OUR MISSION-“EMPOWERING YOUTH” Our Objectives Provide options for how youth can make sustainable changes Provide opportunities for change

1. Mariposa Project, 501 c3 (non-profit) in USA
Butterflies en México, Accion Civil (Non-Profit)
in Mexico

2. WHY YOU ARE HERE?
• Socialize with other volunteers of
Butterflies en México/MARIPOSA PROJECT (BeM/MP) ?
• Interested in assisting with a specific project?
• To learn more about the organization?
• Another volunteer suggested you should
check us out?

3. WE’RE GLAD YOU’RE HERE
BY THE TIME YOU FINISH THIS PRESENTATION
WE HOPE YOU WILL UNDERSTAND………………
“What we do”, “Why we do it”, and “How we do
it”

4. Our Objectives:
• Provide options for how youth can make
sustainable changes
• Provide opportunities for change

5. PHILOSOPHY
Mariposa Project believes
partnering with nonprofits,
businesses and individuals in a
community will provide the most
successful outcomes for our
objectives.

6. Philosophy (cont.)
After receiving a service from our
organization we ask all beneficiaries to
contribute something to the
organization or community.
“Giving back”

7. Butterflies en Mexico/Mariposa Project
Organizational Structure
Board of Directors – Legal Responsibility (attend organizational meetings)
Do not make a profit from programs
Executive Director – Provides communication link for those below
***
Director – Provides the responsibilities for all programs of the Project
Advisory Board – Observes and provides input for programs (advisors to Ex. Dir.)
***
Program Teams – Research, design and development of Individual Programs
Partners of the Programs
Sponsors – Provide assistance; financial, physical, in-kind
Service Contractors – Provide the day-to-day work of the organization

8. Board Members of Butterflies en Mexico (BeM)
A no lucrative A.C. in MX.
Allan MacGregor, Luzma Grande, and Mac
Whyte

9. Board Members of MP (Mariposa
Project) USA non-profit
Mary Kay & Mark Hoffman
Jane and Steve Uzzell

10. Advisory Board
SEEKING ANOTHER OVERSIGHT PERSON
Julianna Rose Karen Shirack

11. Other Essential Volunteers
• Julianna Rose – Publicity
• Mac Whyte – website
• Vocational Training Team - 4
• APEH Team - 4
• Community Program Team – 1
• Financial Resource Development Team - 5

12. Executive Director for BeM/MP

13. Butterflies en Mexico was in
“Stealth/Quite Mode” from 2011- April
of 2017
With the research of the COMMUNITY PROJECT
we were ready to come “out of the shadows”
and make ourselves known to the community.

14. HISTORY of the Organization
We have been providing service for 5 years
in the Lakeside area of Chapala
Our status as a non-profit is currently 4
years old in USA
and 2 years old in Mexico.

15. Initially…. our focus was orphans and
shelter children

16. PROGRAMS
5 years under the name Mariposa Project - beginning at Love in Action
1) 3.5 yrs. – HUMANE EDUCATION ALLIANCE (APEH) – Waging Peace
PROGRAM; Implemented and currently in 2nd edition of curriculum
2) 1 yr. 8 months (as of Oct. of 2016) - VOCATIONAL SKILLS;
• Front-of-Restaurant Apprenticeship – “Pilot” Implemented & in revision for 2 more
restaurants
• Textile Apprenticeship – Implementation of “Pilot”
• Care Giving – In research
3) COMMUNITY PROGRAM;
Research: Phase I - November 2016 - January 2017
Development of Council: Phase II - May 2017

17. PAST EXERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE OF
UNCLAIMED CHILDREN
Foster/Adoption Specialist
Claiming children – belonging with a family
Trauma Specialist
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE KNOW……

18. PARENTS LOVE THEIR CHILDREN and
sometimes struggle with matters we
cannot understand

19. We took the information and research we had
compiled from the first two years and came up
with 3 areas in answering the question, “why do
children become homeless”
REORGANIZATION
After 2 years ………..the problem of orphans
and shelter children was seen as systemic…we
were coming in after the child had left the
family

