This semester Miguel Guadalupe, who sits on the Board of Trustees for La Unidad Latina Foundation, led the chapter in organizing a fundraising campaign that enabled the La Unidad Latina Foundation to grant scholarships to 13 students and grants to 8 different projects promoting the Latino community.

The La Unidad Latina Foundation was established in 1999 to serve as an independent, non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to educational achievement and civic empowerment in the Latino community. The objectives of the La Unidad Latina Foundation are:
 
To award scholarships and grants to worthy and needy students for the pursuit of higher education
To encourage participation of Latinos in educational programs and activities
To support community programs which aid in the civic em-powerment and educational improvement of the Latino community.
 
Since its inception, La Unidad Latina Foundation has supported outstanding students from universities and colleges across the U.S. with scholarships ranging from $250 to $1000.

Sigma Chapter's Participation in the Feed Brazil Program

The President of Brazil, Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva has made one of his greatest initiatives while in office helping feed the millions of Brazilians that suffer from malnutrition everyday. The national program is called Fome Zero (Brasilian portuguese for Zero Hunger). For some information on the program click here.

Hunger and poverty is a huge problem in Brazil. For these reasons we have established this program. Your donation, of any magnitude will be going directly to one of the families listed on the following pages and will make a real impact on those individuals lives.

The families who receive our support live in rural settings without running water and 40 percent have no electricity. The job opportunities throughout Brazil are thin with unemployment percentages that reach the high 80 percent in this region of the country . These families on average earn approximately $40 dollars a month while trying to
support families of eight people on average.

La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Sigma Chapter's Feed Brazil Program is a food distribution program in a rural area of the state of Sergepe, Brazil and at an orphanage in Salvador, Brazil. It was established by Thiago Oliveira, an Hermano from LUL's Psi Chapter at Dartmouth College, and Rafael Tapias, an Hermano from Wesleyan University in October of 2003. Between the two programs there are 122 Brazilians that La Unidad Latina sponsors. Children make up 70 percent of this population.

Goals
The Feed Brasil program has the following as its goals:

To provide each family with one basket of food for every month of the year that contains necessities such as rice, beans, pasta, powder milk, etc.

To donate perishable goods four times a year (such as fruits and fish) to the
orphanage.

To Raise $2,500 per year. This will be enough to maintain the program's budget for one
year.

Initiatives

2005
The Sigma Chapter Hermanos have raised $180 thru the Latin Legacy party with Latina Promoviendo Comunidad, Lambda Pi Chi. The Psi Chapter Hermanos will schedule a fund raiser in early May.

2004
Funds were raised through events.

The first in Salvador, Brazil that reaped enough profits to provide the 13 families with one basket of food each, and make one donation of perishable goods to the orphanage.

The second was hosted by Hermanos at Dartmouth. Their efforts, along with the support and aid of their administration and local New Hampshire businesses, made it possible to raise 960 dollars.

At Wesleyan, working along side the Black Womens Collective the Sigma
Chapter Hermanos were able to raise $640 thru our Club Fusion Party held
at Eclectic.

The Hermandad Program
A mentor program developed by La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity Incorporated, in conjunction with La Alianza Latina of Middletown High School. The Hermandad program matches Middletown High School students with students from Wesleyan University. The goal is to provide dedicated Wesleyan students as an academic, social and personal resource for students at Middletown High School as they consider their academic and social futures. If you are interested in participating please contact us