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New Beginnings provides physical, educational, spiritual, and community support to the families living near the garbage dump in Bosques del Progreso, near Puerto Vallarta. Your donation will be used to fund activities and programs as needed, or if you prefer, you can request that your donation be applied specifically to any of the activities listed below. You can also volunteer your time and any expertise you may have.
For each of the listed activities, a brief description and some associated costs are given. These costs are based on actual expenses incurred, and may vary depending on item and time of year. For example, the cost of school uniforms will vary depending on school, uniform size and store. Food prices vary depending on time of year. Where costs do vary, the upper range is used.
 Click here to download our volunteer application form and code of conduct
People need to be healthy to meet the challenges they face. In addition to the normal health concerns we all have, the people we serve live in a very toxic environment, are often malnourished, do not have ready access to safe water, and must contend with parasites and illnesses such as Dengue Fever.
New Beginnings provides access to doctors, dentists, medicine and ongoing treatments. Some of these costs are relatively inexpensive, for example, a child can be cured of parasites for about $150 pesos ($15 Cdn). Some treatments are considerably more expensive, and may require lab tests and follow up visits.
We welcome any medical and health professionals - doctors, dentists, nurses, physiotherapists, masseuses etc. - to come and volunteer your time and skills.
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A proper education is necessary to obtain good employment and break the cycle of working on the garbage dump or for sub-poverty wages. New Beginnings will provide the necessary funds and support to allow children to attend school, including registration, fees, programs, activities and uniforms. The cost of school is often prohibitive for these families, especially for families with multiple children. The cost of sending one child to school can be:
Kinder (ages 3, 4 and 5):
- Registration - $ 300 pesos
- Maintenance - $ 400 pesos
- Meal program - $ 2,000 pesos
- Materials - $ 250 pesos
- Books - $ 250 pesos
- Skirts (2) - $ 320 pesos
- Pants (2) - $ 320 pesos
- Shirts (2) - $ 240 pesos
- Socks (2) - $ 40 pesos
- Gym clothes - $ 150 pesos
- School shoes - $ 250 pesos
- Running shoes - $ 250 pesos
- Backpack - $ 150 pesos
- Pencils etc. - $ 200 pesos
- Miscellaneous - $ 250 pesos
- Total - $ 5,050 pesos (app $500 Canadian)
Children must complete Kinder to advance to Primary. If school dues and fees are not completely paid, the child cannot advance to Primary. Children must have a Birth Certificate to attend Primary. If a child does not have one, New Beginnings will assist the families in obtaining one.
Primary:
- Registration - $ 200 pesos
- Maintenance - $ 400 pesos
- Materials - $ 250 pesos
- Books - $ 250 pesos
- Books (optional) - $300 pesos
- Skirts (2) - $ 320 pesos
- Pants (2) - $ 320 pesos
- Shirts (2) - $ 240 pesos
- Socks (2) - $ 40 pesos
- Gym clothes - $ 150 pesos
- School shoes - $ 250 pesos
- Running shoes - $ 250 pesos
- Backpack - $ 150 pesos
- Pencils etc. - $ 200 pesos
- Miscellaneous - $ 250 pesos
- Total - $ 3,110 pesos (app $300 Canadian)
New Beginnings also provides educational assistance to adults, by assisting adults to enrol in programs to obtain an education or new occupational skills. For example, New Beginnings has enrolled a young father in a government program to obtain certification as an auto mechanic.
English is taught 3 times a week, to help adults obtain employment in the tourist and service industry.
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Lunch Program
A nutritious meal is provided to the children every Monday to Friday. The meal is usually given at 1:00 p.m, as the children who attend morning school are home, and the children who attend afternoon school have not yet left. Childrens chewable multi-vitamins are also given when available.
The meals are varied, to provide as broad a range of vitamins, minerals and nutrition as possible. Actual examples of meals, and costs, are listed below. Each meal will feed 45 to 50 children.