20. 1. Parents lack vocational skills or job (for
multiple reasons) which creates the inability to
adequately feed and shelter their children
2. Parents are unable to make a living wage in
order to provide adequate education and health
care for their children
3. Children run away from home OR DIF takes
the children from parents due to violence in the
home
THREE REASONS FAMILIES FAIL AT
KEEPING THEIR CHILDREN IN THEIR HOMES

21. FOCUS
1) Sharing with children (7-12) and
2) Preparing youth (13-25 years) to become
responsible and respectful (repetuoso) adults
3)Intervening in the intergenerational cycle (ciclo
entergeneracion) in a respectful manner

22. So, why youth and not adults?
Research shows it is much easier to
restructure the patterns (modelar) of
thinking and beliefs (creencia) of the young

23. Our Goal Became
Empowering (apoderamiento) youth to develop respect,
responsibility and a commitment (cometido) to a healthy
family and community by; replacing (reemplazar)
hopeless(desesperanzado) and helplessness feelings with:
Interventions in how to operate in a more peaceful
manner while reducing “fears” concerning:
Food, Shelter, Safety, Education and Medical
Maslow’s Theory of Needs on Steroids

24. “EMPOWERING YOUTH”
Self-Esteem
Medical & Education
Food, Water, Warmth & Rest
Safety (freedom from fear) Security
Basic
Needs
Maslow’s Theory of Basic
Needs - “On Steriods”
Belongingness & Love
Self-
Actuali
-zation

25. The Intergenerational Cycle of
Recurrence
The cycle threatens (makes people feel afraid) peaceful
relationships in the world because it reinforces;
ignorance,
poverty,
injustice,
intolerance and
inequality
It is not unusual for individuals to Sabotage Change due to
the “fear factor”.

26. Example of Intergenerational Cycle of
Reoccurrance:
• Father/Mother – low education, low skills, low income,
low self-esteem
• Child – watches and believes this is their fate
• Youth (12-18) – recreates father/mother’s beliefs - has
baby
• Guilt & shame ridden grandmother works harder to
support youth and grandbaby/babies
• Youth stays at home caring for child without hope for
change
• Cycle complete
• Next generation begins cycle

27. PEACE?
A state of calm. Freedom from “FEAR”.
WHAT IS FEAR?
Annoyance, irritation, frustration, anger, rage
Anxiety, nervousness, panic, alarm
Jealousy, envy, greed
Societal shame (a sense of being unworthy) and guilt
Cruelty; Pain, torment, retaliation
Threats, intimidation
Indignation
Contempt, disgust, revulsion
Worry, despair, helplessness, powerlessness
FEAR is the most difficult emotion to subside in our brain chemistry.
Therefore, much patience is needed when working with fear related triggers.

28. “FEAR” can:
• Paralysis (causing a lack of movement)
• Create acceptance of one’s current status (losing
hope)
• Can stimulates anger (putting individuals in a
defensive state – everyone is “out to get me”)
which creates distrust for anyone who wants to
help

29. FEAR in any of these areas will
inhibit ones ability to feel “peaceful”
and inhibit one’s ability to listen and
learn new strategies

30. WE PROMOTE
Courage
Compassion
Connection
And, WE EMBRASS OUR VULNERABILITY

31. IT IS WITH THESE THINGS IN MIND
OUR PROGRAMMING CONSIDERS:
How do we bring people from a fearful state to a
calmer state?
How we will……….EMPOWER YOUTH TO MAKE
HEALTHY LIFE CHANGES

32. PROGRAMMING PROCESS
PARTNER
RESEARCH
BRING BENEFICIARIES INTO PROJECT

33. BeM PROGRAMMING
1) We do not attempt without a partner
2) We always do research prior to designing &
developing a project
3) We always attempt to bring beneficiaries into
the design & development of a program ; both
formal and informal

34. ANTI-VIOLENCE PROGRAM
Alianza por una educacion humanitaria-(APEH)

35. 3.5 years ago we were fortunate to meet 2
groups who were interested in developing a
partnership (affiliates) program in the public
schools which addresses violence.
Three Partners make up the Alliance for Humane
Education

36. We wanted a program that would not
offend teachers and parents
and we designed a curriculum which
involves animals (a child’s nature love) and
the planet called; Guardians of the Planet.

