Charity Coalition A.C.

Synopsis

Assists Americans with few or no resources to survive in Mexico City. Helps with medical, psychological, financial and legal assistance where required and offers members social activities and events. Holds Annual Health Day, Thanksgiving, 4th of July and Cherry Pie Annual Meeting as well as educational and health programs. Rehabilitative exercise equipment and programs are also available. 

The ABS supports its activities mainly through proceeds from the American Cemetery as well as grants, donations and inheritances.

The ABS also runs Caza Libros, a used bookstore in English and other languages. Books are donated to the store and sold at discount prices. Caza Libros is completely staffed by volunteers and all proceeds from the sales support the social services provided by the ABS.

History

It is an Institution de Asistencia Privada established in 1868 with tax deductible status in Mexico and has 501c status in the U.S..  They have been managing the Community Calendar and hold a Community Organization Breakfast 3 times a year with cooperation of other groups.

Principal Needs

Volunteers for the bookstore
Donations of clean books for all ages in English and other languages
Basic hygiene items for the shut-ins 

Special Needs

Volunteer teachers for adults in computer, yoga, tai chi and other exercise areas
Volunteers to offer special workshops  

Contact Information: 

Location: Reforma 1870-201, Lomas de Chapultepec 
Telephones: 55 40 51 23 and 55 20 30 08         Fax:  52 02 16 40
Emergencies 04455 1951 8532, 04455 1952 2609, 04455 2494 0761
Email: abs.director@yahoo.com
Website: www.abs.org.mx

Synopsis

Since 1977 the Asociación Franciscana has given abandoned dogs and cats the opportunity to have the most basic right: that to be able to live.

Thanks to the constant work and participation of many volunteers, the dogs and cats receive love, respect and protection.

They house more than 1800 dogs and 100 cats that came to them in deplorable conditions but have since recuperated and are in good health.

The Asociación never sacrifices any animal and all animals are sterilized upon arrival.

Principal Needs

Food and medication for both dogs and cats.

Special Needs

Help with the sterilization campaign.

Contact Information: 

Email: informes@refugiofranciscano.org.mx
Website: http://www.refugiofranciscano.com.mx/refu_dona.html

Overview

As part of its institutional mission, the ABC Hospital has implemented programs to assist the needy which delivers top notch medical services to those who have no access to public healthcare and are unable to afford it.

Thanks to the shared efforts of the medical specialists that attend to the patients pro bono, medical residents, internal doctors, Pink Ladies and the many different other volunteers, in the last few years the Brimex Clinic has attended to the following:

• 200,000 medical consultations
• 3,000 surgeries
• 2,000 hospital stays
• 50,000 laboratorial studies
• 10,000 emergencies
• 30,000 vaccines
• Among other services offered to the community 

Principal Needs

• Medicines
• Glucose Monitors
• Children's books

Special Needs

Contact Information

Clinica Brimex ABC
Campus Obsevatorio
Tel: 5230 8000
Website:  http://www.abchospital.com/beneficencia/clinica-brimex/actividades

Synopsis

The British & Commonwealth Benevolent Society addresses the needs of the British and other Commonwealth retirees through its Social Service program, offering financial, legal, and medical assistance, psychological support, referral services, and home and hospital visits.

History

The earliest mention of the British Benevolent Society goes back to 1867 with the influx of many British subjects to Mexico. The original relief society was formed to enable Protestant burials of British subjects and permission was obtained from the Mexican government to purchase a property which became the Tlaxpana cemetery.  A chapel was donated by Lord Cowdry (or Mr. Weetman Dickson Pearson), who came out to Mexico for the purpose of developing engineering facilities at the docks of Veracruz.

The original British Benevolent Society of Mexico has existed in its present form, legally constituted under the Institución de Asistencia Privada since 1943, only changing its name to the present The British and Commonwealth Benevolent Society of Mexico in 1976.

Money donated by Lord Cowdry built the first Cowdry Sanatorium in 1922-23 on the present site of the Camino Real Hotel.  Lord Cowdry donated money to the British Society, the interest of which is subject to any resident of Mexico might go without medical help.

This arrangement continues to this day, each would-be indigent patient has to be screened by members of the Board of the British and Commonwealth Benevolent Society before the Hospital can accept them.

Principal Needs

Money (every pensioner receives a monthly cheque)
Food, clothing and toiletry items to be put in Christmas and Birthday Hampers.

Extra Social Contribution

The Benevolent also helps the following Institutions, with the Junta de Asistencia Privada’s authorization:
Fundación para la Asistencia Educativa, I.A.P.
Fundación Junto con Los Niños de Puebla, I.A.P.
Cruz Roja Mexicana
Fundación de Mano Amiga a Mano Anciana, I.A.P.

Contact Information

Location: Montes Escandinavos 405, Lomas de Chapultepec
Telephone: 55 20 91 34

Synopsis

Casa de la Sal is a non-profit institution that supports children, teenagers and adults with AIDS. Thanks to advances in medicine, Casa de la Sal’s children can hope to live an almost normal life to adulthood.

