Tran Dang - Nonprofit Director / Attorney Advocate / Change Leader
People of Action
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Restaurante La Palapa de Don Juan
Paseo Ramon Corona 32, Chapala Centro, Mexico
Phone: +52 (333) 905-3283
Email: chloe.clemens@gmail.com
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YOUR BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN MEXICO!
Global Grant Completion: Village of Ojo de Agua, Engineered Wetland Wastewater Treatment Facility.
Boots are a good idea when you're measuring raw sewage flow from a village that was discharging directly to Lake Chapala. This is where a Global Grant makes all the difference - and we're the Club that delivers. The Ojo de Agua Engineered Wetland Wastewater Treatment Facility was declared operational in the summer of 2025.
Short Bio — Founder
Livier Ayón, MSc, Applied Social Psychology, is a director, facilitator, and Chevening Scholar. She founded
AbrazoPaz in Jalisco, Mexico, creating an intergenerational, multidisciplinary program that cultivates peace,
leadership, and community engagement. Grounded in personal and collective experiences of resilience amid
challenging circumstances, Livier emphasizes deep listening, empathy, and engagement with local realities.
Anchored in mindfulness, nonviolence, embodiment, and trauma-informed approaches, she collaborates
with international partners, including the Metta Center for Nonviolence and the Right Use of Power Institute,
bridging creativity and restorative approaches to advance youth-focused community transformation.
Chaired by President-Elect Erika with Guest Speaker Becky Plinke... "Love Changes Lives"
Christmas Eve Hot Chicken Dinner Packs distributed by Rotary Club of Chapala Sunrise.
Gracias Mauricio! Cooking 107 Chicken dinners makes for an early start!
It smells soooo gooood!!!
Packing chicken dinners into coolers is heavy work - but the smell was inspirational!
Ok ok so the beards are fake... but the gratitude is so real!
Gracias Rotary! Feliz Navidad!
The Rotary Club of Chapla Sunrise wraps up a great year with a Brunch Social with special guest Distrito 4140 RotaryGovernor José Enrique García Vidrio. We enjoyed a wonderful social, with our district governor, and President Nicci Beninger announced that Velia Unzueta raised over 200 toys for local kids! Happy Holidays and Feliz Navidad from Chapala!
District Governor José Enrique García Vidrio with President Nicci Beninger (rt) and President Elect Erika Alamos Lopez and Hélène Jalbert our Rotary Foundation Chair.
President Nicci Beninger with Velia Unzueta brining in 200 toys for kids this season! 150 going to Tepehua Centro Comunitario and 50 to San Juan Cosala for the kids english classes!
A great turnout and lots of cheer!
32 people enjoyed a dynamic meeting as the
Chapala Sunrise Rotary Club hosts
the last formal meeting of the year.
Rotary Club of Chapala Sunrise held a posada at Tepehua Centro Comunitario.
Music and Posada Story Telling by the ever entertaining Richard Glauber with Yolanda!
A fantastic event! From the Rotary meal to the Posada walkabout through the community! Gracias Santa!
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Chapala Sunrise Rotary Club