37. With the assistance of the Rotary Club of Ajijic Lake
we applied and received a Rotary International
Global Grant:
Sharing information with teachers and
administrators in the prevention of anti-bullying;
• helping youth resolve conflicts
• interacting with parents and community leaders

38. The newest part of this program is workshops
which share information with public school
teachers and administrators of interventions
which show respect for children.

39. OUR GOAL
• Classroom behaviors will improve
• Children will learn to solve their conflicts with peers
when supported by a trained adult
• Children will take information to use with siblings
and parents in the home setting
• Parents and community leaders will learn from
watching children solve conflicts

40. We believe we have built trust with
the education system of Jalisco.
In 3.5 years we’ve provided over 6,000 students
with the curriculum (1 hour a week, for 6-8
weeks) in 50 schools along lakeside.

41. The second Edition of the Curriculum
Guardians of the Planet
Implementation in January 2016

42. International Instituto students assist instructors in
community events with activities and games around
resolving conflicts and anti-violence to animals & friends

43. HUMANE EDUCATION ALLIANCE – WHAT WE NEED
• 1) Mexican Business Partners OR
• 2) volunteers who will assist APEH
Coordinator, quarterly, for 10-12 hours, to
assist with community events OR
• 3) Financial sponsor a public school once a
year for 8 weeks; $8,450 pesos ($457 USD) OR
• 4) Financial sponsor a one hour 8-week course
in a community; $2,364 pesos ($____ USD)

44. VOCATIONAL TRAINING

45. We began May of 2014 in research
With the help of a local job placement specialist
Identified Hospitality (front-of restaurant) and Care
Giving Skills
Developed a youth and employer survey
Surveyed 140 youth in Chapala, Ajijic, San Juan Cosala
and Jocotepec on March 8, 2015
Surveyed 18 restaurants and 10 care giver facilities in
Chapala, Ajijic, San Juan Cosala and Jocotepec March –
July 2015

46. May 2015 - Luz de malla students trained in how
to: Approach and Assess Individuals

47. 5 adult volunteers and
12 Luz de malla
volunteer scholarship
students met on four
plazas of lakeside
surveying 140 youth, 13-
25, to their interest in
two additional areas of
vocation possibilities;
care giving or hospitality.

48. SURVEYED YOUTH of LAKESIDE
March 8, 2015

49. Analysis of youth surveys is on our
web site under Vocational Skills

50. An Employer Survey
was administered by our committee members
the months of May – July 2015.

51. Our partner in the Vocational Skills
Project is El corazon creativo
Supporters are:

52. Goal of Vocational Programs
Encourage youth 13-25 years of age to develop
skills which will provide a living wage for a
family.
We identified the community need; front-of
restaurant skills and caregiving skills

53. Vocational Skills Committee
• Currently, have developed an apprenticeship
program for front-of-restaurant workers
English Technical Terms – 8 weeks
An apprenticeship in restaurant - 8 weeks
Project implementation July, 2016

54. VOCATIONAL SKILLS: WHAT WE NEED
1) Financial Sponsors for Front-of-Restaurant Apprentice
8 week program – English instructor, documentation, transportation (to &
from)
$13,746 ($721USD) pesos
2) Liaisons for the Committee - full time residents
• 1.5 hours a month in committee meeting
• 4 hours a month visiting and checking-in with mentors, apprentice and
restaurant owners
= Total 5.5 hours a month
3) Financial Sponsors for Textile Apprentice
96 hours course
$12,000 pesos ($629 USD)

55. Textile Project
Vocational Training Program
We acknowledge that many youth might not
have skills in reading, writing or personalities
which would support a position in public
service.
And, there are those who like to use their hands
and are creative.

56. We designed a product we
thought would sell in this
area.
With a donation from a local,
we were able to begin a
production line called
“WINGS” using a local
Mexican contractor to sew the
article
We now have a need for
individuals who can sew well.

57. Wings Donations - provided
enough to begin a “pilot”
program with 4 girls, ages
13-25 at Cruz Roja.
Identified two volunteers
who was interested in
teaching sewing.

