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Centro de Promoción de Salud Esperanza A.C.

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Casa San Eugenio Dispensario
(San Eugenio Home)

Mission: To assist the poor with spiritual, medical, educational and psychological needs, to promote better living conditions for the families in the community.
Number Served: 52 thousand locals annually from 14 surrounding Colonias.

Parish Director: Sister Rosa Alba Mendia

Location: Colonia La Morita II, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

SHI Partnership Began: 2000

Project Overview: In 1996 Fr. Robert Callahan of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate founded the San Eugenio de Mazenod Mission (a.k.a Parroquia San Eugenio de Mazenod) on the outskirts of Tijuana in an area known as La Morita. Casa San Eugenio Dispensario was established in 2000, and is adjacent to the Parroquia San Eugenio de Mazenod in the heart of La Morita II. The facility is managed by Sister Rosa Alba Mendia of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate Order.
The clinic in partnership with SHI, Rotary International, and other local civic groups, has grown from a small temporary structure to a three story facility which now provides social, medical, psychological, educational, and spiritual services to more than 52 thousand locals annually from the surrounding 14 Colonias.  Community members are charged for medical services on a sliding scale.
The community center is dedicated to improving the physical and mental condition of the surrounding community by promoting, encouraging, directing, and co-sponsoring activities that will promote social, sports, educational and cultural development. The center provides classes in computers, sewing, cosmetology, nutrition, and English.  These labs will help community members learn new skills to improve their job marketability and help create a sustainable local environment. To learn more about this program, please visit them at Casa San Eugenio.

Of Note: Casa San Eugenio was recently featured in the Frontera newspaper as having surpassed their 2010 service projections by 12 thousand for the rural area of La Morita where the clinic is located.

For information on how you can help this project please contact Sister Marta Cruz (664) 901-8487 or email casaneugeniodis@yahoo.com.mx
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Casa Hogar del Anciano Juan Pablo II, A.C.

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Casa Hogar del Anciano Juan Pablo II
(John Paul II Home for the Elderly)

Mission: To take care of the elderly with love and compassion so that they can live the end of their years with dignity.

Number Served: 35 live-in senior citizens.

Director: Father Mario Heredia

Location: Colonia La Joya, Tijuana, BC, Mexico

SHI Partnership Began: 2008

Project Overview: Casa Hogar del Anciano Juan Pablo II is affiliated with the Catholic Church and is a rest home for senior citizens who have been abandoned by their families and are unable to care for themselves.  The rest home provides social services in the form of food, clothing, medical, spiritual, and social activities in a clean environment. Residents are fed three times a day and receive blankets, shoes, clothing and hygiene items provided at Christmas time by Serving Hands International. The facility currently provides services to 30 senior citizens, but it is anticipated that accommodations will be increased to help house up to 100 senior citizens.

Current Needs: To provide food, clothing, blankets, and medication necessary in order to cover the basic human necessities.

For information on how you can help this project please contact Sister Olga Carmona Diaz (664)636-1609
or email casahogarJP@hotmail.com
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Casa del Migrante en Tijuana, A.C.

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Casa del Migrante en Tijuana, A.C.
(Home for the Migrants)

Mission: To provide assistance to men who have been deported back to Mexico from the United States.

Number Served: 8,500 per year.

Director: Father Luiz Kendziersky

Location: Mesa de Otay, Tijuana, BC, Mexico

SHI Partnership Began: 1999

Project Overview: Casa del Migrante en Tijuana, A.C. was founded in 1987, and is a faith-based non-profit temporary shelter run by the Scalabrinian Priests.  The facility provides assistance to men who have been deported back to Mexico from the United States. Oftentimes these men return Tijuana with no money and no way to get back to their home. They receive 3 meals a day, a shower, clean clothing, and are allowed to stay at the center for up to 12 days.  The center also provides medical care, counseling, resources for job training and placement, and spiritual guidance.   SHI provides food, blanket, sweatshirts, shoes, and tarps to the Casa. For more information about this partner, please visit them at http://www.migrante.com.mx/Tijuana.htm.

Current Needs: Rice, beans, potatoes, meat and vegetables to continue providing essential meals for migrants.

For information on how you can help this project please contact Casa del Migrant representative Father Luis Kendzierski(664) 682-51-80 or email sadelmig@yahoo.com
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Casa de los Pobres, A.C. & (Ciudad de Misericordia)

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Casa de los Pobres
(Home for the Poor)

Mission: To provide spiritual, medical, food distribution, job training, and education to the underprivileged.

Number Served: 25,000 per month.

Director: Madre Armida Andrade

Location: Colonia Altamira, Tijuana, BC, Mexico

SHI Partnership Began: 2007

Project Overview: Casa de los Pobres is affiliated with the Franciscan Order and has been an SHI partner for over 30 years.  Casa de los Pobres provides 2 daily meals to over 27,000 persons on a monthly basis, they distribute over 20,000 meals to familes, provide job training, and basic medication to persons who cannot afford to purchase medication. Casa de los Pobres also provides spiritual guidance by celebrating weekly mass and providing catechism classes to the youth. For more information about this partner, please visit them at www.friendsofthepoor.com.

For information on how you can help this project please contact Casa de los Pobres representative Alma Rosa (664) 687-1340 or email casadelospobres@gmail.com

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Parish San Fernando

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Capilla San Fernando
(Saint Ferdinand Chapel)

Mission: To nurture the soul of the community by providing food and spiritual and educational guidance.

Number Served: Mass for 1,200 parishioners weekly.

Director: Padre Francisco Curley

Location: Fracc. Urbiquinta del Cedro, Tijuana, BC, Mexico

SHI Partnership Began: 2009

Project Overview: To date, SHI has donated two portable classrooms which will help the Capilla continue to serve the community with Holy Mass every Sunday and religious education.  The Capilla de San Fernando helps the poor by providing food and meals every Sunday after mass.  It also provides baptism services, and catechism for children to help prepare them for the First Communion and Confirmation.

Current Needs: Food, backpacks, and sweaters.

For information on how you can help this project please contact Capilla San Fernando’s representative Father Francisco Curley (664) 175-7643 or Sra Maria (664) 974-2300 or email- curley274@yahoo.com
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