Program areas at Border Kindness
Border Kindness provided food, medical care, personal care items, transportation to immigration hearings, emergency funds and other needed items to asylum-seekers, migrants, displaced and other vulnerable populations. Border Kindness provided food, clothing and emergency assistance to individuals and families with COVID, and/or pandemic related emergnecies.
Border Kindness believes access to a quality education is a fundamental right of every human. The Border Kindness Children's Empowerment Center provides classes and opportunities for children to learn to code, embrace STEM, and gain 21st-century skills, as well as learn about nutrition, empathy, communication, English, and more. The Center is managed and staffed exclusively by women from Mexicali and often hosts guest speakers/instructors for programs for teens and tweens, including special events to inspire and create opportunities for girls and young women. The center is a safe place for the children in our border community to express themselves and flourish. The Center currently provides food, clothing, medical care, tutoring, access to technology, STEM classes, and art activities to asylum-seeking and local children in Mexicali.
The Border Kindness Health & Wellness Center provides free, high-quality medical services to anyone in need in Mexicali, Mexico. The center is the first state-of-the-art integrative health clinic on the border established to meet the unique health needs of asylum-seekers and vulnerable local populations. In 2021 Border Kindness Health & Wellness Center continued to provide FREE COVID care, PPE, medications and medical supplies to any individuals needing such!! Border Kindness' Health & Wellness Center is managed and staffed exclusively by female medical professionals. Border Kindness has provided medical care to more than 10,000 people, more than 80% of whom are women and children. The Center provides safe, dignified, and confidential care to women and girls, including comprehensive women's health services that include pre- and postnatal care, pregnancy testing, and onsite ultrasound imaging.
Border Kindness operates a water drop program that provides lifesaving water and supplies in California desert. This program has partnered with first responders and humanitarian organizations to rescue and provide assistance to individuals starnded in desert.