58. The Textile Program pilot
began on February 21, 2015.
We had our first graduates
by August 2015.

59. Revision of Program
What we learned:
Most volunteers do not want to work
continuously; i.e., one day a week, every week
Where we are headed:
Provide an entrepreneurial or apprenticeship
experience for a youth with a small stipend ($37
pesos a day)

60. JULY 2016
Textile Project
Interviewing of Mexican candidates (16-25) who
are interested in apprenticeship and/or
entrepreneurial pursuit; teach, sew BeM
“Wings” items, and/or develop their own
business.

61. 1) Sponsorship of 1 Textile Apprentice for 96
hours = $6,500 pesos (2 student minimum OR
2) One domestic sewing machine for
entrepreneurial pursuit =
$4,000 pesos OR
3) One serge machine and fabric, threads for
entrepreneurial pursuit = $10,000 pesos
WHAT WE NEED

62. COMMUNITY PROGRAM
Hacienda de la labor

63. Summer of 2013
A university student (Iteso) volunteered to provide
research in the 2 municipalities of Lake Chapala about
low income areas

64. Departmamento De Desarrolla de la Familia (DIF) in
Chapala identified these communities as having high
areas of poverty :
– Calle Emiliano Zapata
– Hacienda de la Labor
– San Juditas and
– Santa Cruz de la Soledad
They estimate approximately 200 individuals in
each of these areas, or 800 people as “hungry”
on a daily basis.

65. FOOD
It is the most common way to bring the most
needy of the community together to discuss
what more can be can be done to provide
opportunities. Do they need food? Maybe or
maybe not.
Do they need shelter? Maybe

66. Homes in Hacienda de la labor

67. DIF in Jocotepec identified:
El Molino
El Salitre
Nextipac
San Martin
San Cristobal
Barrios del cerro
As having 125 hungry individuals in each community, or a
total of 750 people who are “hungry” on a daily basis.

68. In total the two municipalities of the lakeside
area identified approximately 1,600 individuals
who were struggling to find food on a daily
basis.

69. PARTNER - La Mision Restaurant and
Butterflies en Mexico are partnering on
this project

70. Phase I
Research
La Mision and Butterflies en Mexico (BeM) partnered
to find out what the community needs.
BeM –
• Supplying Coordinating Researcher (who will guide the
community in their research) Mariana
• Summarizing the results Phase I
La Mision
• Financial support through helping to raise funds
• Be the drop off and pick-up for clothing (we have someone
who has offered to train volunteers how to manage the
clothing)
• Delivers staples once a month to community; flour, sugar,
etc.

71. The Food component is our effort to meet
immediate needs of families and develop
trust before introducing any ideas in which
families might develop new skills

72. In the year Of 2014 a committee perfected a dry
food product and tested it with Mexican friends
and their families.
The product is able to be stored for up to one
year.

73. 1. Feed those hungry in the community and
build their trust (we know if we have their trust
they may chose to participate in one of our
independence building programs) and/or
2. Feed local communities in a disaster situation.
The food component is two-fold

74. Packaging of Food

75. COMMUNITY PROGRAM
WHAT WE NEED:
1) desire to assist with packaging food or
2) ability to work on a committee in oversight of the
project – full time resident or
3) ability to speak Spanish fluently for translation
4) Mexican who will pick-up and delivery of clothes to an
Exchange Site – Need full-time resident
5) Person who will assist with review of survey questions
6) Financial Sponsors for Food Packaging Program
$37,500 pesos feeds 25 hungry families once a week for
one year.

