Hurricanes Partnership

Red's Mission for 2017

Here's What's Going on In Jaco:

In August of 2017, we will continue with our annual trip to Jaco. Our mission is to continue relationship building and create an eternal impact with the vulnerable by using sports ministry camps, capital improvement projects, community outreach and empowerment as a means to share God's love.

During our time there and through discussions with the locals, we have learned that young men and women are choosing work and prostitution in place of education in order to help their families make ends meet. Wages are less than $2.50 an hour and the locals are hired and fired in high and low seasons making it difficult for their families to have financial stability.

Capital Improvement Plan

Due to the resources they utilize, their homes are in need of some updates. Our capital improvement program addresses roofing, patching of holes, replacing rotten wood, using cinder block to build walls, and pouring cement for flooring or steps into their home. We want to continue to utilize our resources to make their homes a safer place to live while the locals continue to provide us working hands and help us build, patch, and pour alongside us (because none of us know what we're doing)!! Returning home to the States, I realized this is not enough to help change their circumstance and get to the root of their problems.

Micro-Entrepreneurship

The past six months, I have been working on starting a micro-entrepreneurship program for the people of Jaco, to help tackle the issues of unethical wages, young men choosing to work over an education, and young ladies choosing prostitution to help make ends meet. Starting this program would not only empower the unemployable but it would provide them a sense of worth and value they have never experienced with the ability to barter for fabric, have money to make the purchase, and provide for their family.

Horizon has committed to starting a ministry named Oceans Edge's, under the covering of their church. Their ministry will partner with us as our boots on the ground in Jaco, helping train the locals on learning specific trades and making certain goods. Additionally, they will partner with us in giving the locals business skills to empower them to start their own businesses and maybe even expand into a micro-business loans program in the future.

Additionally and most importantly, the partnership with Horizon Church over this project will allow those we are investing in to be discipled by the body of Horizon and for the gospel to be shared beyond our time there. This is a crucial aspect to this partnership, as we know that we are leaving the locals in the hands of committed gospel sharers and disciple makers.

This is an amazing opportunity that has been given to us. "To whom much is given, much is required" Luke 12:48. I believe firmly that we have been given this opportunity to further the kingdom.

THE ASK.

I'm looking for TEN friends to commit to a monthly donation of $15/month or greater. We would like to invite you to partner alongside the projects we’re sponsoring and to join in our efforts as you financially give as you feel led. While all gifts are a great blessing and huge support, it is the strength of our monthly sponsorships that bless our organization the most. The support we receive each month through our monthly sponsors allows our organization to plan according for the upcoming months while more effectively ministering to the needs of others. We would like to encourage you to prayerfully become a monthly sponsor today and coming on board with the RED Movement!

THANK YOU for your partnership, your involvement and your investment. We are propelled forward knowing you are in this with us!! All gifts are tax-deductible. Thank you for considering it!

We have compiled a list of resources needed for this micro-entrepreneurship program to succeed. We hope that we can build a team of supporters who want to pioneer this movement in Jaco by helping us meet some our of quarterly (25K) and yearly (100K) financial goals.

What We Need:

We need a lot of materials in order to make this possible and we need your help to meet our goals. We have an upcoming trip in March to establish more of these relationships and look for ways to make ethical employment possible for the people of Jaco. While we are down there we will be surveying the homes in the river to see what each home needs so that we can prepare and purchase the items for our trip in August. Below is a list of needs we've compiled based on the information we currently know.

Administrative Needs: (48K)

-$12,000 Updated and Improved Website

-$30,000 First Red Full-Time Employee

-$6,000 Six Trips to CR for administration to check on working being done in Jaco ($1000 per trip)

Missional Needs: (50K)

-$10k 2017 Capital Improvement Goal; Includes purchasing the following items:

-Bags of Cement

-Tin Roofs

-Cinderblock

-Replacing Rotten Wood

-Patching Agent

-Labor Costs

-Sewing Machines

-Materials Cost

-$10,000-$15,000 Full-time Transportation in Jaco

-$5,000 Lodging and Food While in Jaco (Approx. $5,000)

-$10,000 August Trip for Student Athletes and Leaders

-$10,000 Contingency

Red’s Financial Goal: $100,000 Per Year / $25,000 Per Quarter

We are striving for:

-50 Individuals to give $600 a year

- 25 Individuals to give $600 a year & 50 Individuals to give $300 a year

2 Options

-Donation could be made with 1 payment OR Donation could be made Monthly or Quarterly.

Examples:

-$600 a year = $50 per month

-$300 a year = $25 per month

-$240 a year = $20 per month

-$180 a year = $15 per month

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