One School Making A Difference

We are an educational support organization in Veracruz, Mexico. We help poor children who lack the means or opportunity to attend regular school. We are not state-accredited but teach all subjects K-9 and prepare students for government exams that are required to pass each grade. We believe that through education many of our children will be prepared to rise from poverty and be able to achieve better lives for themselves and their families.

Veracruz is on the Gulf of Mexico almost due east of Mexico City. It is where Hernán Cortés landed in 1519 to begin his conquests. In fact his home is about 20 minutes north of our school.

We have 4 full-time teachers – Miguel is the local director and teaches junior high. Ari teaches kindergarten and 1st grade, Karen 2nd & 3rd grade, and Abi grades 4-6. They all live in Veracruz and Chepinitas is their primary work. Donations fund their salaries.

We have applied for 501(c) (3) charitable/tax-exempt organization status with the US Internal Revenue Service and await their response. We fully expect to be approved and that our tax exemption will be retroactive to January 26, 2021 when we formally filed as a non-profit corporation with the State of Illinois.

We will never share about your donation without your permission. The one exception is that annual filing with the IRS (Form 990) requires us to identify anyone who gives $10,000 or more in a single calendar year. However that is sent only to the IRS and we are allowed to (and would!) exclude that from any public access to our annual filing.

Linda Horwitz Lager’s mother, Josefa Theurel Horwitz, is from Veracruz. Her childhood nickname was Chepina, or Chepinitas (she is 88, alive & well, and still dances).