Pablo Aragon was born and raised in Tuxtepec, a village from Oaxaca´s Papaloapan region. He is the first in his family to graduate from college. In August of this year Casa de Kids attended his graduation where he received a degree in Education. Only a few weeks later he scored his first teaching job at…
At Casa de Kids we envision a world where orphaned children experience the safety of a loving home while receiving a quality education. We are pleased to introduce you to one of the 5 students that our Giving Tuesday campaign is assisting. Our newest student is Sochi, who is 16 years-old. In her native language,…
We ended 2017 by accepting three new female college students into our program, 2 new high school students, and hosted a Christmas luncheon for 15 people. All of the students in attendance received motivational books as gifts. Younger kids in the orphanage were given new shower sandals and gift bags of holiday candies. Each month…
We at Casa de Kids would like to thank the many recent individual donors for their generous donations, most of whom prefer to remain private. You have enabled us to send a new female student to a local university, whose dream it is to become a teacher, and for us to send two new young…
Recently Jeanne and I hosted the first luncheon to meet with our ten new students and their moms. A few relatives also showed up, but no dads. They all loved Jeanne’s salad and home made brownies. CdK is sponsoring these five girls and five boys who were on a waiting list for sponsors, unable to…
Humanitarian projects are dependent on humans making choices to volunteer. This week the entire Casa de Kids Board and I would like to thank you Martha Lopez from the bottom of our hearts for her many hours of volunteering. She has been a dedicated wellspring of talent and service on our Board. While she is…
Here’s our exciting news from Mexico! Last Friday, June 3, 2016, representing Casa de Kids, my associate Jeanne and I were scheduled to meet with supervisors of a street children’s project. We were arranging to sponsor ten children’s education, here in Oaxaca, for one year each! So-called “street children” are kids who cannot afford to…
Dear Friends of Casa de Kids, What a busy month it has been thus far! May 2 was our travel date to return to Sarasota for the third annual Cinco de Mayo fundraiser. Thanks to all of you who supported CdK in this endeavor and special thanks to JimmyLee Trautwein and Michael Mrazik for their…
Dear Friends of Casa de Kids, Life in Oaxaca is everything I thought it would be and much more. I feel I have arrived “home” with a purpose. Drew and I have been living here since February 1. As you can imagine, it took us time to get settled into an empty house. I can’t…
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