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If you are interested in more information on how to help or want to volunteer please contact iwccdmxcharities@gmail.com.
🏡 Foundation Casa Hogar Las Nieves operates an after-school program for 30 girls and boys, ages 6–12. The children arrive at Las Nieves around 1:00 p.m. each day and stay until approximately 6:00 p.m., after their parents finish work. 🕐 📍Las Nieves is located in the alcaldía of Tlalpan, just south of Coyoacán. 🎂 Volunteers from the International Women's Club of Mexico City host monthly birthday parties for the children, as well as Christmas 🎄 and Children's Day 🎈 celebrations. 🎉 We would also love to organize additional celebrations throughout the year, such as Halloween 🎃 and Cinco de Mayo, because who doesn't love a party? 🎁 Volunteers at Las Nieves donate birthday and holiday gifts, organize fun activities for the children (games, arts and crafts, and much more), provide delicious food 🍕, drinks and treats, and make the trip to Las Nieves one afternoon each month. 🚗 IWC organizes carpools and Uber rides to make participation easier, and you are more than welcome to bring your own children along. 👨👩👧👦 📲 If you would like more information about this volunteer opportunity, please send a WhatsApp message to the Las Nieves liaison, Karen Petersen Portugal, at +1 503 267 7517. 💜 Thank you! 👇🏼Follow them 👇🏼 |
🎨 Inspired by real photographs, transformed with a little pixie dust. To protect the privacy of our wonderful children, we have given these photos a little Disney-style magic. 🏰💫
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fundación oraOnce a month, IWC volunteers gather to prepare a meal for about 80 senior citizens in a nearby community of Mexico City. Depending on the need, volunteers can help prepare, cook, package, and serve the meals. Some months, bags of pantry items ("despensas") will also be prepared to hand out with the meals. The food preparation happens in Ora's kitchen, and Mother Teresa's Hogar Paz y Alegría welcomes Ora and her volunteers to come and feed its residents and celebrate their birthdays. Furthermore, we invite any volunteers celebrating their birthdays in the given month, to gift yourself this beautiful experience of servicing others in need. If you would like to contribute to the cost of the meal as a birthday present to yourself Ora accepts monetary donations to help cover the costs of the food she cooks. You don't need to know how to cook to help. We’re grateful for your help! Fundación Ora gratefully accepts the following donations:
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| IWC members meet monthly to make baby blankets for mothers with few economic resources. No sewing skills are required to participate. The material is provided, and you just need to be able to measure and cut. Our blankets are donated through the Mexican volunteer group Darce. We also support them through donations of new and used items they gift to mothers and also sell at their monthly bazaar (the funds of which are also used to assist the mothers). In the past, IWC members have fundraised to assist the hospital in building a waiting room for fathers and in outfitting a waiting room for siblings. We always accept the following donations:
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EL POZO DE VIDA 🌱 El Pozo de Vida (EPDV) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing human trafficking, restoring survivors, and creating pathways to freedom throughout Mexico. Since 2010, EPDV has developed a holistic approach, employing nine integrated programs across three areas of impact: Prevention, Intervention, and Restoration, reaching thousands of vulnerable women, children, migrants, and families each year. Of these, the IWC has focused on the following: 🎨 Community Prevention: Bunko Roma-CondesaOne of the essential ways International Women’s Club members serve is through our partnership with Bunko Roma-Condesa, a community center operated by IBBY México. Here, El Pozo de Vida works with children (and their mothers) living in situations of forced child begging. 🧒 Children participate in weekly workshops on personal safety and the prevention of sexual abuse and exploitation, while their mothers attend job-skills trainings that strengthen families and reduce their vulnerability to trafficking. 🖍️ IWC volunteers primarily support the arts and crafts program for children, using creativity as a tool to foster confidence, resilience, and joyful learning. 💎 Nunayú Social EnterpriseNunayú is El Pozo de Vida’s social enterprise, where trafficking survivors create handcrafted jewelry while developing leadership, business, and entrepreneurial skills. 🤝 The International Women’s Club has been an important partner by hosting jewelry-making workshops and creating a safe space where the women have courageously shared their stories of hope, healing, and restoration. 🧳 Migrant PreventionMigrants are among those most vulnerable to human trafficking. El Pozo de Vida provides prevention education, creative workshops, and emotional support in migrant shelters, detention centers, and transportation hubs, helping individuals and families recognize trafficking risks and access resources before exploitation occurs. 📦 The International Women’s Club supports this work by providing seasonal in-kind donations for migrant families, offering practical care and encouragement during times of greatest need. 🏡 Safe HouseEl Pozo’s Safe House provides trauma-informed care for girls who have survived trafficking and sexual exploitation. ❤️ In addition to meeting their educational, medical, and emotional needs, we provide long-term protection and support while many participate in legal proceedings against their traffickers. 🌎 To learn more about El Pozo de Vida’s nine programs across Prevention, Intervention, and Restoration, please visit elpozodevida.org. |
