Respect • Equality • Opportunity • Unity • Tolerance

Support SETAC

 

The following are our immediate needs, medium and long range goals:

Immediate:

  • Advocacy and outreach of the Center
  • Consolidation of donors
  • Consolidation of Volunteers

Short term goals (6 months):

  • Consolidation of English Classes
  • Open Computer Lab
  • STD Detection Unit
  • HIV Support in English

Scheduled Fund Raising Activities:

  • January/February – Charity Night at Banana Cantina
  • February - Duckaton/Patoton at Boana Torre Malibu Hotel
  • February 28 /March 1 - Expo Beauty Vallarta International 2010 at the Convention Center

Personnel

To operate the center daily are needed 3 people staff:

  • Person in charge of opening and closing and maintaining of the property
  • Coordinator-center operations- Scheduling services, groups and activities, volunteer recruitment (development of interview and manual), volunteer training
  • Director of Public Relations and Development

Volunteers:

  • Reception: 2 people with hours:
    • 10:00 AM --- 02:00 PM
    • 04:00 PM --- 08:00 PM
  • Distribution of flyers, posters and advertising in general.

Other:

  • Legal advice: ability to counsel and provide services to the under 18 youth.
  • Psychologist volunteer: need to be available on a regular basis.

Goals (1 year or more)

  • Young sex workers empowered and educated. English language and computer training -- either for work or school.
  • Youth leader Training in the community which in turn have the mission to recruit other youths to extend the outreach for prevention and education on STD’s & HIV / AIDS a program called: Heroes.
  • Fight stigma and discrimination of GLBT.
  • Job Opportunities.
  • Achieving self-sustainability for the center: Thrift store.