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Students in San Jorge Rio Frijol help us with the distribution

The OEF was founded for the children and young people of the Sierra Mixteca, Oaxaca, Mexico, to give them an opportunity to overcome the impoverishment of their  families and their villages through education. Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish in Rancho Penasquitos, San Diego ministered spiritually and physically to the migrants working in the fields near the parish beginning in 1985. The OEF was born in 2012 to serve their children and grandchildren in the five villages the team visits every year. The OEF provides school supplies to 1500 children, delivered in person, partial scholarships to 23 university students, and monthly food stipends to 44 orphans and disabled children. Educated youth will be able to stay in Oaxaca if they can make a living there and contribute to their families and society. Sixteen of our scholarship students have already graduated from university! From 2014 to 2023, we provided high school fees to 130 young people in two villages, which is no longer necessary as the government now helps the families with these costs.

Luz Maria Ventura Valencia, San Jeronimo Nuchita, Bachelors in Civil Engineering, Dec. 2022

Donors can make a secure one-time or monthly donation on the website or donate by mail. Your gifts ensure that children and youth in these remote mountain villages will develop enthusiasm for their education, receive the assistance they need, and rise out of poverty in ways their parents could never have done.

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Packing supplies in San Jorge Nuchita

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE SIERRA MIXTECA, OAXACA, MEXICO