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Cochise Community Foundation, Cochise, Arizona
Colonia is a Spanish word translating to community, but the term has come to refer to residential border neighborhoods that often lack basic living necessities such as potable water, sewer systems, electricity or paved roads. Winchester Heights, also known as Perra Flaca, is arguably the worst colonia in Cochise County. more...
Fundación Comunitaria de la Frontera Norte,Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua
Cd. Juarez, a city where nearly half of the population of 2 million is between the ages of 15 and 35, the local community foundation has developed a uniquely Mexican approach to inspiring giving and civic participation among its young people. more...
Fundación Empresariado Sonorense A.C., Nogales, Sonora
As dawn was breaking over Nogales, Sonora, Alma Cota, Executive Director of the Fundación Empresariado Sonorense A.C., Nogales Chapter (FESAC) was zipping down the main avenue of this busy border town in a car loaded with meeting materials. Alma was heading to the Nogales campus of Universidad del Noreste , where FESAC would be hosting a day- long training for local grassroots and nonprofit organizations. more...
Laredo Area Community Foundation, Laredo, Texas
When a child psychologist from Laredo, Texas turned to the newly established community foundation created in his home town to help him realize his charitable goals, a great partnership was born. more...
Yuma Community Foundation, Yuma, Arizona
Improving early education for the children of migrant workers and immigrants living on the Arizona-Mexico border has a cross-border solution. In October 2006, five educational institutions and community agencies in San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, and Yuma County, Arizona, met for the first time and established a unique partnership to improve early education for children of migrant workers and immigrants. more...