- Sandwiches
- ham - $90 pesos
- cheese - $30 pesos
- lala (dressing) - $30 pesos
- buns - $30 pesos
- fruit - $50 pesos
- zuko (fruit crystals) - $7 pesos
- Total - $237 pesos ($23.70 Cdn)
- Hot Dogs
- buns - $60 pesos
- meat - $70 pesos
- catsup - $20 pesos
- fruit - $50 pesos
- zuko (fruit crystals) - $7 pesos
- Total - $207 pesos ($20.70 Cdn)
- Sopa Frio
- pasta - $30 pesos
- lala (dressing) - $45 pesos
- ham - $50 pesos
- peas or corns - $12 pesos
- fruit - $50 pesos
- zuko (fruit crystals) - $7 pesos
- Total - $194 pesos ($19.40 Cdn)
- Cup of Soup
- cup of soup - $180 pesos
- fruit - $50 pesos
- Total - $230 pesos ($23.00 Cdn)
- Smoothies
- bananas - $40 pesos
- strawberries - $70 pesos
- yoghurt - $140 pesos
- juice - $7 pesos
- Total - $257 pesos ($25.70 Cdn)
- Chicken Tacos
- chicken - $180 pesos
- tortillas - $33 pesos
- rice & tomato cubes - $17.50 pesos
- beans - $30 pesos
- zuko (fruit crystals) - $7 pesos
- Total - $267.50 pesos ($26.75 Cdn)
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Families deserve to live in a safe, secure, clean house with water, sewer and electricity. Currently, most families live in houses made of materials found on the garbage dump - tarpaper, tarps, clothes - whatever they can find. Floors are usually dirt, which contributes to parasites and unsanitary conditions. Sewers are often not hooked up, which can lead to sewage leaking onto the street, where the children play.
New Beginnings is committed to helping families live in a proper house by:
- pouring concrete floors
- providing building materials, such as blocks, concrete and proper roofing
- helping the families build their houses using visiting mission teams or individuals
- coordinating micro loans to help build a house through CompassioNet Canada
- working with the local government to install sewer hookups for every house
- helping to hook up water and electricity
New Beginnings has purchased land on which to build a community centre/apartments/church - i.e. a multi-use facility to be used by the community and for New Beginnings programs. Donations to this building fund are appreciated.
Typical construction and hook up costs are:
- 3/8" rebar - $75 pesos
- Armex metal supports - $120 pesos
- Cement (bag) - $100 pesos
- Mortar (bag) - $80 pesos
- Sand (truckload) - $600 pesos
- Gravel (truckload) - $900 pesos
- 1/2 sand & 1/2 gravel (truckload) - $800 pesos
- Cement bricks; 10x14x28(cm)(1,000) - $2,350 pesos
- Cement bricks; 12x20x40(cm)(1,000) - $5,350 pesos
- Cement bricks: 14x20x40(cm)(1,000) - $6,500 pesos
- Red bricks (1,000) - $2,100 pesos
- Laminas tiles for roof - $440 pesos
- Metal supports for roof - $500 pesos
- Electricity hookup - $2,000 pesos
- Water hookup - $3,000 pesos
- Sewer hookup - $2,000 pesos
The materials to build a typical 4m x 4m (12'x12') one room house, complete with water and electricity, can cost approximately $30,000 pesos ($3,000 Cdn).
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Milk
Milk is provided weekly to all of the children and pregnant and nursing mothers. Enough milk is provided to allow each child or mother 2 glasses a day - about 4 litres weekly.
Milk is provided in two forms, depending on the needs and preferences of the families:
- liquid - a 1 litre carton, which stays fresh until opened. These cartons can cost from $10 to $15 pesos per litre, depending on availability.
- powder - packets which are mixed with one litre of water. These packets cost about $12 pesos each. The powdered milk is mainly used for babies and very young children.
New Beginnings spends, on average, $4,000 pesos ($365 cdn)weekly on the milk program.
