Mexican consulate contributes $27,000 toward health program
Nonprofit Campesinos Sin Fronteras to benefit from donation
The Mexican government has awarded $27,000 to renew a program that provides basic health care services to Mexican citizens living in Yuma County.
Acting on behalf of Mexico’s Foreign Ministry, the Mexican consul in Yuma, Jose Antonio Larios, recently presented the funds to Campesinos Sin Fronteras, a non-profit organization that provides health and social services primarily in south Yuma County.
The money goes toward the Ventanilla de Salud program, in which health workers with CSF give patients free physical exams, provide patient referrals to health care providers, and provide information about health topics as obesity and diabetes.
CSF health workers perform the exams at the Mexican Consulate in Yuma, at CSF offices in Somerton and San Luis, Ariz., and as part of the Mobile Consulate program, in which consular employees travel out to outlying communities in Yuma and La Paz counties to serve constituents.
The services are provided primarily to, but not limited to, residents of Mexican nationality in two counties who are served by the consulate.
In presenting the money to CSF, Larios praised the effort by the CSF and the foreign ministry in providing the Ventanila de Salud program.
“This is a collaboration that no other consulate (in the United States) has. Having (health workers) at the three Ventanilla de Salud sites and in the Mobile Consulates is very important for us and for the reach of the program.”