So far, the project has been seif supported by highly motivated individuals who have found a forum to act on their social concems in a practicar, innovative manner. Visitors have a unique opportunity to share experiences with their hosts and leam in an experiential fashion about their culture. Negotiations are being conducted to develop collaborative projects. Through committed volunteers from severas organiz tions, steps are being taken to invite multi-disciplinarv teams from Mexico to work toward the social and cultural development of underserved hispanic minority communities in Texas. It may seem an unreachable goal, but nonetheless, it is the goal that guides us and shows the path we must follow.
Health exists in a social and environmental context.
When a society is greedy, violent, suicidal, depressed, or lacking in values, that society is ill. An ill society, in turn, adversely affects the environment that nourishes it. In the universal scheme, to reach social health represents nothing than our very own survival. Reforms are not only necessary, but urgent. We have to widen our definitions, we must integrate different disciplines, resolve cultural barriers and move the members of the community to play an active role in the process.