La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, Mexico - After 2 years of operation as Work for Food, starting last summer and culminating this past March, funding from both PEACE and Amigos de La Cruz was withdrawn due to financial strains within those two organizations.

This past May, Fundación Punta de Mita became the administrator of the program to handle incoming donations and outgoing payments, and after a two month interruption, Acción En La Cruz (the new name to designate the split from the 2 groups) was back up and running, thanks to an anonymous donation - providing dispensas (food and provisions) to 18 local volunteers in exchange for their community work. This is the only program in La Cruz that offers a self-empowering means for residents to provide for their families.

The program's focus is on single mothers, elderly, disabled, and unemployed persons. These members of the community volunteer for 2 hours a day to help keep their communities clean, and in return bring home a basket of healthy food that will provide them, and their families, with wholesome meals. The result is clean streets and playgrounds, and recycled trash.

The problem is that with the exception of the anonymous donation and the small amounts raised at our monthly benefit dinners, there have been no other donations. This program is 100% dependent on you, the supporters and enthusiasts of La Cruz de Huanacaxtle. There is no group, association or organization backing this. There are no annual Charity Ball attended by society big-wigs and corporate sponsors. There is only YOU.

The program will be suspended once again until sufficient monies have been raised to cover at least one month’s operation (roughly $600 USD / $7,500 pesos). The irony here is that the cost to run the program for a full year is less than $7,500 dollars, which is really not a huge sum. Please donate to help this important project continue. You can receive a tax-deductible receipt for your contribution; just follow the instructions.

Click HERE for a link to the donation page.

Here’s hoping we can get Acción En La Cruz back on its feet quickly!