Ciao! My name is Betty Mattei and I am a new volunteer here at Aura’s House. I’m currently a junior at The American University of Rome majoring in Film and Digital Media.
I am an Italian-American originally from Philadelphia who traveled to Rome looking for a little bit of adventure, but I’ve found so much more! I am a lifelong lover of good books, good food, and good laughs—three things I wish to bring to people all around the world.
For a long time I have been eager to become a volunteer, …

Mario of the Emergency Education Project has been provided with everything that he needs to continue his education this year.

Mario’s new term of school began in March of 2013. In order to be prepared to start the term, he needed to be able to pay for the expenses of his mandatory school uniform and educational supplies. With your donations, we were able to send Mario to reach his educational dreams by raising funds for those supplies.

Meet two students of Aura’s village elementary school, Tania Paola and Tania Fabiola, who will be benefiting from your donations to Aura’s Elementary School Water Project. Both girls are in pre-school, and are attentive, good students who work hard to do their best. Paola would like to be a teacher someday while Fabiola dreams of becoming a chef. Their school is located fairly close to their home and it takes them about five minutes to walk there.

This Project is now completed.
Launched: February 12, 2013.
Completed: February 28, 2013.

Our goal  was to raise $246
$266 raised. THANK YOU!
Stay tuned for updates and photos.
*Special thanks to generous repeat donor, Brooke Duncan for her $92 donation that helped finish this emergency project.

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Abraham, whose family was recently helped last year with a Medical and Income Generation Project, needed immediate emergency assistance in order to attend school this February of 2013. He needed the following to be able to attend school: school uniforms, shoes, backpack, books and school lunches.

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Abraham’s immediate …

Urgent! Mario is hoping to start his next term of school in March of 2013. Unfortunately he first needs to be able to pay for the expenses of his educational supplies by January 30, of 2013.

With your donations, we hope to help Mario reach his educational dreams by raising funds for those supplies. We aim to raise $450 in total for a school uniform (including pants, t-shirts, a track suit, sweater, and socks) a backpack, pencil case, CD player, English language CD’s, and additional school supplies. All projects on the Aura’s House site are 100% US tax deductible.