Recent Updates
Community Call – April 20, 2020
On our recent community calls, we answered questions about the emergency unfolding in Lázaro Cárdenas. Student leaders in Mexico are spearheading our response, and you can hear directly from them about the current crises facing their families and neighbors. Watch the...
COVID-19 Emergency Response Calls
The last few weeks in our world have been unprecedented. And I’m writing to you with urgency and resolve as the young people we serve in Mexico face a truly terrifying, uncertain future. This is more than a public health issue. This is about survival. In the past...
Alondra is choosing her own future
In Alondra’s community of Kantunilkin, resources are extremely limited. Without money to go to college in other parts of Mexico or the vision to dream up a unique path for the future, people remain stuck. As Alondra describes it, “You just stay here. You get a job...
Julissa’s story
Julissa talks a million miles a minute — constantly celebrating those around her and overflowing with joy. She’s vibrant and energetic; encouraging and always smiling. She’s also from a community that is plagued with challenges. The region in which she lives...
Perla inspires me.
Here are three things you need to know about Perla: She’s a natural leader. During the last week of the Institute, we built a “company” to learn business and marketing skills — and Perla stepped right into the manager role. She had her team working like a well-oiled...
Why we say “Seguimos Adelante”
Here at Hands Offering Hope, there is something we say all the time: Seguimos Adelante. It’s a Spanish phrase that means “let’s move forward together”—and it is at the core of everything that we do. Through the Institute, we have built a community of incredible young...
Darina chose the braver path.
For young women in Mexico, the world is full of challenges. Girls are expected to stay home. To take care of their families. They have children when they are still children themselves. Very few make it to college, and many have grown up facing abuse and trauma. This...
What a Weekend!
Saturday afternoon, I watched our students race around the courtyard completing team games and challenges. They were cheering and encouraging one another — working together with confidence and a lot of laughter. It was the perfect picture of so many things we love at...