Casa de la Mujer - Grupo Factor X is a center that specializes in counseling and legal assistance to women workers in the maquiladora industry and offers programs about sexual abuse and reproductive rights. Story and photos by Luz Aida Ruiz Martinez . Story and photos by Ricardo Mendez . The center uses the family structure as a strategy to address larger community issues, understanding that changes need to come at the macro level. Part of the strategy is to promote community organization as well as to create an equitable payment system to reinvest in the program.
Families manufacture the building materials that are then used to build their homes.
Story and photos by Victor Esparza . Casa YMCA del Menor Migrante is a shelter run by the YMCA in Tijuana that provides services to immigrant minors who have no home, or have been separated from their families either in the U.S. or Mexico. The organization provides shelter, counseling and a structure to unite minors with their families. Story and photos by Octavio Castellanos Rodriguez . Casa Guadalupe, Rancho Tepeyac is a drug rehabilitation center using alternative medicine and therapy, it emphasizes developing self-esteem, family involvement and reintegration into society.