The Fundacion MIR celebrates the graduation of 103 pupils!

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The Fundacion MIR, a non-profit organisation with a boys and girls vocational schools in la Romana recently celebrated the graduation of pupils from both their boys and girls school. The graduation was held on July 30th at Cancha San Martin de Porres in La Romana and was a joyous occasion, when hundreds of friends and family of the graduated classes turned out to support and celebrate with the 103 graduating pupils. Lian Fanjul de Azqueta, who founded the Fundacion MIR in 1990 took part in the ceremony, joined by Lyanne Azqueta who were both proud to hand out the diplomas and congratulate the graduating pupils for all their hard work. This year was the very first graduation from MIR Esperanza (the Fundacion MIR’s boys vocational school), with 23 boys graduating with qualifications in refrigeration and electricity, a qualification which enables them to proceed in life, to work and succeed in these fields. 80 girls graduated from the Escuela Tecnica Vocacional Fundacion MIR (the girls vocational school) with qualifications on nursing, accounting and culinary arts, which will no doubt stand them in good stead for a very bright future. In total the Fundacion MIR schools currently have more than 1,000 pupils and has to date, graduated 177 girls from the culinary school, 155 girls from nursing school and 120 girls from the accounting school. In the future the Fundacion MIR expects this number to grow exponentially, with the help and support of you and your kind contributions to the Fundacion MIR!

ABOUT MIR The Fundacion MIR (Mission International Rescue) is a non-profit organization that works to supply the Dominican Republic’s most marginalized people with a variety of life-altering services. Since 1990, we have served the women, youth and children of La Romana and the Eastern region of the Dominican Republic by partnering with and providing funding for social programs. With the help of benefactors and individual contributions, the programs provide a home, medical assistance, education and technical preparation for the people that are most in need in our community. To read more about the Fundacion MIR, click here, and click on the links below: The Fundacion MIR Family Weekend for Life: Dancing for Life! Fundacion MIR Family Weekend For Life: Tennis Tournament The Fundacion MIR Family Weekend For Life: The Golf Tournament Advance Preview: The Fundacion MIR Family Weekend For Life It’s time for Spring Cleaning donate your unwanted things to the Fundacion MIR! Dominican basketball star Ivan Almonte plays ball with the boys of the Fundacion MIR The Miami Dolphin Cheerleaders ‘cheer’ with the Fundacion MIR! Learning to save at the Fundacion MIR’s boys school Sugar Open 2010: Dinner and prize-giving at the La Romana Country Club Sugar Open 2010: Ladies Luncheon and MIR Bazaar at the La Romana Country Club The Sugar Open 2010: golfing action on the Teeth of the Dog! The Sugar Open 2010: Dinner hosted by the Gonzalez-Bunster family The Sugar Open 2010: opening cocktails at the Casa de Campo Yacht Club Celebrities tour the Fundacion MIR schools! The Fundacion MIR’s Magical Splendor for Life Gala: breathtakingly glamourous! The Fundacion MIR ‘After-party’ with DJ Gringo hosted by Praia The Fundacion MIR receives a donation of Dell Computers Volunteers from the Fundacion MIR and CARE lend a helping hand in HAITI El Nacimiento Viviente MIR 2009: Christmas nativity play performed by the children of the Fundacion MIR Cartier Benefit at Casa Grande in aid of the Fundacion MIR and the Hogar del Niño Running the New York Marthon in aid of the Fundacion MIR Halloween @ Onno’s in aid of the Fundacion MIR Fundación MIR celebrates another successful ‘Family Weekend for Life’ in Casa de Campo Discovering the Fundacion MIR: La Clinica de Familia Magical Splendor For Life – more than $200,000 raised!