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December 2007. Our December newsletter is now available online as a PDF file. If you would like a printed copy through the post, please forward your details here.

November 2007. Jonathan Getty will be in Mexico to carry out a project evaluation visit on behalf of Mexico Child Link between 5th November and 7th December.

August 2007. Our latest Annual Report and Financial Statements are now available online (PDF).

May 2007. Karina Roldan has taken up the post of Project Director of our partner organization Fundación Trébol.

April 2007. A funding proposal for a new project vehicle submitted to the Volkswagen Foundation in Puebla has been approved.

March 2007. The Black Box concert raised over £2,500 including £1,500 from the auctioning of a painting by Fra. McCrory. The CD can still be purchased through Clement's Cafes, Belfast.

February 2007. Rory Nellis is organising a fundraising concert on behalf of Mexico Child Link at the Black Box, Belfast on 27th March 2007

December 2006. The latest news bulletin is now available online (PDF file)

November 2006. You can now send a postcard from the Mexico Child Link website to let a friend know about our work

October 2006. City of London Freemen's School has continued its long term support of our project with a grant of £2000

September 2006. Our project partners organised a big party for Lucero's 15th birthday

August 2006. Our latest Annual Report is now available online (PDF file)

June 2006. Lisa Fleming, a community artist and freelance photographer, visited our project in Atlixco, Mexico on the weekend of 10th June 2006. She has wide experience of working with young homeless people in Scotland - currently in Fife and West Lothian. She uses photography and art as a tool to assist people in building their self confidence and communication skills. Lisa is currently working on a project called “The Invisibles” This will be a set of portraits of people who are on the margins of society from all over the world. Her work is positive and the viewer of the photographs will see hope rather than sadness or alienation. She will be giving some of the young people at our project disposable cameras with which they will record their world. They will receive copies of the photographs which they have taken, which will also be displayed in Fife, as part of her residency with the Scottish Arts Council.

April 2006. Our partner organisation in Mexico, Fundación Trébol, has received a grant from CEMEX to build a wall around the project site and carry out other general repairs to the project infrastructure.

April 2006. Mexico Child Link has received support from the Common Grounds non-profit cafe in University Avenue Belfast. A concert organsed by Caroline Orr raised a total of £1416.90. Caroline has recorded an album called Common Thread and the proceeds are being donated to charities working in the developing world. She can be contacted at caroline_orr @ yahoo.co.uk.

March 2006. Important news for US donors. From March 15th 2006 the minimum donation accepted through the CafAmerica service will be $500 unless you wish to set up a Donor Assisted Fund (DAF) with them. CafAmerica can no longer process smaller donations on our behalf due to the administration costs involved. Details of this change are available on the CafAmerica website. US Donors making a donation of less than $500 should now use our credit card facility.

Jan. 2006. Four of the young people in the project, Rodolfo, Alma Paty and Marisol, have found permanent work in CINIA an organization in Puebla which provides employment for people with learning disability
Nov. 2005. Khaled Faïz, a civil engineer from Belguim, is helping our project partners with the design of a small house for independent living. Two of the young people resident in the project, Esteban and Argelio, will live there.

July 2005. Ulster Garden Villages has given a grant to repair the two houses where the children live.
Financial Statements for the period 2004-2005 are now available. (PDF file)
The 2004-2005 Annual Report is now available online. (PDF file)
April 2005.Analuisa Sandoval has taken up the post of Project Director of our partner organization Fundación Trébol.

Set up an online direct debit to support our work via the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) site.

August 2004. Jonathan Getty, Mexico Child Link coordinator, accompanied project staff on a trip to Coyay in order to check on the progress of Josefa, a young person who left the project in 2004

The children and young people enjoyed a great holiday in Veracruz from Thursday 29th July - August 1st 2004

The project received two new children on 12th July 2004, Israel aged 3 and his brother Mario aged 6.

Mexico Child Link is a UK registered charity which sponsors projects in Atlixco & Puebla, Mexico for homeless, abandoned and orphan children with learning disability, many of whom are ex street children.