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My Dad has had a charity organization for many years called Charity Anywhere Foundation. Every year he schedules a service project to Mexico during the Christmas break. Each year I look at my schedule and my vacation days to see if I can make the trip and take my kids down. Each year it seems that it just doesn’t work out. However, this year was different. The stars aligned, the planets were in sync so it was time to go to Mexico. I was able to get off work, I had the vacation days, my kids were old enough and I had some cheap tickets for flights into San Diego. So, I loaded up 3 of my kids and we went to Tijuana Mexico over Christmas Break. Below is a video of what we did, both working and playing. We had a great time, we worked hard, we played hard, and we learned a little about what it means to live in the United States of America.

I’ll probably blog about some more stuff that I learned while serving in Mexico over the next few days so stay tuned.

My parents run a non-profit organization called Charity Anywhere Foundation. Over the past few years they have been working with a group of people to better the lives of infants in Senahu Guatemala. Recently a video was made of the progress of this program. The results are stunning. Below is an explanation and the video. Charity Anywhere Foundation is a non-profit and non-denominational charity however the founders and many of their volunteers are members of the LDS Church, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints).

Incaparina is provided to malnourished children and nursing mothers. Charity Anywhere Foundation is directly involved in distributing this nutritional supplement in the mountain villages of Senahu Guatemala. It is our mission to decrease the mortality rates of these villages and preserves the lives of these beautiful people. With our generous donors we have been able to save the lives of hundreds of children and are anxious to expand the capacity of our mission. 100% of contributions go directly to the supplement provided to the children and nursing mothers. Please Visit http://www.charityanywhere.org/ for more information.

This video explains well the Incaparina project in Guatemala and can be used to share with your friends and family the capacity we all have in helping the malnourished mothers and children of Senahu Guatemala. We hope you enjoy it!

My parents are wonderful examples of service to our family and to the world.  I have mentioned many times that my parents are the founders of Charity Anywhere Foundation.  They are both members of the LDS Church however the foundation is completely non-denominational.  Even though CAF is not tied to any church, the Mormon Church has been a wonderful resource for doing good.  Most of the volunteers are Mormons but all religious faiths are welcome to participate.

My parents are both retired now however, they spend most of their time serving others and helping others serve.  The CAF Foundation has had projects all over the world.  They try to give back to those in need in third world countries.  Recently they made a trip to Ecuador where Washington Zambrano and the CAF foundation in Ecuador had setup a medical and dental project to service the needs of the poor. My Mom took a Flip Video camera along for the ride and took some short clips of some of the things they did and interviewed a few of the volunteers.  I took the video clips and blended them together into a video and uploaded it to YouTube.

If you are interested in participating in any project with Charity Anywhere Foundation, just follow this link.

Below is the video we made of their trip to Ecuador.