Alamos Amigos
Alamos has about 8,000 residents and maybe 400 gringos who own homes and hotels. The gringos have been fund raising for education through the Amigos organization for over a decade. You may already know...
View ArticleSchool Days in Mexico
PG Managing Editor Churpa Rosa Rogers wrote the following text many years ago, when she was still a teenager. I have been to six different schools in my life, and the common link I find in...
View ArticleComputer Fund for Tenacatita Schoolkids
Viva Mexico! Our friend Dobie, who lives in El Rebalsito, near Tenacatita, has organized a fund to provide laptops to local schoolkids who are in need. She writes, “The computer fund was very...
View ArticleElection Heating Up
Viva Mexico! A fascinating article from The Washington Post about the corruption in Mexico’s school system and how this could spell trouble for the ruling party. There’s also a growing protest...
View ArticleDeported Kids Feel Alienated in Mexcio
Carl sent me a link to an interesting Seattle Times article “American children struggle to adjust in Mexico”: Never before has Mexico seen so many American Jeffreys, Jennifers and Aidens in its...
View ArticleTenacatita News: Laptop Program a Success
Dispatch from El Rebalsito…Dobie writes: Nothing new with the beach. The gate is still there, and access is still restricted. The new presidente of La Huerta, the municipality that was given the...
View ArticleGo Overseas!
If you are interested in studying, volunteering or interning in Latin America, you may want to check out Go Overseas!, which includes reviews of language schools and volunteer opportunities in Mexico,...
View ArticleTarahumara School Project
Our friend Pilar just returnd from Bacabureachi, Chihuahua, where she and a team of volunteers delivered $1,200 of donated school supplies. The team then embarked on an improvement project at the...
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