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News


Micro-finance Donation


    We donated $25 to help finance a loan for Arafa Rajabu,

    a 64-year-old mother of five in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

    - Learn more about Arafa here.  

    - To learn more about micro-financing, visit Kiva.

    Thanks to our Treasurer, Frank Bergschneider, for

    coordinating donations!












Donate to the International Service Trip


If you would like to know that 100% of what you donate goes to the impoverished, donate it to Recurso’s annual International Service Trip to Nicaragua. We are accepting:

  1. -Folic Acid, Children’s and                                                          Adult Multi-Vitamins

  2. -Medical Supplies &                                                          Prescription Glasses

  3. -Toothbrushes &                                                                   Toothpaste

  4. -School Supplies for                                                                    Children & Baby Clothes




Silent Auction: Pick - Up


If you have won an item at the Silent Auction you will               receive an email or telephone call soon. Please come in to pick up your items soon thereafter. The Silent Auction will benefit the projects that the International Service Trip to Nicaragua has planned for this May.









2008-2009 Directors


We’re thrilled about the number of extremely qualified applications we’ve received. Director Interviews are going on all this week through Friday  the 18th, We will announce the directors this Saturday!


2008-2009 E-Board & Directors


We’re glad to announce the new E-board:

  1. -Stacey Gray, President

  2. -Jacob Fyda, Vice-President

  3. -Frank Bergschneider, Treasurer

  4. -Amrita Ford, Campus Liaison

  5. -Anita Chauhan, Secretary




Supplies:

The International Service Trip Directors are always looking for donations of supplies that benefit the projects they have planned for the summer.  Please email Jillian Lozada & Ali Gonzalez: recursotripdirector@gmail.com











Monetary Donations:

Recurso is a non-profit and is tax exempt under 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Direct monetary contributions are deductible under section 170 of the code. We accept donations via check and and Paypal, which accepts all major credit cards. Please send checks to:

Recruso
300-16 J. Wayne Reitz Union
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611

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At the University of Florida:

Heal the World: Medical Relief
Gators for Asha: Education in India
Children Beyond Our Borders: Children in Colombia


Beyond Campus: 

Kiva: Micro-financing Website
La Chureca: Underprivileged Community Center, Managua, NI
Center for Global Development: Development Think Tank
Doctors Without Borders: Medical Relief NGO
World Food Programme: Part of the UN dealing with Famine
UN Development Programme: Women’s Empowerment
Save the Children: NGO with a Focus on Children 
UN: Water for life
DFID: Department for International Development (UK)http://grove.ufl.edu/~heal/mainpage.htmlhttp://www.ashanet.org/uflorida/http://www.childrenbeyondourborders.orghttp://www.kiva.orghttp://www.lachureca.orghttp://www.cgdev.org/http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/http://www.wfp.org/english/http://www.undp.org/women/http://www.savethechildren.org/http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/http://www.dfid.gov.uk/shapeimage_19_link_0shapeimage_19_link_1shapeimage_19_link_2shapeimage_19_link_3shapeimage_19_link_4shapeimage_19_link_5shapeimage_19_link_6shapeimage_19_link_7shapeimage_19_link_8shapeimage_19_link_9shapeimage_19_link_10shapeimage_19_link_11
Contact

President

Nikita Bhakta: recursopresident@gmail.com

Trip Directors

Ali Gonzalez, Jill Lozada, & Jennie Vavrousek, recursotripdirector@gmail.com

Webmaster

Stacey Gray, gray.staceya@gmail.com

Public Relations

Jacob Fyda, jacobfyda@gmail.commailto:recursopresident@gmail.commailto:recursopresident@gmail.commailto:recursopresident@gmail.commailto:recursopresident@gmail.commailto:recursopresident@gmail.commailto:recursopresident@gmail.comshapeimage_23_link_0shapeimage_23_link_1shapeimage_23_link_2shapeimage_23_link_3shapeimage_23_link_4shapeimage_23_link_5