ALIX DONATION FUND: December 2012

Alix Donation Fund Christmas Project 2012/13

- http://alixdonationfund.blogspot.com/ A D F

+ 1 (405) 250 9006

Greetings from Norman, where I have been the Director and Chief
Curator to the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at University of Oklahoma
for more than five years. It is a challenging and exciting job, which
allows me to use my logistical and managerial capacities as well as
my creativity toward the development of Education. In the mean time,
I am still raising money for the endowment in order to secure the
future of the Museum. Last September, we celebrated the gift of the
James T. Bialac Collection of Contemporary Native American Art. More
than 4000 works of Art given to the University of Oklahoma which we
displayed on more than 40,000 square feet of exhibition throughout
the campus. Symposiums, lectures, original choreography, and Artist
demonstrations took place during the opening weekend. The semester is
busy with many other activities and we are planning our next three
years of exhibition, including an International Biennale of Art based
on the Weather.

As usual, I have spent a week in Guatemala during the Thanksgiving 's
break to visit different projects, collect information and finalize
our goal for the 2012/2013 Alix Donation Fund campaign.
I hope that all of you are well.

As you remembered my "THANK YOU" email from April 2012, we had
exceeded our goal last year with $70,900 which had helped more than
5,300 children and families.

ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. But of course, we have to
start again each year.

This is the information letter for the Alix Donation Fund (ADF)
Christmas Project 2012/2013, which I promised to send you every year
before the Holidays. Once again we will help Guatemalans through THE
GOD'S CHILD Project and Project ECOFILTRO as well as Oklahoma
children through the FOOD 4 KIDS project (Food Bank of Oklahoma).
Although it may sound surprising to add a project in one of the
wealthiest nations in the world, the US is also a land of contrasts
and there is great poverty, especially in Oklahoma. You would be
surprised to learn that 20% of children there suffer from hunger.
Yes, you read me correctly: 20% of children haven't enough to eat on
a daily basis in the land of McDonald's.

Also, for the third year, I will add another project which I have
started three years ago with my friend Philip Wilson in order to send
more than fifteen Guatemalan orphans from the "Mi Casa" project to
University each year. This project was made possible with a
posthumous gift from my late nephew Louis Lebel and therefore this
scholarship is named the Louis Lebel and Henry Hugh Wilson
Scholarship Fund.

We will also continue last year's technical innovation in the sense
that I will ask you to make contributions directly to the project(s)
you want to support OR for European donations please see instructions
at the end of this email.

To the extent of your generosity, the Alix Donation Fund (ADF) will
finance each of these four projects as much as possible, pending your
donation. Of course, my dream would be that together we could cover
them completely! Let's try to make this Christmas, more memorable and
enjoyable. Please remember that any donation you can give makes a
real difference! In advance, thank you very much for your help, and
do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
(Ghislain@dhumieres.org ; or cell number: +1 405 250 9006) .
I truly think these four projects are worthwhile and deserve again
your favor.

If you are keen on this project, please send donations to:

The God's Child Project
PO Box 1573
721 Memorial Highways
Bismarck, ND 58502-1573

Please write your check payable to "The God's Child Project"
BUT WRITE IN MEMO: ADF

- OR -

- http://alixdonationfund.blogspot.com/2012/12/donate-to-gods-child-project_11.html

This project is registered as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit entity and
will issue receipts for tax deduction purposes.

Project 1:
Special Education Students in Antigua & Surrounding Communities of
Handicapped Students

For the first four years, the ADF has been supporting the Hermano
Pedro Special Education School (EEHP - http://alixdonationfund.blogspot.com/2007_12_01_archive.html ) by sponsoring the annual salaries of three professional teachers,
as well as providing school supplies for the students. This project,
which I had personally visited, is incredible and extremely well run.
Four years ago 5 teachers were sponsored. Three years ago, after
reviewing and visiting the project, I have decided to focus on better
teaching and select 4 teachers with a better training and educative
knowledge for special programs. The school will be able to welcome
around 100 physically, mentally, intellectually and emotionally
handicapped children from January to October 2013.

When you click on the above link you are going to see some of these
100 special need children as they excitedly start out their new
school year... thanks to you!

The annual salary for 4 teachers and part of the school supplies is
around $12,500 in order to help more than 100 special need children.

IF you are keen on this project, please send donations to:

Ecofiltro: One
4616 25th Avenue NE #495
Seattle, WA 98105

Please make your check payable to "Ecofiltro:One"
BUT WRITE in MEMO: ADF/Ecofiltro

- OR -

- http://ecofiltro.org/node/10

This project is registered as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit entity and
will issue receipts for tax deduction purposes.

Project 2:
Ecofiltro:One

Our philosophy of development evolved as a solution to water needs in
developing countries by using sustainable materials in a sustainable
manner, including funding. We wanted to reduce the need for people to
rely on long-distance aid and resources from overseas and at the same
time provide them opportunities to participate in solving their water
crisis apart from governmental infrastructure or NGOs. We arrived at
a hybrid business model that uses urban filter sales to subsidize
filter costs in rural areas. We reach rural communities by partnering
with local community leadership, educating them about the importance
of clean drinking water. Whether they get water from a natural
spring, rain run-off, or contaminated well, our goal is to help
villagers understand the health benefits of filtered water. We know
the only way to do this sustainably is to organize communities to
take control of their own health the same way affluent nations do.

