The “Casa de la Misericordia” is a community center in Nogales, Mexico, which offers its services to the residents of the surrounding neighborhood “Bella Vista”. Their core program is a free lunch program that feeds between 300 and 400 children each school day. On site is also a daycare center and classrooms for adult-education classes. Soon a computer lab and a library will be added.
The “Casa de la Misericordia” is supported by the bi-national educational organization Borderlinks, which offers experiential travel seminars to learn about the situation on the US-Mexico border. They also receive funds from the Mexican government, but do rely on private donations as well.
La Casa
de la Misericordia
Calle los Tigres 160
Colonia Bella Vista
Nogales, Sonora 84046
011-52-631-313-1740
Director:
Francisco "Kiko" Trujillo, Polita Acuna,
Casa de Misericordia and
Borderlinks
620 S. 6th Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85701
520-628-8263
Map of Nogales, Mexico
Some pictures of a few staff members:
Esther
Maren and "Kiko" the director of La Casa
