[Thinking Beyond Orphanages]

Creating a new paradigm in orphan care that provides real homes and real

families for orphans.

[Master Plan]

“Thus the task is not so much to see what no one yet has seen, but to think what nobody yet has thought about that which everybody sees.”arthur schopenhauer

An institution for the housing and care of orphans.

[awr-fuh-nij] -noun

Work together with us to create a new paradigm of orphan care.

[Contents]

Our Story 6

Vision & Mission 8

Why We Are Different 10

Designing for Mexico 12

The Master Plan 14

How Can You Help? 16

Our Friends 26

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In the early 1990’s, Robert Miller, one of our young board members took a volunteer vacation to Guadalajara, Mexico.

During his trip, he volunteered a week of labor to Casa de Protección al Niño, an orphanage in Tlaquepaque, a suburb of Guadalajara. He was faced every day of that week with the 120 children who subsequently stole his heart. With this emotional connection to the orphanage and its many beautiful children, it was inevitable that more trips were in his future.

Five trips later, he was faced with a decision that would ultimately lead to the foundation of Our Family Orphan Communities, Inc. Due to the death of one of the owners, Casa de Protección al Niño was closing and the children were being split up and relocated to various orphanages across Mexico. Two of the orphan children asked Bob Miller to adopt them.

[families are the seed]our story

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While it was not in his conscious list of life goals, after checking into the legalities and the process, he readily took on the five year challenge of obtaining passports, green cards, and completing the necessary paperwork for the two brothers. He had successfully become the adoptive father of these two young boys.

It was the awareness that he had gained by experiencing, first hand, the difference between children raised in an orphanage and those being raised by a family. This distinction became the seed for this project. We strive to make it possible for more children to be raised in families.

our story

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[for the future]

VISION

The global vision of O.F.O.C. is to improve the life and environment of orphans of any race, religion or gender throughout the world. This is done with an organization that establishes, in developing countries, economically self-sustaining Orphan Communities that purposefully integrate profit making businesses with family style childcare for orphans.

mission vision

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MISSON

To create economically self-sufficient, environmentally green, high-technology based Communities in which street orphans live in a family, have surrogate parents and grandparents, receive healthcare, continue their education, learn computer skills, participate in social & recreational activities, receive job skills training and have an opportunity to attend college so They are better prepared for their and their country’s future.

mission vision

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[what makes us...us.]

IN COMPARISON

Too often, orphanages and orphans are simply treated like objects of charity. Some of the key differences in what traditional orphanages can provide to children and what the Orphan Community can provide for them are detailed to the right. There is only one organization with a unique, complete and economically sustainable program for ongoing total orphan care and development. It is: Our Family Orphan Communities, Inc.

the difference

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children... orphanage community

Are raised in a family No YesLearn how families function & work together No YesLive in single family homes No YesLive with parents No YesLive with grandparents No YesLearn what parents do in and for a family No YesLearn what grandparents do in a family No YesLearn how siblings behave in a family No YesParticipate in activities and events as a family No YesGain an understanding of how to raise a family No YesKnow what it feels like to grow up in a family No YesInvite friends for a sleep over No YesGo to stay at a friend’s home No YesHave toys/things of their own No YesHave clean drinkable running water in the home No YesReceive regular health, dental and vision care No YesLearn that a person works for what they get No YesExperience cultural and art activities Rarely YesGet a quality education Rarely YesLearn computer skills Rarely YesReceive job skills training Rarely YesOpportunity to go to trade school/university Rarely YesHave a financially secure environment. No YesWonder what it is like to have a family. Yes NoDream of being adopted Yes NoWorry about being sent somewhere else Yes NoReceive care based on donations to orphanage Yes NoMay go to bed hungry due to not enough food Yes NoLearn things are donated/given to them in life Yes No Can confidently say “This is MY home” No YesCan confidently say “This is MY family” No Yes

the difference

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[for mexico & beyond]

BEFORE MEXICO

Before the focus on Mexico, one of O.F.O.C.’s international contacts in Vietnam discussed our work with the Humanitarian Support Company in Ho Chi Minh City. Soon, our founder received an airline ticket to go discuss what we were doing. During his trip to Hanoi, we formed a partnership with the Vietnam Aid Society for Disabled Children (VASDC). This organization works on helping children born with defects from Agent Orange. The initial plan for this partnership was to build a single organization to help children worldwide suffering from various states of poverty.