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Food Program
The families often need assistance to ensure there is enough food. A family of 6 (2 adults, 4 children) will spend about $100 pesos a day on food. However, this will only purchase a bag of rice, eggs, tortillas, salsa, and zuko (fruit crystals). This is what a family will eat, every day, if there is enough money. Fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and milk are not part of a family's normal diet.
New Beginnings supplements each families diet by providing a bag of groceries - called a dispensa - weekly. The contents of the dispensa are different every second week. The two dispensas are:
- Week 1
- 500 ml bottle of cooking oil - $10 pesos
- 1 kg bag of rice - $14 pesos
- 2 x 200g bags of pasta - $10 pesos
- 500g bag of rolled oats - $8 pesos
- various fruits and vegetables - 20 pesos
- Total - $62 pesos ($5.65 Cdn) per dispensa
- Week 2
- various fruits and vegetables - 20 pesos
- 1 kg bag of beans - $20 pesos
- 500g bag of lentils - $8 pesos
- 1 tin of tuna - $9 pesos
- Toilet paper - $5 pesos
- Total - $62 pesos ($5.65 Cdn) per dispensa
Supplemental food is provided to families when requested. New Beginnings spends, on average, $6,000 pesos ($546 cdn) weekly on food.
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Spiritual
New Beginnings holds spanish speaking bible study daily. NIV English/Spanish bibles are provided to all who participate. It is the desire of New Beginnings volunteers to show the heart of Jesus in all that we do and say.
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Mosquito Control
Mosquitos in this area carry Dengue Fever. This is a serious illness for which there is no cure. After being bitten by a mosquito carrying the virus, the incubation period ranges from three to 15 (usually five to eight) days before the signs and symptoms of dengue appear. Dengue starts with chills, headache, pain upon moving the eyes, and low backache. Painful aching in the legs and joints occurs during the first hours of illness. The temperature rises quickly as high as 104° F (40° C), with relative low heart rate and low blood pressure. The eyes become reddened. A flushing or pale pink rash comes over the face and then disappears. The glands in the neck and groin are often swollen.
Fever and other signs of dengue last for two to four days, followed by rapid drop in temperature (defervescence) with profuse sweating. This precedes a period with normal temperature and a sense of well-being that lasts about a day. A second rapid rise in temperature follows. A characteristic rash appears along with the fever and spreads from the extremities to cover the entire body except the face. The palms and soles may be bright red and swollen.
New Beginnings provides mosquito nets (when available), and mosquito repellant such as spirals. However, the best solution is prevention. New Beginnings housing construction will provide better housing to keep mosquitoes outside. Projects such as connecting houses to sewers will remove standing water where the mosquitoes breed.
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Furniture
New Beginnings will provide furniture as needed. There is a constant requirement for beds, mattresses, stoves and shelving. Fridges are provided where electricity is available.
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Propane
Most families do not have proper cooking facilities, and often cook over open fires. New Beginnings will provide each family with a gas stove, propane tank and hookups. The propane tanks are replaced when empty.
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Volunteering
Volunteers are required to pay their own expenses. New Beginnings volunteers living in Mexico may be able to provide limited accommodation at a reduced cost. Projects, such as cosntruction, should be funded by visiting volunteers.
New Beginnings welcomes "intentional volunteers", such as doctors, dentists and teachers. Volunteers who wish to provide specific programs, such as marriage courses, are also welcomed.
Click here to download our volunteer application form and code of conduct
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Sponsorships are available with a variety of options. Children and/or families may be sponsored. Specific apsects, such as medical requirements, may be sponsored. Donations provided for a sponsorship are directed to the sponsored individual or family.
Information about sponsorships is available from New Beginnings, from the contacts provided on the Contacts page.
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Operating Costs
New Beginnings volunteers pay for their own costs. Andy and Janet Stevenson, the Directors of New Beginnings, pay their own transportation, accommodation and living expenses. New Beginnings donations are not used to cover these expenses.
Donations directed to cover these operating costs are appreciated.
