Projects in the U.S.
Monthly Distributions
Our Monthly Distributions supply household and food items as well as clothing and other products in an effort to address the immediate needs of families facing food insecurity, clothing shortages, essential household needs, and other support services.Oaxacan Community Shed
The Oaxacan Community shed improves family life by supplying clothing and needed household and food items to family members. It also functions as a central location within the community for information transfer and local service updates and activities that enhance family and community life.Farmworker Reality Tours
The tours challenge participants to better understand the conditions of Mexican farmworkers in Northern California by sharing in their lives, food, and living quarters.Removing the 50-Mile Regulation - California AB 2240
Assemblymember Dr. Joaquin Arambula (D-Fresno) introduced AB 2240, a farmworker housing bill, to ensure that farmworkers and their families are not forced to leave housing centers because of outdated requirements that disrupt their lives and children’s education. Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) is the principal co-author. AB 2240 also has the support of a coalition of advocate organizations. They include the Food Empowerment Project; the Center on Race, Immigration, and Social Justice; the Center for Farmworker Families; and the Human Agenda.
Past Projects in the U.S.
Slug Tutoring
Slug Tutoring is a free in-home tutoring educational outreach program to children of farmworker families in the Santa Cruz/Watsonville area.
Past Projects in Mexico
Cuquio, Jalisco
Cuquio, Jalisco, is a small rural farming pueblo (town) located approximately 70 miles northeast of Guadalajara in the high mountains. There are 124 smaller ranchos (villages) associated with Cuquio in the outlying areas of the countryside. Children in the region are especially adversely affected. Many experience mal- and under-nutrition with few educational opportunities that can end the cycle of poverty in their families.Cooperativa Mujeres Campesinas en Acción
There is a growing interest among local farmers in organic sustainable crop production. Dr. López has suggested the possibility of developing a Community Supported Agriculture program that would serve the needs of the growing number of Guadalajara consumers who are looking for and demanding organic produce.Eco-tourism for Cuquio
The high mountain oak-pine forests and tropical scrub vegetation are both home to a plethora of organisms that are found nowhere else in the world.Piñata Parties
Center for Farmworker Family visited six of Cuquio’s poorest, most remote villages to offer the traditional piñata party experience to the residents while passing out dental supplies, shoes and other clothes, school supplies, and toys.Providing Assistance to Farmworker and their Family Members
The Michael Lee Environmental Foundation purchased a van to transport children to local schools in one of the most remote, impoverished villages near Cuquio, Jalisco; Rancho Nuevo. Center for Farmworker Family successfully delivered the van from Santa Cruz, California to the village so that children can be transported to and attend local schools.Clothing and Shoes
As of 2011, All residents of the remote Rancho Nuevo village near Cuquio, Jalisoco have a functional pair of shoes appropriate for their living environment.
