Niños Incapacitados

Niños Incapacitados is a charity based in Chapala, Mexico working on health, children & youth, disability.

Niños Incapacitados is a registered Mexican non-profit, run entirely by volunteers, that helps Mexican families pay ongoing or major medical expenses for children with serious, chronic or life-threatening illnesses. Children are referred through the Mexican social service agency DIF and must qualify financially. Support covers consultations, medicines, medical devices such as braces, hearing aids and wheelchairs, psychological help, surgery, chemotherapy, transportation to appointments and burial assistance. Parents submit invoices, which are reimbursed at monthly clinics in Chapala and Jocotepec. The organisation works in the North Shore area of Lake Chapala in Jalisco, Mexico, serving children from birth to 18, and up to 25 in specialised cases. It is funded through donations, corporate partnerships and fundraising, and issues tax receipts in several countries through partner charities. Operating for about 50 years, it is based in Ajijic and Chapala.