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New Beginnings provides physical, educational, spiritual, and community support to the families living near the garbage dump in Bosques del Progreso, near Puerto Vallarta. Your donation will be used to fund activities and programs as needed, or if you prefer, you can request that your donation be applied specifically to any of the activities listed below. You can also volunteer your time and any expertise you may have.
For each of the listed activities, a brief description and some associated costs are given. These costs are based on actual expenses incurred, and may vary depending on item and time of year. For example, the cost of school uniforms will vary depending on school, uniform size and store. Food prices vary depending on time of year. Where costs do vary, the upper range is used.
Click here to download our volunteer application form and code of conduct
People need to be healthy to meet the challenges they face. In addition to the normal health concerns we all have, the people we serve live in a very toxic environment, are often malnourished, do not have ready access to safe water, and must contend with parasites and illnesses such as Dengue Fever.
New Beginnings provides access to doctors, dentists, medicine and ongoing treatments. Some of these costs are relatively inexpensive, for example, a child can be cured of parasites for about $150 pesos ($15 Cdn). Some treatments are considerably more expensive, and may require lab tests and follow up visits.
We welcome any medical and health professionals - doctors, dentists, nurses, physiotherapists, masseuses etc. - to come and volunteer your time and skills.
Top of Page
A proper education is necessary to obtain good employment and break the cycle of working on the garbage dump or for sub-poverty wages. New Beginnings will provide the necessary funds and support to allow children to attend school, including registration, fees, programs, activities and uniforms. The cost of school is often prohibitive for these families, especially for families with multiple children. The cost of sending one child to school can be:
Kinder (ages 3, 4 and 5):
- Registration - $ 300 pesos
- Maintenance - $ 400 pesos
- Meal program - $ 2,000 pesos
- Materials - $ 250 pesos
- Books - $ 250 pesos
- Skirts (2) - $ 320 pesos
- Pants (2) - $ 320 pesos
- Shirts (2) - $ 240 pesos
- Socks (2) - $ 40 pesos
- Gym clothes - $ 150 pesos
- School shoes - $ 250 pesos
- Running shoes - $ 250 pesos
- Backpack - $ 150 pesos
- Pencils etc. - $ 200 pesos
- Miscellaneous - $ 250 pesos
- Total - $ 5,050 pesos (app $500 Canadian)
Children must complete Kinder to advance to Primary. If school dues and fees are not completely paid, the child cannot advance to Primary. Children must have a Birth Certificate to attend Primary. If a child does not have one, New Beginnings will assist the families in obtaining one.
Primary:
- Registration - $ 200 pesos
- Maintenance - $ 400 pesos
- Materials - $ 250 pesos
- Books - $ 250 pesos
- Books (optional) - $300 pesos
- Skirts (2) - $ 320 pesos
- Pants (2) - $ 320 pesos
- Shirts (2) - $ 240 pesos
- Socks (2) - $ 40 pesos
- Gym clothes - $ 150 pesos
- School shoes - $ 250 pesos
- Running shoes - $ 250 pesos
- Backpack - $ 150 pesos
- Pencils etc. - $ 200 pesos
- Miscellaneous - $ 250 pesos
- Total - $ 3,110 pesos (app $300 Canadian)
New Beginnings also provides educational assistance to adults, by assisting adults to enrol in programs to obtain an education or new occupational skills. For example, New Beginnings has enrolled a young father in a government program to obtain certification as an auto mechanic.
English is taught 3 times a week, to help adults obtain employment in the tourist and service industry.
Top of Page
Lunch Program
A nutritious meal is provided to the children every Monday to Friday. The meal is usually given at 1:00 p.m, as the children who attend morning school are home, and the children who attend afternoon school have not yet left. Childrens chewable multi-vitamins are also given when available.
The meals are varied, to provide as broad a range of vitamins, minerals and nutrition as possible. Actual examples of meals, and costs, are listed below. Each meal will feed 45 to 50 children.
