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Vacation Bible School was the first request from the core team in Anapra.  During the summer, parents were at work and children were left at home in the 100+ degree heat with nothing to do and sometimes nothing to eat.  VBS would provide an activity and a healthy snack. We

Pies Pequeños (Little Feet) is our newest program.  During Covid the factories shut down for a while and when they reopened, shifts were not full time.  The main hospital used by the factory workers was filled with Covid patients.  A woman expecting a baby had the choice of delivering her

Access to medical care is limited in Anapra/Poleo. The large metropolis of Ciudad Juarez does not have a cancer hospital. At the request of the Anapra/Poleo community, Manos Amigas provides workshops to promote health screenings and improve health literacy. To date, we have covered topics such as breast cancer prevention,

There is no social security system or “safety net” for the people of Anapra/Poleo. The majority of those needing our help are older women; therefore, we call this arm of our program “Adopt an Abuela” (abuela is Spanish for grandma). Many of the abuelas are widows with little to no

Public education is not free in Mexico.  In the early 1990’s when we started our sponsorship program, many families in Anapra/Poleo faced the difficult decision of providing food for their children or paying the fees to send them to school.  Children were leaving school long before graduation to work and