Protect Children at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Reaching our goal will enable us to build our new schoolhouse, collaborate with one of the world's leading experts, and to train and hire our new team in Mexico!
The Schoolbox Project: Border Program is a special collaboration with Border Angels, a non-profit organization that has been providing humanitarian support to migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border for over 30 years. Volunteers, largely from the local community, under the direction of our Site Coordinator utilize a Schoolbox “Skoolie” to deliver education, art, and play activities to children to three migrant shelters throughout Tijuana. We serve approximately 150 children a week.
Most of the children being served are refugees and asylees seeking safety from political and gang violence in Central America, but many are also children who have been deported from the United States. Program sessions also provide an opportunity to identify vulnerable children and to make critical resource referrals for children who may otherwise fall through the cracks.
In 2020, we hope to be able to provide a uniform and stocked backpack to each student, and to continue to provide virtual and in person training to our team on the ground. 10,500 will allow us to continue to provide all of these services and more for the first 4 months of the new year.