- Sandwiches
- ham - $90 pesos
- cheese - $30 pesos
- lala (dressing) - $30 pesos
- buns - $30 pesos
- fruit - $50 pesos
- zuko (fruit crystals) - $7 pesos
- Total - $237 pesos ($23.70 Cdn)
- Hot Dogs
- buns - $60 pesos
- meat - $70 pesos
- catsup - $20 pesos
- fruit - $50 pesos
- zuko (fruit crystals) - $7 pesos
- Total - $207 pesos ($20.70 Cdn)
- Sopa Frio
- pasta - $30 pesos
- lala (dressing) - $45 pesos
- ham - $50 pesos
- peas or corns - $12 pesos
- fruit - $50 pesos
- zuko (fruit crystals) - $7 pesos
- Total - $194 pesos ($19.40 Cdn)
- Cup of Soup
- cup of soup - $180 pesos
- fruit - $50 pesos
- Total - $230 pesos ($23.00 Cdn)
- Smoothies
- bananas - $40 pesos
- strawberries - $70 pesos
- yoghurt - $140 pesos
- juice - $7 pesos
- Total - $257 pesos ($25.70 Cdn)
- Chicken Tacos
- chicken - $180 pesos
- tortillas - $33 pesos
- rice & tomato cubes - $17.50 pesos
- beans - $30 pesos
- zuko (fruit crystals) - $7 pesos
- Total - $267.50 pesos ($26.75 Cdn)
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Families deserve to live in a safe, secure, clean house with water, sewer and electricity. Currently, most families live in houses made of materials found on the garbage dump - tarpaper, tarps, clothes - whatever they can find. Floors are usually dirt, which contributes to parasites and unsanitary conditions. Sewers are often not hooked up, which can lead to sewage leaking onto the street, where the children play.
New Beginnings is committed to helping families live in a proper house by:
- pouring concrete floors
- providing building materials, such as blocks, concrete and proper roofing
- helping the families build their houses using visiting mission teams or individuals
- coordinating micro loans to help build a house through CompassioNet Canada
- working with the local government to install sewer hookups for every house
- helping to hook up water and electricity
New Beginnings has purchased land on which to build a community centre/apartments/church - i.e. a multi-use facility to be used by the community and for New Beginnings programs. Donations to this building fund are appreciated.
Typical construction and hook up costs are:
- 3/8" rebar - $75 pesos
- Armex metal supports - $120 pesos
- Cement (bag) - $100 pesos
- Mortar (bag) - $80 pesos
- Sand (truckload) - $600 pesos
- Gravel (truckload) - $900 pesos
- 1/2 sand & 1/2 gravel (truckload) - $800 pesos
- Cement bricks; 10x14x28(cm)(1,000) - $2,350 pesos
- Cement bricks; 12x20x40(cm)(1,000) - $5,350 pesos
- Cement bricks: 14x20x40(cm)(1,000) - $6,500 pesos
- Red bricks (1,000) - $2,100 pesos
- Laminas tiles for roof - $440 pesos
- Metal supports for roof - $500 pesos
- Electricity hookup - $2,000 pesos
- Water hookup - $3,000 pesos
- Sewer hookup - $2,000 pesos
The materials to build a typical 4m x 4m (12'x12') one room house, complete with water and electricity, can cost approximately $30,000 pesos ($3,000 Cdn).
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Milk
Milk is provided weekly to all of the children and pregnant and nursing mothers. Enough milk is provided to allow each child or mother 2 glasses a day - about 4 litres weekly.
Milk is provided in two forms, depending on the needs and preferences of the families:
- liquid - a 1 litre carton, which stays fresh until opened. These cartons can cost from $10 to $15 pesos per litre, depending on availability.
- powder - packets which are mixed with one litre of water. These packets cost about $12 pesos each. The powdered milk is mainly used for babies and very young children.
New Beginnings spends, on average, $4,000 pesos ($365 cdn)weekly on the milk program.
