate programs that span the globe. Worldwide,
volunteers in 14 countries donate tens of thousands of hours
and more than a million dollars each year. The We Share
Foundation supports them by operating service programs and
special projects and by offering technical support, education,
information, and publications.
Who are We Share Foundation volunteers?
Volunteers are members of Quota International, Inc., a
service organization founded in 1919 that links thousands of
members of all ages, occupations, and nationalities in a
worldwide network of service and fellowship. Organized in
clubs that are located in 14 countries, members are
committed to serving their communities and their world. All
Quota members operate under the motto "We Share" and
share the values of serving others, developing friendships, and
promoting international understanding.
What types of service programs does the We Share
Foundation support?
The We Share Foundation and Quota volunteers are known
for service to deaf, hard-of-hearing, and speech-impaired
individuals, as well as for service to disadvantaged women
and children.
- World Net Service helps Quota volunteers work as
world partners in solving dire social problems worldwide.
Initiatives include the award-winning Club-to-Club
World Service Program, which coordinates support for
critical service projects sponsored by local Quota
volunteers in developing countries. Previously, World Net
Service also provided Speech and Hearing Research
Grants. - Volunteers in Action aids Quota volunteers in their
quest to solve problems and touch lives in need in their
Quota community. The program provides
encouragement, communications, and technical
assistance one-on-one, making use of new technology
wherever possible. For more details on how Volunteers in
Action can assist you, click here. - When was the We Share Foundation launched?
The We Share Foundation was launched in January 2000
to expand the Quota International Fellowship and Service
Fund, Quota International's charitable arm, created in
1953. As a foundation, the fund can keep pace in the new
millennium and increase Quota's service visibility and
impact around the world. The initiative gave birth to the
new name—the We Share Foundation. "We Share,"
Quota International's motto, aptly sums up what
members do throughout the world in Quota's name: they
share their time and resources to make a difference in the
lives of those in need. - How can I participate in the good works of We
Share Foundation volunteers? The We Share
Foundation Benefactors and Stepping Stones programs
are two ways you can invest in the We Share
Foundation's future success. Any gift is welcomed,
appreciated, and used wisely. (The We Share Foundation
is a 501(c)(3) organization designated by the U.S. Internal
Revenue Service; contributions are tax deductible in the
United States.)
QUOTA INTERNATIONAL OF MORRO BAY
CLUB-TO-CLUB WORLD SERVICE PROGRAM
The award-winning Club-to-Club World Service Program, initiated in
1983, allows caring people to support viable service projects in
developing countries through the We Share Foundation. These
projects are run by local Quota clubs who understand the specific
needs of their own communities.
People throughout the world—Quota clubs, Quota members, and
individuals who care—support these hands-on, effective service
projects, giving tens of thousands of dollars each year through the
We Share Foundation. Every penny donated to these Club-to-Club
projects through the Foundation reaches its intended project target.
The Foundation keeps nothing for overhead costs.
Projects are reviewed and selected for inclusion annually. And the We
Share Foundation's reporting requirements insure that your generous
donations provide practical and effective support for real people in
desperate need.
The We Share Foundation Board of Trustees has approved 14
projects for inclusion in the 2006 Club-to-Club World Service
Program, including six new initiatives. Quota members in five
developing countries—the Philippines, Malaysia, India, Fiji, and
Suriname—have identified vital needs in their communities and will
undertake hands-on service projects in the year ahead.
Quota International of Bacolod, Philippines
Char-Wood Fuel Project. By instructing women in an impoverished
area of Rodriguez Baybay to produce and sell Char-wood, an
inexpensive cooking fuel, the Quota Club's 2006 project will have a
tremendous impact on the livelihoods of these people and the
environment. The community will benefit as its citizens are able to
support themselves and an alternative, lower cost energy source is
made available. Club-to-Club funds will support equipment, gloves,
masks, supplies, and transportation for the training seminars.
Quota International of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Empowerment Development Program for Disadvantaged
Women. Although over 50% of the population of Malaysia is female,
discrimination and violence against women is rampant. The Quota
Club of Kuala Lumpur, in conjunction with the Women's Aid
Organization, is combating this tragedy by providing aid to women
who are victims of domestic violence and physical, sexual, and
mental abuse through self-help and self-determination programs.
Donations pay for food, printing, supplies, transportation, and an
honorarium for program facilitators.
