Stories from the Field
CAREM is Making Baja California History Come Alive
An ambitious organization with a tiny budget, it led efforts to build an adobe replica at the site of the last mission built in Baja California.» Read More
CODET Offers the Gift of Sight to Baja California's Underserved
Teresa Simón Romero, 50, had been having some trouble with her eyes, and her neighbors had, too, so when she saw a sign advertising a free eye clinic that is held monthly in Tijuana, she decided to go and suggest it to her friends, too.» Read More
Tijuana Could Not Get by Without the Cruz Roja -- the Red Cross
It runs an average of 2,500 ambulance trips a month, which its administrator says is 98% of the total in the city. Its hospital provides emergency care for those brought in by the ambulances and by other others, and also serves many walk-ins seeking consultations,certificates of good health and other medical care. The hospital treated 32,900 emergency victims last year.» Read More
FIC: Promoting Transparency and Institutional Strengthening of the Nonprofit Sector in Baja California
Girls who have been abused and who come from broken homes are being housed and educated in Tijuana in part due to the help of the Fundacion Internacional de la Comunidad.» Read More
Foundation to Protect Childhood -- La Fundación para la Protección de la Niñez
When a Tijuana charity that educates, feeds and houses children from broken families needs help, it often receives the aid from the Foundation to Protect Childhood.» Read More
Fronteras Unidas Pro Salud
After housecleaner Juanita Castro was approached by a health worker known as a promotora in a downtown Tijuana market and was encouraged to attend a free medical clinic, Castro decided she would go -- and got her daughter to come along with her.
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