Top of Page
Food Program
The families often need assistance to ensure there is enough food. A family of 6 (2 adults, 4 children) will spend about $100 pesos a day on food. However, this will only purchase a bag of rice, eggs, tortillas, salsa, and zuko (fruit crystals). This is what a family will eat, every day, if there is enough money. Fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and milk are not part of a family's normal diet.
New Beginnings supplements each families diet by providing a bag of groceries - called a dispensa - weekly. The contents of the dispensa are different every second week. The two dispensas are:
- Week 1
- 500 ml bottle of cooking oil - $10 pesos
- 1 kg bag of rice - $14 pesos
- 2 x 200g bags of pasta - $10 pesos
- 500g bag of rolled oats - $8 pesos
- various fruits and vegetables - 20 pesos
- Total - $62 pesos ($5.65 Cdn) per dispensa
- Week 2
- various fruits and vegetables - 20 pesos
- 1 kg bag of beans - $20 pesos
- 500g bag of lentils - $8 pesos
- 1 tin of tuna - $9 pesos
- Toilet paper - $5 pesos
- Total - $62 pesos ($5.65 Cdn) per dispensa
Supplemental food is provided to families when requested. New Beginnings spends, on average, $6,000 pesos ($546 cdn) weekly on food.
Top of Page
Spiritual
New Beginnings holds spanish speaking bible study daily. NIV English/Spanish bibles are provided to all who participate. It is the desire of New Beginnings volunteers to show the heart of Jesus in all that we do and say.
Top of Page
Mosquito Control
Mosquitos in this area carry Dengue Fever. This is a serious illness for which there is no cure. After being bitten by a mosquito carrying the virus, the incubation period ranges from three to 15 (usually five to eight) days before the signs and symptoms of dengue appear. Dengue starts with chills, headache, pain upon moving the eyes, and low backache. Painful aching in the legs and joints occurs during the first hours of illness. The temperature rises quickly as high as 104° F (40° C), with relative low heart rate and low blood pressure. The eyes become reddened. A flushing or pale pink rash comes over the face and then disappears. The glands in the neck and groin are often swollen.
Fever and other signs of dengue last for two to four days, followed by rapid drop in temperature (defervescence) with profuse sweating. This precedes a period with normal temperature and a sense of well-being that lasts about a day. A second rapid rise in temperature follows. A characteristic rash appears along with the fever and spreads from the extremities to cover the entire body except the face. The palms and soles may be bright red and swollen.
New Beginnings provides mosquito nets (when available), and mosquito repellant such as spirals. However, the best solution is prevention. New Beginnings housing construction will provide better housing to keep mosquitoes outside. Projects such as connecting houses to sewers will remove standing water where the mosquitoes breed.
Top of Page
Furniture
New Beginnings will provide furniture as needed. There is a constant requirement for beds, mattresses, stoves and shelving. Fridges are provided where electricity is available.
Top of Page
Propane
Most families do not have proper cooking facilities, and often cook over open fires. New Beginnings will provide each family with a gas stove, propane tank and hookups. The propane tanks are replaced when empty.
Top of Page
Volunteering
Volunteers are required to pay their own expenses. New Beginnings volunteers living in Mexico may be able to provide limited accommodation at a reduced cost. Projects, such as cosntruction, should be funded by visiting volunteers.
New Beginnings welcomes "intentional volunteers", such as doctors, dentists and teachers. Volunteers who wish to provide specific programs, such as marriage courses, are also welcomed.
Click here to download our volunteer application form and code of conduct
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Sponsorships are available with a variety of options. Children and/or families may be sponsored. Specific apsects, such as medical requirements, may be sponsored. Donations provided for a sponsorship are directed to the sponsored individual or family.
Information about sponsorships is available from New Beginnings, from the contacts provided on the Contacts page.
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Operating Costs
New Beginnings volunteers pay for their own costs. Andy and Janet Stevenson, the Directors of New Beginnings, pay their own transportation, accommodation and living expenses. New Beginnings donations are not used to cover these expenses.
Donations directed to cover these operating costs are appreciated.
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