Feliz Navidad from Mexico

Martha Tellez began her project in 2017 to focus on creating choirs for disadvantaged children, children from broken families, and orphans. In this way she could spread the love widely, not just to one child at a time!

Martha: “Our mission is to empower the children with a powerful experience of joy and unity with community through their participation in a choir, building up confidence and discipline to take on the world.”

 

  • “I want the children experience freedom, connectedness, a sense of belonging, self-expression, building self-confidence, joy and happiness.

  • “To know themselves as proud of their culture, proud of their country, worthy and sufficient and a great member of family, friends and community- to get to really experience a sense of achievement moment by moment through song and group expression.

  • “They don’t need any skill or instrument to sing they have a voice. Our program is inclusive of every child and more.”

 

Our progress follows:

By Christmas 2017 – November actually - we had the first choir of 32 girls from “La Casa de Jesus para Protección de La Niña A.C.” in Morelia Michoacán México

By Christmas 2019 we had 3 choirs, in total 98 children

  1. La Casa de Jesús with 36 girls,

  2. Casa Hogar Irekani with 15 children and

  3. Casa Hogar Soledad Gutiérrez Figaredo with 47 children

 

Early 2020 we had 4 choirs with 116 children

  1. La Casa de Jesús with 36 girls

  2. Casa Hogar Irekani with 15 children

  3. Casa Hogar Soledad Gutiérrez Figaredo with 47 children

  4. Fraternidad Sacerdotal San Pio X-Priorato de Leon Guanajuato 18 children

 

At Christmas 2020 through to early 2021 because of COVID and suspension of classes we had only 3 choirs with a total of 42 children.

 

But despite Covid our people in Mexico led by Elizabeth…. And supported by weekly Zoom communication with Martha continued to build our spread of choirs!

 

Today at Christmas 2021 We have over 200 children, 7 choirs in Mexico and an 8th one at early stages in Broome Western Australia for aboriginal children.

 

The impact is not only in the children who are happier, confident and joyful, but in their families where, for instance in Broome mums have become part of the choir helping them bring their families together. They are creating a better future for themselves and the community

We are so happy to let you know that your generous investment is helping multiply the benefits for our youth, community and the world.

Our Broome choir begins, led by Jaime and Paul – yet more treasures in our leadership team.