Archive for 'Mexico'
Wheeler Mexico Expedition
Volunteers and expeditioners traveled to Tixmadeje, Mexico to work on water cisterns. They stayed in the village working with and learning from the local villagers about their culture, lives and families. [...]
USAID Grant update
After 24 hours of driving, Keith arrives in glory to CHOICE headquarters in Mexico! Juan, CHOICE-Mexico in country director, now has the tools he needs to end poverty a little faster. THANK YOU USAID! [...]
USAID Grant
Attention! Attention! CHOICE is happy to announce we’ve won a grant from USAID for $2 million in equipment! Watch this week as CHOICE makes it’s first delivery: a much-needed truck for our Mexico Team! Stay tuned [...]
Youth Groups as Community Connectors in Mexico
For years the World Bank has touted the importance of investing in young people to end poverty. With the emerging youth movement, we’ve all seen the ability of this often overlooked demographic to solve practical problems [...]
Opening a New World Through Technology
Yasmin Yepes Mondragon is an 18-year-old living in the rural Mexican village of Garbanzo. Her village has traditionally been without an educational system past the primary level, making secondary or technical education basically impossible. Thanks to [...]
The Big Leagues
IN THE BIG LEAGUES Claudia Villanueva, 18 years old, is the youngest member of her co-op in TAMAULA, MEXICO. Three years ago she was trained by CHOICE Humanitarian in goat cheese production. Since then, she has [...]
Mexican Villagers Cultivate a Better Life
A few months back we told you about Alejandro and Lupita, a young couple living in Mexico with two small children and a dream. We told you about their desire to start a plant and animal [...]
Bringing the Internet to Rural Mexican Villages
The internet – what did we ever do without it? With it we have access to information at the click of a button. What if rural villages around the world also had access to this information? [...]
Deseret Health Expeditioners visit La Joyita, Mexico
On a crisp January morning, thirteen Deseret Health employees woke up in La Joyita, Mexico – almost 2000 miles from home. In this small rural village, the community had a dream of building a junior high [...]
Light Bulb Moment from a Hardware Store
Hotel Barcelo, Guatemala City, Guatemala:As I write this, it is late Sunday night and I anxiously await our early morning departure for the communities I know and love here in Guatemala. Ironically, as I look forward [...]
Letter from Bishnu in Nepal: Maoist Agitation
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The Big Leagues
Muchos Gracias for the weblog write-up.Really searching forward to rea
The Big Leagues
This is awesome!
Meet Hayley, Our FeelGood Ambassador
That's an inngieous way of thinking about it.
Edgar Armando shares his story...
I’d have to check with you here. Which is not something I usually do!