Introducing Alicia Hernández Pérez – new possible scholarship recipient of Friends of Pimpollo!
Alicia is an amazing 18 year old girl from Cerro de Aguila, a small Mixteco-speaking mountainous community three hours from Oaxaca City. She is living, working, and finishing high school in Oaxaca City and is the first of her siblings to attend high school. Her two older brothers, Fidel and German, were not able to attend high school and are now working in Northern Mexico in factories. There is a small elementary school in the community but the children must walk 40 minutes to a middle school in another town. Continue reading Introducing Alicia!
In April of 2010 and my husband and I found ourselves packing our bags for another trip to the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Chiapas. There we work with some of the poorest of the poor. This is our 5th trip and we were as excited as the first time we went. We couldn’t wait to go back and see all of the friends we have made on previous visits. We were Team # 45 going out under the sponsorship of the Salem, Oregon Non-Profit Organization; called “Friends of Pimpollo”. Our team of 5 was small, but it allowed us to visit the 3 areas of work that Friends of Pimpollo have previously established. Continue reading Travel with us to Oaxaca Mexico!
Cinco de Mayo isn’t usually cause for a huge celebration – but it is when Friends of Pimpollo gets involved. We hosted 245 of our friends this month to celebrate the Mexican holiday in style. We gathered together for a hour-long luncheon featuring authentic Oaxacan red mole at the Salem Conference Center to learn more about Friends of Pimpollo’s programs and education initiatives and to raise money for some gorgeous and deserving students in Southern Mexico. Continue reading A Cinco de Mayo Celebration