Quota International of Legazpi-Mayon, Philippines
Stitch for a Living. By purchasing several sewing machines and
offering training in dressmaking, the Quota Club of Legazpi-Mayon
hopes to help 10 deaf and hearing impaired women feed their families
today and in the future. After a year in the program, the women will
have an opportunity to earn their own sewing machine. Sale of their
dressmaking projects will generate revenue, a portion of which will be
used to replicate the project. Remaining profits will be used to
purchase hearing aids for local children who need them. Quotarian
donations will be used for start-up funds for equipment, a trainer fee,
stipends for the trainees, supplies, and marketing.
Quota International of Manduae, Philippines
Providing Vocational Skills at the Special Education Center.
The Quota Club of Mandaue has a sure-fire recipe for success as
they supply cooking equipment and instructional training to deaf, hard-
of-hearing, speech-impaired, and developmentally disabled individuals
at the Special Education Center of Mandaue City Central School. This
program will help build participants' self-esteem while teaching them
culinary skills that will help them find employment. Donations will
support a vocational teacher salary and cooking equipment.
Quota International of Suriname, Suriname
Stuka Prisiri. The title of the Suriname club's project means "To
Learn with Pleasure," and that is just what Quotarians will help a
group of disadvantaged children in Suriname to do. In support of their
belief that well-educated people make a strong nation, Suriname
Quota members have developed a three-year program to expose
children to business and the arts, broadening their base of
knowledge, and building their self-esteem. Members have been
raising local funds for the program, but ask Quotarians in developed
countries to contribute so that more children may join the program.
Donations fund supplies, food, tee-shirts, transportation, facility and
training fees.
Quota International of Iloilo, Philippines
An Interactive Library for Hearing Impaired Individuals. The
Quota Club of Iloilo is beginning a new project this year—giving
hearing-impaired children in the community the gift of a lifetime by
providing an interactive library to increase their literacy. With books
and computers, these youngsters will be able to open new worlds of
opportunity through reading. Quotarian donations will fund books,
computer equipment, furniture, and air conditioning for the library.
Quota International of Ba, Fiji
Audiogram Project and Educational Support for HART. The Ba
Club's project aims to improve the quality of life for Ba citizens in
three ways: continuing to provide educational support for children
from the depressed HART village, training village women in basic
skills to become self-sufficient, and providing hearing aids for low-
income seniors and younger members of the local Deaf Association
to help them gain meaningful employment. While funds are raised
locally for the hearing aid project venue and supplies, Quotarian
donations will fund school fees, vocational training sessions, hearing
aids, and an audiometrist's services.
Quota International of Cebu, Philippines
Sawang Calero and Guba Day Care Centers and Feeding
Programs. Cebu Quotarians have responded to the overwhelming
poverty in two fishing villages by establishing day care centers that
offer nutritious meals and medical care. While keeping children off the
streets, these centers provide them with what is often their only meal
of the day. These model centers provide a readiness program to
prepare the children for future academics in reading, math, and
writing. Club-to-Club donations fund supplies, food, clothing, and
salaries to run the day care programs.
Quota International of Davao City, Philippines
Mindanao Neonatal Hearing Screening Center. Members of the
Davao Quota Club, having acquired space and set up a neonatal
screening center at the Brokenshire Memorial Hospital, are raising
funds locally to purchase their own otoacoustic emission machine.
Club-to-Club support is needed to reach out to groups of physicians
and mothers across the city with information about universal hearing
screening. Members will also offer free clinics in rural communities
and are working to introduce universal hearing screening legislation in
their city. Donations fund supplies, food, equipment, and printed
materials for their clinics and public awareness campaign.
Quota International of DLF City, India
Charitable Dispensary and Vocational Training Center. Thanks
to DLF City Quotarians and the Club-to-Club program,
underprivileged DLF City residents are receiving free medical care,
medicine, physical exams, and immunizations six days a week, as
well as counseling on health, nutrition, and hygiene. Club members
currently operate two dispensaries offering these services, and they
plan to open a third as funds become available. Donations are also
used to help disadvantaged children with their educational expenses
and to teach women embroidery and stitching to help them find jobs.
Quota International of Manila, Philippines
Empowering Women through Livelihood and Skills Training.
The Manila Quota Club is launching a series of seminars for out-of-
school young women, single mothers, and other disadvantaged
women. The seminars will teach skills such as cooking, sewing,
reflexology, and beauty care to build self-esteem in the women, help
them support their families, and help improve their children's
educational opportunities. The programs will also include life lessons
about health, nutrition, and legal remedies for abusive relationships.
Club-to-Club donations will pay for supplies, food, transportation,
trainers' fees, and training materials for the seminars.
Quota International of Manila South, Philippines
Deafness Resource Library. Manila South Quotarians are serving
teachers, parents, and caregivers of deaf, hard-of-hearing, and
speech-impaired individuals through their resource library, which
provides much-needed textbooks and information on hearing
impairments. Due to the large number of individuals in the Philippines
who have hearing-related disorders, club members feel it is critical to
make available a wealth of information. Donations to the project in
2006 will go toward procuring books and organizing activities and
programs to encourage use of the library.
