Stories of Anapra community members.
This spring we have been feeling the love in Anapra. As someone who supports the community in Anapra, allow us to share the love with you. A Marriage Blessing Estela and Luis had their marriage blessed in the church. They are advocates for their community and together their love accomplishes great things for their family,
This year we celebrate 30 years of a relationship between the people of Anapra/Poleo and Kansas City. Today I am thinking about my introduction to Anapra/Poleo. Eighteen years ago I traveled to Anapra to help with Vacation Bible School at the Tonanzin’s yellow salon. It was the first year of VBS and although we had
Lute lives at home with her son, Jesus (19 years old). Jesus is the one who supports himself and his mom. Lute is originally from Torreon. She came to Juarez when she was 15 years old. Her parents decided to move to Juarez for work because her father did not have a good job in
Hear about the story of Bertha Infante, one of our core members in Anapra.
Faustina and her family came to Anapra looking for land to build in order to have their own place to live. Faustina is from Juarez and her husband is from Durango. In 2004 with 4 children at the time they got a big land and decided to divide it in three parts; one part for
Margarita and her husband Daniel came to Cd. Juarez from Oaxaca in 1999. They left Margarita’s two small sons in Oaxaca with their grandparents. They came to look for a better future for their children. In Oaxaca the teachers would miss school a lot, and the schools were extremely poor. Margarita knew her children would
When I came to Anapra I had five children. The youngest was 5 months old. We moved to Anapra looking for our own place to live where our kids could run and play and feel free. We had been renting close to downtown where there was running water, electricity and schools were close by. But,
