The SMART Sistas has been representing Team Vanuatu to take part
in the First Global Robotic Challenge since 2017. This year 2019, the SMART
Sistas Vanuatu Team are eagerly preparing for the 2019 FIRST Global Robotic
Challenge to take place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on October 24 – 27, 2019
at the Coca-Cola Arena.
Our SMART Sistas committee is quite fortunate
to have nominated Romney Marum, Manager Engineering & Consumer Care
Division in the office of the Utilities Regulatory Authority as our local
Technical mentor and Doreen Leona, Project Manager of a GEF/UNDP funded project
with the Department of Energy, Ministry of Climate Change. Doreen is also the
Secretary of SMART Sistas Committee and the Chairlady for Women and Girls in
ICT- Vanuatu. Both Romney and Doreen will assist in our planning and
preparation.
Last year with some financial support, we
were able to send three young engineers and two mentors to the FIRST Global
robotics challenge in Mexico City, Mexico! Whether you have been with us since
the first SMART Sistas ICT camp in 2016 or joined us this year for the 4th SMART Sistas Girls ICT
Camp; we hope that you have been able to see the importance and positive impact
this program is having on the participants and their communities. You know our
story and we are submitting this letter to give you an update on our success
and ask that you help us meet our fundraising target.
The FIRST Global Challenge theme for 2019
is “Ocean Opportunities”. Every year millions of tons of pollutants, generated
by human activity, make their way into the world’s oceans, negatively affecting
marine life and global populations. The 2019 FIRST Global Challenge brings
attention to this critical issue in order to educate ourselves and take action
to preserve our oceans and wildlife. This year teams will learn about real world
challenges related to cleaning up the world’s oceans. These students are doing
much more than competing in a robotics game – they are learning that these
challenges will only be overcome when people realize that we are all on the
same team, and that with technology, we can accomplish things we can only
imagine by communicating, cooperating, and working together to apply technology
as a tool for positive change in the world.
The SMART Sistas, mentors, committee
members, parents and community members are all working hard to raise the
745,000 Vatu (VUV) needed for our 2019 team of five students and two mentors to
secure visas, travel and prepare for the 2019 FIRST Global Challenge, but we
need your support. To assist you with what is required, we have attached to
this letter the expenses involved. All donors’ logos will be displayed on the
FIRST Global Website, Team Vanuatu Banner, T-Shirts, Polo Shirts and Team
Vanuatu Track Suite.
Additional sponsorship opportunities are
available:
GOLD 100,000 vatu SILVER 50,000 vatu BRONZE
25,000 vatu
To meet our goal we will exhaust every resource right up to our departure in
October. In order for your organization to receive proper recognition as a
SMART sponsor, including appearing on the FIRST Global Challenge website, we
request that you donate to our GoFundMe page; https://www.gofundme.com/f/vanuatusmart-sistas-first-global-robotics-team before 1 October, 2019.
You can also do direct payments to our Bank
account:
Bank Name: Bank South Pacific (Vanuatu)
Limited
Swift Code: BOSPVUVX
Account Name: SMART Sistas
Account #: 2000849840
We also encourage you to follow our hard work and progress on our Facebook
page: SMARTSistas. If there are any additional questions, we can answer for
you please let us know and one of our enthusiastic team will follow up. Thank
you for your time and consideration.
We look forward to your favorable response.
Yours Sincerely,
Rodney Philemon Chairman of SMART Sistas Committee
C/- PMB 9097 Port Vila
Ph: +678 555-1224
Email: [email protected]