Quota International of New Delhi, India
Quota Home for Abandoned and Destitute Women. Club-to-Club
donations to the New Delhi club go to the maintenance, upkeep, and
salaries of the Quota Home, so that it can continue to offer the many
successful programs it does, like providing literacy camps for kids,
sewing skills for women, and medical clinics for children. New this
year, donations will fund several medical programs for individuals in
dire need—eye camps, HIV/AIDs treatment, and surgery for children
with holes in their hearts.
Quota International of Sainik Farm, India
Home for the Aged, Preschool, Dispensary, and Orphanage.
Quota's Sainik Farm Club has long addressed needs of both old and
young members of their community by maintaining a senior facility
and a preschool classroom for disadvantaged children. Now, they are
expanding their Club-to-Club project to include operating an
orphanage for 12 girls who have been abandoned or abused and a
dispensary with free medicines for people who can't afford to go to
the doctor. Donations fund food, clothing, supplies, equipment, and
salaries for these programs.
The award-winning Club-to-Club World Service Program, initiated in
1983, allows caring people to support viable service projects in
developing countries through the We Share Foundation. These
projects are run by local Quota clubs who understand the specific
needs of their own communities.
People throughout the world—Quota clubs, Quota members, and
individuals who care—support these hands-on, effective service
projects, giving tens of thousands of dollars each year through the
We Share Foundation. Every penny donated to these Club-to-Club
projects through the Foundation reaches its intended project target.
The Foundation keeps nothing for overhead costs.
Projects are reviewed and selected for inclusion annually. And the We
Share Foundation's reporting requirements insure that your generous
donations provide practical and effective support for real people in
desperate need.
The We Share Foundation Board of Trustees has approved 14
projects for inclusion in the 2006 Club-to-Club World Service
Program, including six new initiatives. Quota members in five
developing countries—the Philippines, Malaysia, India, Fiji, and
Suriname—have identified vital needs in their communities and will
undertake hands-on service projects in the year ahead.
Quota International of Bacolod, Philippines
Char-Wood Fuel Project. By instructing women in an impoverished
area of Rodriguez Baybay to produce and sell Char-wood, an
inexpensive cooking fuel, the Quota Club's 2006 project will have a
tremendous impact on the livelihoods of these people and the
environment. The community will benefit as its citizens are able to
support themselves and an alternative, lower cost energy source is
made available. Club-to-Club funds will support equipment, gloves,
masks, supplies, and transportation for the training seminars.
Quota International of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Empowerment Development Program for Disadvantaged
Women. Although over 50% of the population of Malaysia is female,
discrimination and violence against women is rampant. The Quota
Club of Kuala Lumpur, in conjunction with the Women's Aid
Organization, is combating this tragedy by providing aid to women
who are victims of domestic violence and physical, sexual, and
mental abuse through self-help and self-determination programs.
Donations pay for food, printing, supplies, transportation, and an
honorarium for program facilitators.
Quota International of Legazpi-Mayon, Philippines
Stitch for a Living. By purchasing several sewing machines and
offering training in dressmaking, the Quota Club of Legazpi-Mayon
hopes to help 10 deaf and hearing impaired women feed their families
today and in the future. After a year in the program, the women will
have an opportunity to earn their own sewing machine. Sale of their
dressmaking projects will generate revenue, a portion of which will be
used to replicate the project. Remaining profits will be used to
purchase hearing aids for local children who need them. Quotarian
donations will be used for start-up funds for equipment, a trainer fee,
stipends for the trainees, supplies, and marketing.
Quota International of Manduae, Philippines
Providing Vocational Skills at the Special Education Center.
The Quota Club of Mandaue has a sure-fire recipe for success as
they supply cooking equipment and instructional training to deaf, hard-
of-hearing, speech-impaired, and developmentally disabled individuals
at the Special Education Center of Mandaue City Central School. This
program will help build participants' self-esteem while teaching them
culinary skills that will help them find employment. Donations will
support a vocational teacher salary and cooking equipment.
Quota International of Suriname, Suriname
Stuka Prisiri. The title of the Suriname club's project means "To
Learn with Pleasure," and that is just what Quotarians will help a
group of disadvantaged children in Suriname to do. In support of their
belief that well-educated people make a strong nation, Suriname
Quota members have developed a three-year program to expose
children to business and the arts, broadening their base of
knowledge, and building their self-esteem. Members have been
raising local funds for the program, but ask Quotarians in developed
countries to contribute so that more children may join the program.
