A young trio of popular DJs in Electronic Dance Music, The Proletariats, hosted a Fundraising event "Proletariats Lending Hope" on April 23, 2012. Over 300 people attended this youth event and enjoyed the animated music of DJs Michael Tang, Jishan Kader and Michael Thong at the popular Cinespace Night Club in Hollywood, CA.
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Business Woman Magazine, Peru featured Lending Hope Foundation's Founder, America Tang, in an exclusive interview.
Founder America Tang nominated Alumnae of the Year for Cal State University, Los Angeles, School of Business and Economics, award ceremony Oct. 5, 2012.
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Founder America Tang nominated by the Los Angeles Business Journal for the 2012 Women Making a Difference Award that took place in May 24, 2012 at the J.W. Marriott L.A. Live Hotel in Los Angeles, CA.
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Founder America Tang nominated Alumnae of the Year for Cal State University, Los Angeles, School of Business and Economics, award ceremony Oct. 5, 2012.
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Lending Hope Foundation’s Third Annual Gala Dinner Event took place on June 9, 2012 at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. The museum with state-of-the art presentations of race cars, classic cars, hot rods, motorcycles, movie and celebrity cars, embellished the event. Actor Dario Deak, a Bosnian-American film and television actor who played in the hits Hostage and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and Dreamkiller, to name a few, was very gracious in helping our cause and volunteered to be our Master of Ceremony for the evening.
Lending Hope awarded Peruvian Chef Ricardo Zarate with the 2012 Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Chef Zarate is the owner of Mo-Chica and Picca Restaurants in Los Angeles. Chef Zarate has been named Best New Chef, People’s Choice, in the Food & Wine Magazine; Best New Restaurant in Los Angeles, in the Los Angeles Magazine; Ten Best New Restaurants in America, in GQ Magazine. Mr. Zarate is the perfect example of a success story for the micro-entrepreneurs of Lending Hope.
Congratulatory letters were received from Judy Chu, Member of Congress, 32nd District; Grace Napolitano, Member of Congress, 38th District; Mike Eng, Assembly Member, 49th District and David Lau, Mayor for the City of Monterey Park.
A video presentation of the current projects in Lima was presented, over 200 beautiful silent auction items were on display and delicious food were donated by Inka Trails Restaurant, Bonanos Peruvian Restaurant, Choza Mama, Mr. Pollo and Pollo Mania. Our guests and attendees truly enjoyed the evening in this beautiful surrounding.
We want to thank each and every one of you for coming to our event. Your generosity and support to end poverty through education and capital is genuinely appreciated.
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AMERICA TANG
América es una exitosa empresaria y fundadora de "Lending Hope Foundation" www.lendinghope.org, organización que estableció en California en el 2,009 y que otorga capacitación empresarial y micro préstamos a personas de bajos recursos del Perú; las cuales no tendrían acceso a un préstamo por las vías tradicionales.
"Lending Hope Foundation" inauguró en Lima, el 24 de Febrero de este año, 2 módulos ecológicos de lustradores de zapatos que son de lo más moderno que existen, según explica América desde sus oficinas en La Puente:
"En Jesús María hemos ayudado a algunos lustradores de calzado, los típicos que ves con sus cajitas en las esquinas, a realizar sus sueños, después de la clase de capacitación, les hemos otorgado un préstamo para poder hacer unos módulos que tienen sus techos con paneles solares, y van a tener Wi-Fi, DVD; yo creo que son los primeros que se han hecho en Lima.
Esto lo hemos hecho gracias a un grupo de peruanos aquí desde Los Angeles en donde hacemos la recaudición de fondos.
Para poder acceder a estos micro préstamos, es requisito tomar las clases de capacitación, que duran alrededor de 8 a 10 semanas; después pedimos a los candidatos que nos envíen un business plan; los cuales los leemos acá en Los Angeles, y basado en eso damos los micro préstamos que van de $100.00 a $5,000.00; tienen un cierto interés, no es mucho, y son pagables entre 6 meses a un año. No hay límite de edad para aplicar.