Currently there are 24 children whose ages range from 2 to 19.  Casa de la Sal is remarkable because it adopts children who lack governmental aid or older siblings so that they can live their lives surrounded by a supportive and well-trained staff.

History

It is the first of its kind in Mexico and was founded over 20 years ago.  Its primary objective is to help poor orphans with HIV, providing them with medication, education as well as psychological therapy.

Principal Needs

• School supplies including knapsacks.
• Teaching material in Spanish.
• Gently used clothing.

Special Needs

• Medicine

Contact Information

Location: Corboda 76, Colonia Roma
Telephone: 11 02 90 03
Email: donativos@casadelasal.org.mx
Website: www.casadelasal.org.mx

Synopsis 

Daya has created a therapeutic-educational proposal, the Give and Love Foundation, so that there are less adolescents with babies on the streets.

Through the program “Attention to Girls, Adolescent Mothers and their Children”, they developed a proposed methodology that focuses on educational therapeutic strategies as well as working on their strengths and abilities.  The objective is to give young adolescent mothers as well as their children an opportunity to stay off the streets or high-risk situations by focusing on their abilities and competences from a perspective in which their human capabilities are taken into account. 

Daya helps to highlight the importance of the bond between mother and child, while recognizing the girls’ femininity from both the womanly and motherly standpoint. Their introduction back into society is facilitated because they are not only viewed as an individual but also as a member of a healthy family structure.

Principal Needs

Personal hygiene items for teenage mothers
Personal hygiene items for babies and toddlers
Cleaning products

Special Needs

Computers
Printer
Industrial size fridge

Contact Information

Location: Puebla 77, Colonia Cuajimalpa
Telephone: 21 63 04 36 or 58 12 49 34
Email: casadaya@prodigy.net.mx
Website: www.daya.org.mx

Synopsis

The Domus Alipio Foundation has a family-oriented vision that focuses on offering women who have HIV/AIDS and live in conditiions of extreme poverty, the opportunity to have a healthier physical and spiritual life in the company of their children, who may or may not be HIV positive.

The Domus Alipio Foundation gives medical and financial assistance to women and their children coming to Mexico City and provides living quarters for needy patients and their families requiring longer term outpatient care. It guides all those who come through the Institution during recovery and provides the necessary resources for them to reestablish themselves productively into society.

Principal Needs

Children’s clothing
Money for school uniforms and shoes
Bedding
Food

Special Needs

Money for medicine

Contact Information

Location: Dr. Terres 58, Colonia Doctores
Telephone: 55 78 01 33
Website: www.domusalipio.org

Synopsis

Hogar Dulce Hogar is a home for up to 63 children ranging from newborns to 12 year olds. These children have diverse background; some came off of the streets, others from homeless shelters for abused or neglected children, and others simply can no longer be cared for by their families.

Hogar relies solely on volunteers and donations to continue to provide educational, physical, nutritional and emotional support to the children who live there year round.

Principal Needs

• Diapers stages 1-5 and baby wipes
• Towels
• Gently used baby and children’s clothing and shoes
• Money for school uniforms
• Gently used children’s Spanish books

Special Needs

• Outdoor benches
• Outdoor play gym

Contact Information

Location: Sur 110-A #56,  Colonia Cove
Telephone: 55 15 81 56 or  55 15 16 72
Email: info@fundacionhogardulcehogar.org
Website: www.fundacionhogardulcehogar.org

Synopsis

The Fundación para la Asistencia Educativa, I.A.P. (FAE), was founded in 1989 by Fr. Jesuita Roberto Guevara with the construction of the first day-care centre in the Colonia El Sol en Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, an area where rubbish collectors live.

In 1992, they started the work in the Colonia Tlatel-Xochitenco en Chimalhuacán, which now houses over 577 children.

In 1995, they inaugurated their medical and dental clinic which is open 7 days a week, and has provided for over 17,000 patients.

In 2001 they began the “Improve your Home” program which assists those families in the area to upgrade their homes; by rehabilitating the roofs or floors and paying only 30-50% of the total renovation cost.

Principal Needs

• Didactic and educational materials for the children.
• Food and cleaning supplies.

Special Needs

• Help with the maintenance of the 3 day-care centres.

Contact Information

Location: Calle 27 No. 180
Colonia El Sol, Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl
Estado de México
Telephone: 5736 7619
Email: eramirez@fae.org.mx
Website: http://www.fae.org.mx

Synopsis

Christ Church’s urban mission, named to honor Julian of Norwich, an engaging 14th Century English nun and mystic has programs that include psychological, medical and legal counseling as well as out-patient services for patients with HIV/AIDS.

Principal Needs

Food
Medicine

Special Needs

Money

Contact Information

Location: Montes Escandinavos 405, Lomas de Chapultepec
Telephone: 52 02 19 49, 55 20 37 63
Email: contact@christchurchmexico.org
Website: www.christchurchmexico.net