1. Donations

VAMOS! exists only because individuals and groups--people like you--care enough to help the Mexican poor. We receive no support from government agencies nor from official church hierarchies. We do receive support from local churches of all denominations, from religious congregations, from social clubs, from private foundations and from individuals in the U.S. the U.K. and Ireland. Some support also comes from individuals in Mexico, many of whom are foreigners. In addition, friends have set up a registered charity in Canada to receive tax-deductible donations there. It is called The Canadian Friends of Vamos!, Inc/Les amis canadiens de Vamos!, Inc. Every donation, even the smallest, makes a difference. No board member nor our field representatives in Mexico nor First World volunteers receive salary or support of any kind. Yes, all donations are tax deductible in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. If you want to help, know how welcome your donations will be, understand that we are a kind of extended family bound together by a belief that we can and must help the world's poor. Every member of our VAMOS! family counts!

Please send all donations to:

2. Our Vitamin Project

If you or a friend are traveling to Mexico, why not include a few bottles of children's chewable vitamins in your suitcase? Mexican law makes it very difficult and at times impossible to send vitamins through the mail. We must rely on the kindness of travelers to Mexico to bring with them the vitamins we so desperately need. Customs officials never question a traveler with a few bottles of vitamins.

3. Volunteers

VAMOS! welcomes all interest in our many projects. Because our charter states that every penny we collect goes to the Mexican poor we are not able to offer salaries or stipends. All our First-world volunteers work at their own expense. Over the years some who wanted to volunteer but were unable to pay their expenses have found sponsors in the their home country.

For a volunteer to be effective, he or she must be willing to commit to a period of no less than two years and must be able to speak some Spanish.

People who cannot invest this much time or speak little or no Spanish, often come to a local language school and help out in one of the VAMOS! projects for a few hours in the afternoon. This works out well as long as there is a need for volunteers at that time.