The mission of Global Partners for Development is to alleviate the effects of poverty and disease in East Africa. We accomplish this by supporting other nonprofit organizations serving the region in their efforts to create beneficial, sustainable change. The Butterfly Project is dedicated to providing higher education opportunities to the children of Uganda. Our shared interest in education makes us a natural partner for the Butterfly Project. By aligning with us, the Butterfly Project works with Global Partners for Development under the Tax ID number: EIN 94-2537375
www.GPFD.org

Ways to use and enjoy your butterflies:

Slip into your holiday cards this year

Tuck into a card and delight someone on their birthday

Acknowledge a client

Brighten a gift package

Respond to loss with beauty and hope

Offer a random act of kindness

Celebrate a success

Give encouragement to someone who is sick

Place on your computer or phone to uplift your day

Wear it on your forehead

Photographs and content copyrighted to Carole Peccorini 2006

Site master Donna Agoitia

Give wings to your heart this holiday season by gifting someone you love with a beautiful replica of the Blue Morpho butterfly or with the inspirational film, "The Blue Butterfly". Small and beautiful, the butterfly slips easily into holiday cards, stockings and dresses up any package. Based upon a true story, "The Blue Butterfly" is a film that leaves the viewer believing in miracles. 

The Butterfly Project

The Blue Morpho butterfly, one of nature's most beautiful wonders, recently inspired two separate miracles - One woman's promise that will transform children's lives in Africa and a breath-taking film about a little boy's last request. Read on to learn how these two miracles came together.

Carole Peccorini, a nurse from Sonoma, California, recently joined a MannaRelief team on a journey to distribute health-giving glyconutrients and vitamins to orphanages throughout Uganda. As gifts for the children, she tucked 1200 iridescent foil butterflies into her suitcase. In Uganda, she met the face of great need. To alter that face, Carole has committed to send 10 orphans through college. Replicas of the Blue Morpho butterfly are giving wings to that dream.

Click here to read the article from the Sonoma Sun about the Butterfly Project.

The Film "The Blue Butterfly"

Academy award winner, William Hurt, stars in this film based on the true story about a 10-year-old terminally ill boy whose last wish is to see and catch the
Blue Morpho Butterfly in its native habitat.

Renowned entomologist, Alan Osborne (played by Hurt), and the boy, embark
on a trip to the Bribri villages in Costa Rica. This quest leads to a life-changing transformation for both. A soul-stirring film that teaches new ways to think and live.

Please see below for details on how you may contribute to our project.

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