Last meeting of the Board

Last meeting of the Board hold in the headquarters in Dallas-Texas/USA on December 9,2005

Bajito Onda

7:15 – 7:25 Introductions
7:25 – 7:30 Mission & Cindy Video
7:30 – 7:40 Programs
7:30 – 7:45 History & Accomplishments with Videos
7:45 – 7:55 Future Plans & Challenges
7:55 – 8:10 Board Membership Opportunities
8:10 – 8:20 Commitment & Questions

MISSION: Bajito Onda Believes….
PREVENTION NOT DETENTION

BAJITO ONDA BELIEVES IN KIDS. ALL KIDS. ESPECIALLY THE KIDS WHO MADE A MISTAKE.
Programs target Youth at Risk
- Saving children from gangs, addiction, prison
and death.
–Provide ALL KIDS with educational materials and programs for PREVENTION through Education

MISSION: Bajito Onda Believes….
Breaking the Cycle. Restoring Hope.

Programs designed for Vulnerable Adults:
Facilitate reintegration into society, community & family
Bajito Onda focus currently is Prisoners:
Give persons in PRISON hope for the future
Reintegrating ex offenders back into society so that they are successful contributing citizens.
Program Model can be replicated to support other vulnerable people, such as battered women and homeless

Two Kinds of Programs

1.Direct Services:

BUSINESS BOOT CAMP – Kids or At-Risk Adults:

–Graphic Design & Photography, Publishing
–Design / Printing: Screen Printing – Offset Printing – Digital Printing – Signs and Banners
–Web: Design – Site Building - Hosting – Reselling
–Video Production & Recording Studio (Music and Video)
–Computer: Building – Rebuilding – Networking
–Trades: Welding, Photograph


OTHER TYPES OF PROGRAMS:

–Christmas for Children (of Parolees and Needy Families)
–Life skills training

2. REPLICATING PROGRAM MODULES – Support community agencies (through
partnerships) to deliver Bajito Ondo programs that educate and support Youth at
Risk and Vulnerable Adults
Replication involves tailoring program modules to community needs and
“training the trainers” to deliver services to clients

Examples of program modules:
–Business Bootcamp training stations
–Gang Intervention/Education in schools ‘The Ugly Truth Programs’
–Onda Community Outreach Magazine and agencies
–Community education such as speaker bureaus
–Traveling Educational Murals
–Educational Prevention At-risk videos


2.REPLICATING PROGRAM MODULES (cont.)

BAJITO ONDA AFRICA FOUNDATION

Through Education - implementing Business Bootcamp programs and support services - empower women, children and exoffenders in Africa
–Founded 2003 as a Non-Government Organization (NGO)
–Africa Foundation Staff:
Continent Director – Amidu Mansaray (Mansarie)
Development Director – Mao Ndiaya (Nadia)
–Chapters: The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Senegal, Congo, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania
–Issues: AIDS Prevention, Drugs, Mutilation, Abandoned Street Children, Hunger & Housing for Children and Women, Women and Family Farmers
–Member in standing of The African Union. Have decision-making observer status at annual hearings
–DEL READS LETTER FROM AMIDU

History

PEOPLE TOLD ME I COULD NOT HELP ANYONE WITHOUT A LOT OF MONEY

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

–Over the years, Del has trained, coached and counseled 10,000 clients and their families – face-to-face, prisons all over state, schools, juvenile and correctional facilities, bootcamps, churches in Dallas and around the country, street gangs, internet outreach, PLUS agencies, Dallas parole offices, conferences
–Estimated 80% of the people exposed to Bajito Onda are successful
–Distributed 50,000 Outreach magazines which have a 50 times pass along – 2.5 million lives educated on their level – in their language
–Given out 30,000 Tshirts with messages of peace & love – alternative apparel to gang clothing and tangible proof someone cares

Recent Accomplishments

Moved to new 10,000 sf. facility with over ten creative and production training stations
MOVED FROM THE 8X12’ BOX TO THE QUALITY INN
Created Recording studio that is now producing artists via music therapy
Acquired Versacamm Digital Media Printer / Cutter (another training station)
Partnering with N. Tx Parole – Comm Partnership Council Member – Success Celebration – Prison Art Show – Helping with Special Needs Parolees
Partnering with Dallas Urban League to train at-risk youth via contract
Launching new Board of Directors to expand the power and reach of current programs


Near-Term Future Plans

Get Dallas HQ stable
-Cover costs of facility, salaries for staff, equipment, etc
Implement the current pilot programs as full-scale programs:
–U.S. Community Partnerships – prevention and reintegration
–Africa Community Partnerships – Raise $20,000 for Bajito Onda Africa Foundation
–Bajito Onda Community Outreach Magazines
–Traveling Educational Murals (gang / drug / domestic violence, etc.
–Prevention HelpCells – 1st pod implementation (next slide)
–Reintegration Hope Habitat (see detail on later slide)
–Implement new programs (and replicate) such as
One day GLOBAL GANG CONFERENCE (March 2006) and then expand to other communities
Implement Community Gang Website, Gang info hotlines and other technology to educate law enforcement personnel and communities
Receive TX Work Force Training approval
Move to new facility with lower costs and more space, handicap access, etc.