76. Phase II
Development of
Community Council

77. Community Groups, Business’ and
Volunteers Help Put the Pieces of Each
Project Together

78. SUPPORTERS OF OUR PROGRAMS 2015-17
Cruz Roja Panino’s Restaurant
El corazon creativo International Instituto
La Mision Restaurant La tienda de ciencia
Lake Chapala Society Dana’s Hair Styling & Art
Luz de malla Total Body Care Spa
Who Saved Who (Calendar) Rotary Club of Ajijic
Lakeside Friends of the Animals Diane Pearl’s
Animal Clinic Dres. Ladron de Guevara Days for Girls
Companions in Compassion Dulce Alfajor

79. SUSTAINABILITY of BeM
Tere, John, Julianna Mariana, Michael & Alejandra
Rotary Global Grant Awards Ceremony April 2016
• Rotary International Global Grant – Safe Schools/Healthy
Communities, Arizona Rotary Club & Rotary Club of Ajijic
• Individual Sponsors & Lakeside Friends of the Animals –
APEH
• Individual Sponsors – Textiles Vocational Skills
• Purchases of “Wings” Products - General

80. WINGS – a line of clothing

81. Exercise 4 Change – 2015-16
Francisco,
Michael &
Mac
EXERCISE 4 Change 2016-17 – Nov. 2016-Feb.2017
What a great motivation to burn those extra
calories during the holidays and getting ready for
showing more skin in the Spring….Mac has flyers

82. Financial Resource Committees – May
2016
Committee is working on developing a strategic
plan and events which will promote the
marketing of our organization and developing
funds for administrative expenses; Director and
building

83. Financial Resource Development
Committee - WHAT WE NEED
Needs members of committee who will:
• Attend a monthly meeting (1.5 -2 hours) or research
excursion (1/2 days) for fundraising events OR
• Someone with large event planning experience OR
• Someone with marketing skills OR
• Someone to collect and account for event donations
OR
• Someone to do local accountability reviews

84. We are a volunteer organization
We have 4 strategies:
Research - Provide support to communities to
understand the major “need/s” of the total
community
Past experiences of the culture and what works
and
Knowledge of the steps necessary for designing
programs that fit “the need” of the community.
Review and revision after a small “pilot” to
improve what is working

85. There are also 3 Types of Volunteers
1. The “financial” backers (maybe they don’t
have the time or energy but believe in the project)
2. The “thinkers” and
3. The “doers”
Some crossover
To make a non-profit work we need all THREE!
What kind are you?
A financial supporter, a thinker, a doer?

86. Volunteers
We are seeking:
“researchers” (those that can review surveys
and assessments and summarize)
“thinkers” (those that can look at the whole
picture when considering design &
development), and
“doers” (hands-on people who are not afraid to
get their hands dirty).

87. We understand there are 3 Things all
Volunteers have in common
1. They have a strong emotion which
motivates them to action
2. They have or share an idea about the
problem
3. They take or share an action about solving
the problem
EMOTION, IDEA, ACTION

88. July Celebration and Awards Potluck
2016

89. VOLUNTEERS MUST
• Show compassion and empathy for the
challenges others face
• Provide welcoming smiles
• Continue learning the language & culture
• Acknowledge the good which exists
• Encourage the individual’s capacity for
creating a fulfilled future while providing safe,
slow step interventions

90. If you decide to join us in any of our programs
we ask that all our volunteers review our Policy
& Procedures for the Team they are interested.
In this way we model what we share in ALL our
programs. We may not be perfect BUT we will
all continue to become more respectful to
others.

91. REVIEW OF INFORMATION
WHO WE ARE?
We are a non-profit volunteer organization in the USA and in Mexico
WHY WE DO IT?
To support youth in the ability to develop respect, responsibility and a
commitment to healthy families and community
HOW WE DO IT?
“Empowering youth in making healthy life changes”

92. UNESCO quote
“Conflict begins in our minds therefore, peace
must be constructed in our minds.”
1) Lessen the fear of how families can
financially support their families; Food,
Shelter, Safety, Medical Care, and Education
2) Share information in how to operate in a
more peaceful manner

93. QUOTE - Margaret Meade
“Never doubt a small group of committed
citizens can change the world, indeed……….
it is the only thing that has.”
BeM volunteers are that change!

94. Butterflies en Mexico
(BeM)
Developing respect, responsibility and a commitment to healthy families and
community.
El desarrollo del respeto, la responsabilidad y compromise de la salud familiar y
comunitaria.
THANK YOU FOR STANDING WITH US!

95. Thank you for your attention……….it is (or
will be) a pleasure to work with you!
Please, take the time to ask board, advisory
board members and coordinators more
questions. Updated on July 16, 2017