Donations fund supplies, food, tee-shirts, transportation, facility and
training fees.
Quota International of Iloilo, Philippines
An Interactive Library for Hearing Impaired Individuals. The
Quota Club of Iloilo is beginning a new project this year—giving
hearing-impaired children in the community the gift of a lifetime by
providing an interactive library to increase their literacy. With books
and computers, these youngsters will be able to open new worlds of
opportunity through reading. Quotarian donations will fund books,
computer equipment, furniture, and air conditioning for the library.
Quota International of Ba, Fiji
Audiogram Project and Educational Support for HART. The Ba
Club's project aims to improve the quality of life for Ba citizens in
three ways: continuing to provide educational support for children
from the depressed HART village, training village women in basic
skills to become self-sufficient, and providing hearing aids for low-
income seniors and younger members of the local Deaf Association
to help them gain meaningful employment. While funds are raised
locally for the hearing aid project venue and supplies, Quotarian
donations will fund school fees, vocational training sessions, hearing
aids, and an audiometrist's services.
Quota International of Cebu, Philippines
Sawang Calero and Guba Day Care Centers and Feeding
Programs. Cebu Quotarians have responded to the overwhelming
poverty in two fishing villages by establishing day care centers that
offer nutritious meals and medical care. While keeping children off the
streets, these centers provide them with what is often their only meal
of the day. These model centers provide a readiness program to
prepare the children for future academics in reading, math, and
writing. Club-to-Club donations fund supplies, food, clothing, and
salaries to run the day care programs.
Quota International of Davao City, Philippines
Mindanao Neonatal Hearing Screening Center. Members of the
Davao Quota Club, having acquired space and set up a neonatal
screening center at the Brokenshire Memorial Hospital, are raising
funds locally to purchase their own otoacoustic emission machine.
Club-to-Club support is needed to reach out to groups of physicians
and mothers across the city with information about universal hearing
screening. Members will also offer free clinics in rural communities
and are working to introduce universal hearing screening legislation in
their city. Donations fund supplies, food, equipment, and printed
materials for their clinics and public awareness campaign.
Quota International of DLF City, India
Charitable Dispensary and Vocational Training Center. Thanks
to DLF City Quotarians and the Club-to-Club program,
underprivileged DLF City residents are receiving free medical care,
medicine, physical exams, and immunizations six days a week, as
well as counseling on health, nutrition, and hygiene. Club members
currently operate two dispensaries offering these services, and they
plan to open a third as funds become available. Donations are also
used to help disadvantaged children with their educational expenses
and to teach women embroidery and stitching to help them find jobs.
Quota International of Manila, Philippines
Empowering Women through Livelihood and Skills Training.
The Manila Quota Club is launching a series of seminars for out-of-
school young women, single mothers, and other disadvantaged
women. The seminars will teach skills such as cooking, sewing,
reflexology, and beauty care to build self-esteem in the women, help
them support their families, and help improve their children's
educational opportunities. The programs will also include life lessons
about health, nutrition, and legal remedies for abusive relationships.
Club-to-Club donations will pay for supplies, food, transportation,
trainers' fees, and training materials for the seminars.
Quota International of Manila South, Philippines
Deafness Resource Library. Manila South Quotarians are serving
teachers, parents, and caregivers of deaf, hard-of-hearing, and
speech-impaired individuals through their resource library, which
provides much-needed textbooks and information on hearing
impairments. Due to the large number of individuals in the Philippines
who have hearing-related disorders, club members feel it is critical to
make available a wealth of information. Donations to the project in
2006 will go toward procuring books and organizing activities and
programs to encourage use of the library.
Quota International of New Delhi, India
Quota Home for Abandoned and Destitute Women. Club-to-Club
donations to the New Delhi club go to the maintenance, upkeep, and
salaries of the Quota Home, so that it can continue to offer the many
successful programs it does, like providing literacy camps for kids,
sewing skills for women, and medical clinics for children. New this
year, donations will fund several medical programs for individuals in
dire need—eye camps, HIV/AIDs treatment, and surgery for children
with holes in their hearts.
Quota International of Sainik Farm, India
Home for the Aged, Preschool, Dispensary, and Orphanage.
Quota's Sainik Farm Club has long addressed needs of both old and
young members of their community by maintaining a senior facility
and a preschool classroom for disadvantaged children. Now, they are
expanding their Club-to-Club project to include operating an
orphanage for 12 girls who have been abandoned or abused and a
dispensary with free medicines for people who can't afford to go to
the doctor. Donations fund food, clothing, supplies, equipment, and
salaries for these programs.
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