Yo soy una empresaria, por más de 35 años y sé que para poder ser auto suficiente; lo mejor que le puedo dar a una persona, es enseñ arle a ayudarse a sí misma.
Llevo fuera del Perú 42 años, salí muy chiquita, pero de alguna manera me impactó vivir allí esos primeros años de mi vida, nunca me olvidé del Perú, me considero peruana a pesar de que mis padres son chinos.
© 2012 Milagros Lizárraga
PERUANOS UNIDOS 2,012 PERIODICO "EL PERUANO USA"
America Tang, peruana en California; fundadora y presidenta de "lending Hope Foundation" que otroga micro prestamos y da capacitacion empresarial En Peru
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Imagine
Artists recorded the hymn “Imagine” for Mundo Feliz.
Lima. Renown national artists like Sandra Muente, Jaime Cuadra, Monica Gastelumendi, Julie Freundt, Jean Paul Strauss, Julio Andrade, Melissa Miro Quesada and Pepe Alva have recorded the classic song “Imagine” from John Lennon in Spanish with Marc Ellis, Hollywood musical producer. “Imagine” in Spanish will be the hymn for Mundo Feliz, founded by Gian Piero Mubarak.
This hymn was recorded in the Studios of Elias Ponce for, as mentioned before, Mundo Feliz, who seeks the social inclusion of young people with special skills and aptitudes through art. This would not be possible without the support of a Peruvian, America Tang, President of Lending Hope Foundation who is considered one of the 100 successful business women in the United States.
For those who do not know the background of the people responsible for this project made reality; Marc Ellis, is a Hollywood musical producer who has worked with large music projects with great talents such as Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, U2, Adam Sandler and in several Universal Studios and Disney movies like “Sabrina”, “The Teenage Witch”, “Flash Gordon”, “The Archie Show”, among others.
On another hand, America Tang, was born in Lima, Peru. She studied at the Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain and California State University in Los Angeles, California, specializing in International Business. She currently is the CEO of Ace Fence Company, a construction company in the City of Industry, California, which manufactures and installs fences and iron fences for public works.
Last, but not least, Gian Piero Mubarak, is the creator of Mundo Feliz, a movement of young people of special skills and aptitudes, who at a young age was on TV shows such as “Travesuras del Corazon”, “Pobre Diabla” and worked with directors like Lucho Llosa and Augusto Tamayo; series with Michelle Alexander in “Yuru la Princesa de la Selva”, among others; and currently is the Institutional Image Director for Lending Hope Peru.
Click here for the full article on Agencia Orbita
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Mundo Feliz
Mundo Feliz is a non-profit organization founded by Gian Piero Mubarak Lonetti in Lima, Peru and sponsored by Lending Hope Foundation. Mundo Feliz supports handicapped children in Peru. It helps in the development and improvement of their quality of lives by bringing out and promoting the child’s own hidden talents through art, music, theatre. A group of children from Mundo Feliz participated in the Gran Show of Gisela Valcarcel. Gisela Valcarcel is the director of the Peruvian hit TV shows; Bailando por un Sueño (Dancing for a Dream); el Gran Show (The Great Show); and el Show de los Sueños y Reyes de la Pista (The Show of Dreams and Ring Kings).
In September 2010 Mundo Feliz took a group of more than 30 people (20 special needs kids and 10 parents) to an outing at Huachipa, a local zoo and then continued to visit another amusement park called Coney Park. The kids enjoyed visiting the animals, taking the rides and having some snacks at the parks. Some of the children suffer from mental retardation, Down syndrome, psychosocial problems, Asperger syndrome, autism, schizophrenia, Tourette syndrome, Osteogenesis imperfecta or Lobstein syndrome, etc. Click here to see some photos of their adventure!
Lending Hope and Mundo Feliz have now joined forces in this wonderful journey of helping other less fortunate people have a better life.
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First Fundraising Event Successful
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