Partners from the VASDC met with the President of Vietnam and soon, Ninh Binh Province donated land for the project. However, the optimism was soon lost, as sources of promised funding began to disappear. We are still waiting on our Vietnamese counterparts to find another source of funding, but this didn’t stop us from focusing our attention on Mexico, the true root of the project.

the design

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FOR MEXICO

Contacts were our first step. We needed people who could help with designs, business plans, architectural drawings and other items in order to prepare the project for implementation in Mexico.

With huge support from the Denver Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, one group stepped forward to help us: the “Idle Creatives,” a support group of artists and architects idled by the recession. Despite their unfortunate circumstances, they were more than willing to jump in head first and do something meaningful. They have become not only donors, but much appreciated, advisors. Our first brochure including a 3-D architectural model of the project was their creation.

Using this brochure and a letter to selected governors in Mexico, we have started the process of creating discussion and building support to acquire land for the project.

the design

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[study for the future]

ENLISTING STUDENT HELP

To jump start the program we put the project in front of a very talented class of graduate students at the University of Colorado College of Architecture and Planning. Along with their professor and an advisor, the students put together a “sample” site for the design (since land has not yet been donated). Using the many tools available to them, the students created a complete mock-up of the site which would be fully functional if put into effect.

It is impossible to fully express in words the gratitude that we feel for the class and the work they are doing on the project.

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As we have told the students, they are not doing this for Our Family Orphan Communities, Inc., or for themselves, but for the children in the future who will benefit from the communities in operation. They are not designing an orphanage, but are helping to create a new paradigm of care for orphans in our world. The community will be the place that these children dream about. A place where they can have a home and a family.

It has been wonderful participating in the presentations with other guests and the volunteer advisors, as we have watched the progress of the students and the master plan.

master plan

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[help them]

WHAT YOU CAN DO

You have the opportunity to help build this unique community for orphans that provides them a home, a family, healthcare, education and job skills. Your help enables us to give them a brighter future.

Volunteering To date there have been more than 300 individuals from over 12 countries contributing to the design and development of the Orphan Communities project. There are many opportunities and ways to utilize your skills and experience.

Investing Social business investment opportunities will soon be available for many of the community businesses. In lieu of placing your funds in a bank account, you have the opportunity to put them to work in a humanitarian business. Your principle will be paid back with fair interest and until you are paid back you will have an influence in the operation of the business.

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Donating Financial donations can always be used for daily operation of the nonprofit charity, or restricted donations can be made for specific activities. Travel funds needed now. In-kind donations including services help us to save cash funds for other needs. Bequests, beneficiary designations and other estate gifts that can be established with guidance from your legal and tax advisors.

Venture Philanthropy We are working to position this unique, new paradigm project so that it is of interest to venture philanthropists. We value the business expertise that comes with venture philanthropy participation. If you feel you are qualified to assist in positioning our organization so that we qualify for venture philanthropist participation, please let us know.

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[of your time]

VOLUNTEERING

Would you have a few hours each month to help us create this community? This new way to care for orphans?

There are dozens of things that you could do. A few examples include:

Writing and refining business plans for each of the businesses in the community Writing and submitting grants Finding opportunities for our executive director to speak to groups and organizations Writing guidelines for selection of the parents and grandparents Writing guidelines for selection of children Writing behavioral expectations for children Finding donors for all of the things needed for the community so we do not have to spend money on them Public relations, public service announcements

only hours

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Auto repair skills to fix volunteer vehicles Microsoft Project Manager Software skills Computer network design Business Intelligence Data Management Financial structuring of community & businesses Economic strategy for community. Structuring for investors Positioning our organization for venture philanthropists Social networking update person to tap the public relations potential of FaceBook, MySpace, Linked-In and others

For a more complete list of volunteering opportunities, see our website:

www.orphancommunities.org or in Spanish at:

www.comunidadesdehuerfanos.org. We are also listing opportunities with Denver Metro Volunteers:

www.metrovolunteers.org

only hours

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[invest your resources]

INVESTING

In order to build the businesses in a community, we need investors and lenders who believe in using their resources to help worthwhile causes.

