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HOW TO DONATE... updated May 2025
If you would like a US tax receipt, you can donate to us via the Foundation for Lake Chapala Charities - click here to reach their donation page for information on how to do this. Please scroll down the page to find our name...
They use PayPal, so if you wish you can make regular donations to us via the Foundation (that is really wonderful!).
Wire transfers appear to work the best.
If you try to send a check, the Mexican banks will only accept checks for a maximum $250 US, and then it can take long time for the check to clear.
Because of the different Canadian tax laws, donations can be sent (for Poco a Poco) to a Canadian Rotary Club in Winnipeg West and they will issue you with a Canadian tax receipt.
The instructions are in this document which you will have to fill in and send to Rotary. (Then they will forward to monies to Chapala Sunrise Rotary here in Ajijic, and they in turn will give Poco a Poco the funds.) But please copy us on your correspondence so that we can also track your donation. Thank you so much Rotary! ​

If you don't need a tax receipt, and you want to donate via wire transfer to Poco a Poco, just contact us and we can help with this. (We are close to finalizing Poco a Poco as a registered Mexican charity, so some of this information will change when that happens.)
If you are in the Chapala/Ajijic area and would like to donate in cash, (sometimes this is a lot easier for us!) please contact us at this e-mail link, and we will arrange with you for a convenient pick up place/time. Please also provide your cell or phone #.
If you want to make a bank transfer to us from within Mexico, please click here to email us. As soon as we are through the final steps of becoming a Mexican charity, then we can open our own bank account. Until then, just contact us and we will find the best solution that works for you.
If you have a preference of where your donation is to be used, please let us know via email, so that we can respect your wishes.

If you want to support the Poco a Poco Children's Dining Room that we run at our community center, we would love your help! We are feeding around 160-180 (sometimes even more) children, five days a week. This is a huge undertaking.
We need regular donations to pay for food. We struggle providing sufficient protein. Perhaps you would be willing to:
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Donate 48 eggs on a regular basis?
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Or beans and rice?
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Or meat or cheese (that would be a luxury)?
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Meat bones and vegetables for a healthy soup?
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Or fresh fruit and vegetables for the children?​
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Providing nutritious food for these children is really important: a diet which includes protein, fresh vegetables and fruit, as well as water-based drinks.
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Many of the children have shown signs of malnutrition and poor nutrition, and we see the improvements, not just in their health, but their social skills as well.
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Other programs that need support include:
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Funding for medical expenses, because we help some families with essential health insurance coverage so they can get their medicines and treatments for kidney disease, and even eventual kidney transplants.
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​Education costs: We pay for a primary school teacher and her assistant to provide tutoring to over 30 children, three mornings a week. These children are making such progress with this help - we can't stop doing this. But it costs around $125 US a week and we need help.
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Continue building our community center.
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Financial support to pay for the adminsitrative expenses for WiFi, water delivery, electric bills, gas and electric for cooking;
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Clean drinking water for the Children's Dining room, as well as refilling the water cistern which is used for cooking, cleaning, and washing hands;
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Ongoing projects that give people in these areas ways to make a living, with pride.
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