For villagers, first we educate, then provide the first filter, and
finally we set up a financial infrastructure of savings and payments
suited to rural lifestyle. This ensures that all filter recipients
have the knowledge and resources to continue to buy filters for life,
which means good health no matter what the water source is. One
hundred percent of public donations fund home filters, and private
donations fund field projects and administrative costs.

Project: $15,000
1) We have been working in villages surrounding the municipality of
San Martin Jilotepeque for the past year. However, our work in this
area has only begun. We have delivered filters and set up our program
in just under ten percent of the 120 villages in this area. Our field
representative, Emanuel has been reaching out to more villages in the
area and there is great interest in the project. We need your help to
reach another 250 families in 2013. 100% of your donation goes to
fund the first filter. We will take it from there and set-up a
program to help the families secure filters for the rest of their
lives.

2) In conjunction with several other charities who are working in the
Guatemalan City dump, it is our goal to reach 1,000 families who live
near the dump and spend their days sifting through trash to find
valuables and recyclables. We are securing funding from several other
charities but we could use your help to fund the first filter for 125
families.

3) In order for children from San Martin Jilotepeque to get pure
water at school too, we will give 28 large filters (60 liters) to
each local school in this municipality.

For a total of 375 families and malnourished children (around 4,000
people) we will need a total of $15,000.

IF you are keen on this project, please send donations to:

Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma
PO Box 270968
Oklahoma City, OK 73137-0968 USA

Please make your check payable to "Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma"
BUT WRITE in MEMO:ADF F4K-Norman

- OR -

- https://secure3.convio.net/rfbo/site/Donation2?df_id=2240&2240.donation=form1&JServSessionIdr004=sj77aet007.app304b

This project is registered as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit entity and
will issue receipts for tax deduction purposes.

Project 3:
Norman Oklahoma (USA) Food Bank project Help children to get enough
food everyday

You may be surprised to learn that one in five children in Oklahoma
struggle with hunger on a daily basis. Fortunately, the Regional
Food Bank of Oklahoma's Food 4 Kids program - http://rfbo.regionalfoodbank.org/site/Donation2?df_id=2240&2240.donation=form1 provides chronically hungry elementary school children in Norman
with a backpack of kid-friendly, nutritious food every weekend and
holiday throughout the school year. Last school year, 550 children
in 15 elementary schools in Norman benefited from the Food 4 Kids
program. Before joining Food 4 Kids, these children had very little,
or nothing, to eat between their free/reduced price school lunch on
Friday and school breakfast on Monday.

Please consider a gift to Food 4 Kids-Norman. $200 will provide a
backpack of food for an entire school year for one child. Your help
is vital to the lives of these children.

This year, the ADF is trying to raise $10,000 in order to help at
least 50 kids.

Checks can be made payable to MI CASA (WITH MEMO ADF) and will be
deposited on the orphanage account. Correspondence and donations can
be sent to the following address:

MI CASA \
QB-JE GUA016
P.O. Box 02-5368
Miami, FL 33102

This project is registered as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit entity and
will issue receipts for tax deduction purposes.

Project 4: Louis Lebel and Henry Hugh Wilson Scholarship Fund.

The Guatemalan orphanage, Mi Casa - http://www.micasaonline.org/ , located in Zona 10
in Guatemala City has been welcoming, feeding and educating more than
350 street kids every year for the last 40 years.

Many of these children are very hard workers and deserve to go to
University but have no funding to support their hope.

The Louis Lebel and Henry Hugh Wilson Scholarship will help more than
15 students each year from Mi Casa to go through University and be
able to give back to the community.

By clicking here - http://alixdonationfund.blogspot.com/2012/12/blog-post.html you will see the photos and bios of the 18 candidates for this years
scholarship.

To support their education, the ADF is raising $20,000 which will
cover the higher education cost.

TIMING:

For logistical reasons, I ask that you please send your donation as
soon as possible, as the need is huge as usual and the situation
really difficult.

My Father is kind enough to receive your gift and will deposit it to
my account, from which I will transfer it to the GOD'S CHILD Project,
ECOFILTRO or the FOODBANK directly! Shortly after your gift, you will
receive a "thank you note" from them, and later on I will send you a
Thank You email with photos and details about each of the projects to
help those less fortunate that we were able to undertake. Thank you
once again for your love and support for the poor. You can't imagine
how much I appreciate your kindness and consideration with this.

The GOAL of the 2012/13 ALIX DONATION FUND (ADF)

The campaign in Guatemala for the first two projects is to raise a
minimum of $47,500 in order TO HELP more than 5 ,818 adults and
children.
In campaign in Norman Oklahoma is to raise $10,000 in order to help
at least 50 kids.

DONATIONS:

Please use the payment link for each project as it is easier and
faster, or send check in USD directly at one of each charitable
organization.
PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO MEMO YOUR CHECK ADF

OR, for EEC residents and Euro bank account:

TRANSFER TO MY BANK:

Societe Generale compte: Ghislain d'Humieres
IBAN: FR76 30003 00190 00058150815 27 OR

SEND A CHECK:

Please write check payable to "Ghislain d'Humieres" and send it to my
Father:

General Septime d'Humieres

Chateau de Marcoles

15220, Marcoles
France

ADF - Ghislain d'humieres
555 Elm Avenue
Norman, Oklahoma 73019
US