Tarahumara Childrens Hospital Fund
Milwaukie, OR, United States
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Tarahumara Childrens Hospital Fund is a charity based in Milwaukie, United States working on health, poverty & hunger, water & sanitation +3 more.
The Tarahumara Childrens Hospital Fund is a network of four groups in the United States (Detroit, New Orleans, Milwaukie and a Michigan group) that supports the Jesuit Tarahumara Mission in the Copper Canyon region of Chihuahua, Mexico. Its work centres on the St. Teresita clinic in Creel, which provides free health care to Tarahumara children, and includes food distribution during drought, well drilling for clean water, boarding schools, and preservation of the Tarahumara's art and heritage. Donations are tax deductible and are sent to the group in the donor's region.
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St. Teresita Clinic
Health · Mexico
Free health care for Tarahumara children at the St. Teresita clinic in Creel, Chihuahua.
Clean Water well-drilling project
Water & Sanitation · Mexico
Drilling shallow hand-pump wells to provide drinking and cooking water to Tarahumara communities.
Community food programs
Poverty & Hunger · Mexico
Distribution of corn, beans, potatoes and milk to Tarahumara communities during drought-related hunger.
School and education
Education · Mexico
Boarding schools for Tarahumara children aged 5 to 14 in the Sierra Tarahumara.
Church and museum
Heritage · Mexico
Restoration and museum housing of 18th-century paintings at the Cusarare church, returned to the Tarahumara people.
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Jesuit Tarahumara Mission
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