Near-Term Future Plans: (cont.)
HelpCell

Way to educate youth at risk by:
1) hearing stories of people in prison and
2) experiencing what it’s like to be in a prison cell in a safe, controlled environment
HelpCell is a special facility with “prison cells” that simulate being in prison for youth at risk
Allows several youth to receive services at the same time
Allows for control of their experience by showing videos of stories that have been edited for impact and education.

Near-Term Future Plans: (cont.)
Reintegration Hope Habitat

Community created to support people with special re-entry needs such as ex-prisoners, sex offenders, homeless, battered women, etc.
Services to intended to train, develop and support people to successfully re-enter their community and family include:
–Housing
–Food
–Transportation
–Job Training and Placement
–Social Skills (such as anger management, effective communication)
–Life Skills (such as using the bus system & phones, money management, how to be a good employee)
–Counseling, Medical services, etc.

Current Challenges

Del and staff can not take the organization to the next stage with their present structure, funding and level of community support
Need steady funding for operations - $25,000 per month at minimum (some costs off-set by printing income)
Need van
Upgrade outdated equipment and facilities to provide higher technical training
To implement pilot programs/services as full programs, need community partners and funding – examples are HelpCell, Reintegration Hope Community, Outreach magazine, Africa work, gang website/hotline

New “Working” Board

Goal is to build a new board that will get up under the staff and support the mission and future plans
Board will be a WORKING Board that is a TEAM
Want diverse membership to represent, and outreach to, all facets of the community we serve Ethnic, Socio economic, Professionally, Culturally, Faith, Ex-offenders / Courts / Law enforcement / Corrections

Major Duties - Board of Directors

1.GIVE MONEY
2.GET MONEY
3.AS A TEAM, HELP PROVIDE OR ACQUIRE OTHER NEEDED RESOURCES – Legal, Grant-writing, Fundraising, Networking
4.BE COMMUNITY ADVOCATE – BE SPOKESPERSON
5.HELP CREATE POLICIES THAT STAFF WILL IMPLEMENT
6.BRING DIVERSE EXPERIENCE, VIEWS AND SUGGESTIONS TO GUIDE PROGRAM CREATION AND DELIVERY
7.HELP THE ORGANIZATION FULFILL THE MISSION OF EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES TO PREVENT DETENTION AND FACILITATE REINTEGRATION.

Board Membership

Attend quarterly meetings
Participate in committees and/or officer of board
Attend special board meetings or calls as decided by the board
–May be monthly board calls for 30-60 minutes
–May be board and/or committeee meetings more frequently
–More frequent meetings at beginning & exact commitment will be decided BY the Board
Help establish board organization, policies and procedures
Leadership Ambassador in community for Bajito Onda
Recruit new members to grow organization supporters, donors and committee members
Fundraising/Special Events
WE WANT YOU TO CHOOSE THE AREA THAT INSPIRES YOU.
AND BAJITO ONDA NEEDS YOUR HELP.

What can you bring to the table?

Be on Board of Directors – Focus of Tonight
OR
Advisory Council member
AND
Financial Contributor
Support Fundraising
Serve on a Committee Member

Board Committees

Board Officers: President, VP, Secretary and Treasurer
Board Recruitment & Development
Board Administration, Policies, etc.
Finance and Budget
Fundraising and Grant-writing
Program Development and Implementation
Other – Strategic Planning, Volunteer Recruitment, Legal

Why serve on the Board?

Because …
We save kids from joining gangs and heading for prison and help ex-offenders re-enter our community and create a new future
We help save lives and make the community safer
Our mission cannot be delivered without people in the community taking a leadership role
YOU WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE


COMMITMENT

Complete the form to let us know how you would like to participate with Bajito Onda
Make a donation TONIGHT
–If each of you would donate $100 or more, we would raise $2500.

BEATING A DEAD HORSE

SINCE 1985 I HAVE BEEN GIVING TO THE D/FW COMMUNITY – WHILE COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR BAJITO ONDA PROGRAMS
SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION HERE NEXT WEEK TO BEGIN RELATIONS FOR GANG PREVENTION CHAPTER IN S.D. CA

WHY AFRICA & THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES?

THOSE COUNTRIES HAVE NO LAND LINES – HUGE POPULATIONS –
PREPAY CELL PHONE IN POOR COUNTRIES
TANZANIA: 4 CELL PHONE COS BUY 5,000,000 TSHIRTS EA. QUARTER AT $4 PER SHIRT – THEY PURCHASE THE SHIRTS IN TZ FOR $1 AND TRANSPORT THE SHIRTS TO IRAN, EUROPE OR S. AFRICA TO PRINT AND BACK – TAKING $15,000,000 IN TRAINING AND FUNDING FROM THE CAUSES IN THE COUNTRIES.
MANY INDUSTRIES & INTL CORPS DO NOT PRODUCE ITEMS IN AFRICA OR OTHER THIRD WORLD CO DUE TO LACK OF TECHNOLOGICAL TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT

MAO AND AMIDU

ARE READY TO TRAVEL HERE TO THE USA – TO WORK AND LEARN IN ORDER TO BECOME TRAINERS TO VULNERABLE PEOPLES OF AFRICA AS WELL AS OTHER COUNTRIES.
I HAVE SENT $5,000 TO THEM IN ONE YEAR TO HAVE THEIR VISAS DENIED.
NEED HELP DESPERATELY HERE