VIDES+USA Volunteer Missioners Spotlight
2004
Volunteer
Missioners:

Cook, Sarah
Hanna, Ashley
Malone, Tim&Micki
Pascali(Naglierie),
Natalie
Smith, Maura
Strawther, Rachelle
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Name: Ashley Hanna
From: Fredericksburg, TX
Service: Tegucigalpa, HONDURAS
Dates: 7/04-8/04
Ashley is a two-time VIDES volunteer.
The first time in Honduras with Sr.
Gloria and a few other volunteers
and the second time by herself to
Guatemala.  She lived and
experienced first-hand both the
poverty and joy of the people.  
Ashley's interests include singing,
cooking, teaching, computers,
accounting and youth ministry.  
Service: GUATEMALA
Dates: 8/16/06-12/21/06
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Name: Tim & Micki Malone
From: Sturgeon Lake, MN
Tim and Micki began serving
in Ethiopia in 2004 and have
been coming back every year
since.  Their next trip to
Ethiopia will be this summer.  
In the past Micki has taught
music and English to the
children and youth and Tim
keeps busy fixing doors,
plumbing, electrical, etc., etc.,
as well as catching up
maintenance on two very
used Toyota Land Cruisers.
Service: Zway, ETHIOPIA
Dates:1/04-6/04
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Name: Natalie Pascali (Naglieri)
From: Rhinebeck, NY
Natalie Naglieri is Rhinebeck, NY.  
She is the oldest of two brothers and
two sisters.  Natalie attended New
York’s Mt. St. Mary’s University for
her bachelor’s degree in Elementary
Education and Special Education and
then graduated from SUNY New Patz
with a master’s degree in English as
a Second Language.  
Service: SJBosco, TX
Dates: 6/02-5/03
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Name: Rachelle Strawther
From: Spokane, WA
Service: Dilla, ETHIOPIA
Dates: Sep 00' - Jul 01'
Rachelle volunteered for a year with
VIDES in Ethiopia, where she helped
run secretarial and typing classes for
young adults.  After her VIDES
experience, she continued her
education and then went back to
Africa, but this time to Kenya, where
she is working with the KIWANIS
CLUB OF KISUMU, KENYA.  She
"adopted" a child named Zawa and
continues to seek funds for the
needy children of Kisumu.
VIDES Legacy: KENYA
Dates: Sep 05' - Present
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Name: Maura Smith
From: Chicago, IL
Service: Zway, ETHIOPIA
Dates: Dec 00' - Jan 01'
Maura went to Zway with her
husband, Steve, and son, Smith.  
The wanted to spend their Christmas
vaction with the children and Sisters
in Zway.  They had a very unique
and enriching experience.  After this
Maura went with her family to aid the
victims of the December 2004
Tsunami.   
VIDES Legacy: INDIA
Dates: 2005
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Name: Sarah Cook
From: Bayside, WI
Service: Zway,
ETHIOPIA Feb - Oct 01
Sarah taught English to the "come
and see" girls, helped with the
feeding program in Ethiopia for sick
and undernourished babies, and got
involved with the weekend Oratory
and the summer program.  Sarah
continued to live the VIDES legacy by
volunteering in 2006 in Argentina,
five years after serving in Ethiopia.
VIDES Legacy: ARGENTINA
Dates: 2006
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