NOTE FROM MARIA CLAUDIA

HI Everybody!

Cecilia gave you the good news. I wanted to thank you girls, especially
Eva and Daria, because thanks to the talks we had with you I learned
about Virtual Enterprises. Also, thank you Daria for the info on how
to create a Business Association for Women.

Cecilia and I took these 2 ideas plus the DIscovery Education Program
as part of our presentation to USAID. USAID in Bolivia wanted to know
what we had done in the US, mostly out of formalism, so they asked us
to make a presentation to the core team in Bolivia. The USAID Director
in Bolivia was there and some other key people from the US Embassy as
well. (we also had a formal meeting with the US Ambassador in Bolivia,
who was very impressed for the "access" we had to top level people in
Washington!)

After making our heart-felt presentation to the people at USAID, they
manifested their interest in helping financing these 3 programs!!! Can
you guys believe it? Cecilia and I were looking at each other in awe,
we just couldn't believe that more good things were coming along our
way.

For now, we just need to help them work on the Project Profiles a bit,
but hopefully our experience in the Mentorship program will have some
result at the National level in Bolivia. Cecilia and I think this is a
way of giving something back, taking into accout all the blessings we
received through the Fortune Mentorship Program.

thank you to you all that made this possible!