Social Business Investment Opportunities will soon be available for many of the community businesses. For example:

Aquaculture/GreenhouseDairyFarmBiogasMicroloansEco-tourismAnd others appropriate to the specific market and location.

build locally

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In lieu of placing your funds in a bank account, you have the opportunity to put them to work in a humanitarian business.

Your principle will be paid back with fair interest and until you are paid back you will have a say in the operation of the business.

Please let us know if you would like to be informed when we are ready to begin accepting Social Business Investments.

E-mail: bobm@orphancommunities.org or call us at: 719-379-3755

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[donate confidently]

DONATING

Total transparency is one of our values.

Financial Donations For daily operation of the nonprofit charity, or restricted donations made for specific activities and construction. While staffed with unpaid volunteers, we still have normal operating costs of any organization. Cash donations are needed to pay daily bills as we proceed. Immediate need: Tavel expenses to Mexico All donations are tax-deductible.

Bequests, Beneficiary Designations & Gifts These can be established with guidance from your legal and tax advisors.

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In-Kind Donations Including services, this type of help saves cash funds for other needs. Organizational needs include:

BlackberrysVehiclesVolunteer ResidencesOffice Spaces & Parking

On-Site needs include:Farm equipment and suppliesWater system services and equipmentInfrastructure & construction

For a more complete list of donation opportunities, see our website:

www.orphancommunities.org or in Spanish at:

www.comunidadesdehuerfanos.org. We are also listed with GuideStar:

www2.guidestar.org

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[venture on our path]

VENTURE PHILANTHROPY

This unique, creative new paradigm of orphan care is in one sense “all new” and yet in another sense is not. All parts of this project are drawn from proven business models and childcare models in various locations of the world. We are doing nothing more than consolidating proven techniques in one location.

Since the businesses selected are proven to be profitable, we would value the experience of professional managers who would be part of a venture philanthropy arrangement. Thus we are working to position our project to include key elements for a venture philanthropy relationship. Such as having:

an audacious humanitarian projecta long term plan (3-6 years) for social changeopenness to a managing partner relationshipan accountability-for-results process establisheda plan for using cash and expertisean exit strategy

jump together

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We look forward to partnering with philanthropic organizations that have experience in the businesses that we will be establishing in the community.

If you are affiliated with any venture philanthropy associations or organizations, please contact us to see if we can work together.

We desire to position Nuestra Familia Comunidades de Huérfanos so that it will be of great interest to venture philanthropists.

Please email: bobm@orphancommunities.org or call us at: 719-379-3755

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[with a little help...]

NOTHING TRUMPS COMMUNITY

Since we have turned the focus to Mexico, the following is a partial list of those who have provided help, ideas, suggestions, support and donations to the class and/or the Orphan Community-Mexico project. We especially thank all those who participated as advisors, shared their expertise in developing the facilities of the master plan and who participated in the presentation of it.

our friends

Ed Anderson Healing Waters International – Executive Director

Fabrizio Argueta Charles Schwab & Co. - Client Advisor

Eduardo Arnal P. Consulate of Mexico – Consul General

Dan Benjamin db Atelier Architects - Architect

Ryan Boykin US Capital Investment Mgmt – Financial Advisor

Troy Braegger Holme Roberts & Owen, LLP - Attorney

Adiel Brasov Merrill Lynch – Financial Advisor

Steve Brooks OZ Architecture – Architect

Charlie Bruce Holme Roberts & Owen, LLP - Attorney

Manuel Caballero Latin Marketing Solutions – Marketing Consultant

Mario Carrera Entravision Comm./Univision – General Manager

Abel Chavez U of C - PhD candidate

Bob Citullo Denver Inner City Health Clinic – Medical Doctor

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our friends

Ignacio Correa O. Urban Designer - Architect

Nancy Creamer North Carolina State University – Director CEFS

Marcela de la Mar Consulate of Mexico – Dir. Educ. & Cultural issues

Daniel del Rio Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C. - Attorney

Jorge Eguiarte CTA Architects & Engineers - Architect

Larry Elkins Adobe Compressed Earth - Builder

Mickey Elliot Alliance for Choice & Education - Consultant

Amilcar Garcia C. Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C. - Attorney

Claudio Gonzalez B. Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C. - Attorney

Jorge Gonzalez M. Consulate of Mexico – Consul for Political Affairs

Bob Hackman O & V Printing –/Printer

Michael Hamers Lightspeed Commercial Art - Artist

Daniel Harris Wells Fargo - VP Regional Mgr Philanthropic Serv.

Scott Hartman Boys & Girls Town – Dir. of Program Auditing

Andy Holloman American Family Insurance - Agent

Doug Jackson Project C.U.R.E. - Executive Director

Rick Jackson Global Steel, Inc. - Builder

Garth Jensen Holme Roberts & Owen, LLP - Attorney

Sean Johnson MSCD – Student

Matt Kaspari Kaspo, Inc – Marketing Specialist

Patty Keck CH2M Hill – Community Relations Manager

Bebe Kleinman Doctor’s Care – Executive Director

Bob Krieckhaus Krieckhaus Editing - Editor

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[with a little help...]our friends

Roger LaBorde Shaman’s Door - Counselor

Bernadette Loya Doctor’s Care – Office Manager

Jorge Martinez Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C. - Attorney

Francisco J. Matus B. Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C. - Attorney

Francisco Miraval Project 21 - Journalist

Abraham Morales Archdiocese of Den – Assoc Dir. Hispanic Ministry

Michael Mowrey Maker of Images - Artist

David Muñoz Co. School of Mines–Assoc Prof Humanitarian Eng.

CT Nelson Nelson Art - Artist

Ignacio Orendain K. Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C. - Attorney

Taylor Owen Owen Agency LLC – Foundation Director

Nick Parker PhD Global Scientific, Inc.- Economic Dev. Specialist

Mark Pumphrey So. Broadway Christian Church - Pastor

Amy Reichert Office of Econ Dev & Intn’l Trade - Director

Len Rosenberg Ministry Architecture, Inc. - Architect

Sergio Santana FiBall, LLC – Accountant & Sports Coach

Kate Morgan Savage Highland Ranch Schools - Teacher

Cole Schofield Charles Schwab & Co. – VP Client Service

Juan Serra Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C. - Attorney

Suzanne Shaff Suzanne Shaff Photography - Photographer

Robert Shields R. L. Shields MD - Ophthalmologist

Daniel Smith Co Cardiovascular Surgical Assoc -Surgeon

Linda Sosa St. Cajetan Church – Volunteer Coordinator

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our friends

Luis Soto Archdiocese of Denver –Dir. Hispanic Ministry

Nicole Stibrany db Atelier Architects - Architect

Ron Thompson Boys Town National Research Inst. - Director

Bob Townley C3 – Jared Polis Foundation - Director

Bill Van Doorn Van Doorn Development Group - Developer

Christina Varoz Charles Schwab & Co. - Client Advisor

Sr. Andrea Vasquez Diocese of Pueblo – Bishop’s Staff member

Jessica Vernon Denver Hispanic Chamber of Comm. – Acct Exec.

Charlie Walling Robinson Dairy – General Manager

Robin Waterman Aurora Community Connection – Exec. Director

Steve Werner Werner Consulting - Consultant

Erwin Young Colorado Gators/Aquaculture - Aquaculture Expert

Patrick Young PK Design – Interior Designs

And there were more… (with apologies to anyone we have missed)

“If you are going to give a gift, give what is most precious to you because anything less is just throwing away your trash to someone else.” gerald red elk, 1984

A unified body of individuals:people with common interests

living in a particular area.

[kuh-myoo-ni-tee] -noun

community

Brochure Design: Alexa Kuppers-Kantor

Together we can redefine the term “orphanage” and

change the status quo.