“I thank the gentlemen and ladies who give us food at the MAS clinic and may God allow them to continue giving us more food to eat”

“I want to thank all the doctors that come to cure the eyes, I’m very happy of being able to see the light”

Since 1993 MAS (Medicina y Asistencia Social) has focused its efforts to achieve a better life quality, health, nutrition and social progress for the indigenous populations located in the mountains of Guerrero zone. The people of this area has to live with less than one dollar a day

• Mission
  Collaborate in the social development of the poorest areas in our country. Design, execute and supervise programs targeted to increase their life level, improving their social, cultural, nutritional and health environments

• Vision

Join efforts and work in a model of responsibility for improving the welfare of those communities, implementing programs with social impact on the most vulnerable porpulations located in the mountains of Guerrero zone.

• Values
  MAS is oriented to the correct application and use of the available resources to “Give More to Others” (Dar Más a los Demás) and have an educational process targeted to values and social commitments. Each activity or project in the mountains of Guerrero zone is done with ethics and responsibility, enhancing the values and ideals of the association

Programs

Medicine
-“Dr. Rubén Marín” clinic where general and specialties medical consultations are provided
-“See Again Without Cataracts” (Volver a Ver sin Cataratas) medical-surgical days
-Medical mobile unit
-Pharmacy
-Eyeglass store

Productive
-Regional contest of Huipils’ spinning and weaving

In Tlapa de Comonfort, Guerrero there’re several programs operating throughout the year

Nutrition
-Dining room for children
-Slurry program

Education
-Literacy workshops
-Regularization workshops for children

Achievements

Medical Programs

“Dr. Rubén Marín” Medical, Surgical and Nutritional Unit
“Dr. Carlos Pérez Moreno” Recovery Area
Medical specialist volunteers periodically perform various medical specialties days, including ophthalmology, psychiatry, internal medicine, dermatology, pediatrics, cardiology and dentistry

Medical mobile unit

It provides medical care to indigenous populations that are located a long distance away from Tlapa de Comonfort, Guerrero because people living in these areas are not able to visit our medical unit. This mobile unit has been adapted with all the equipment necessary to provide general medicine and dentistry consultation
The medical mobile unit includes high technology equipment to meet primary care needs, including the distribution of medicines

“See Again Without Cataracts” (Volver a Ver sin Cataratas)

“See Again Without Cataracts” (Volver a Ver sin Cataratas) medical-surgical days
The physical conditions in the mountains of Guerrero require specialized medical care, especially in ophthalmology, which is why we have conducted for eleven consecutive years (from 1997 to 2007) the medical-surgical days “See Again without Cataracts” (Volver a Ver sin Cataratas) in which 938 cataract surgeries with intraocular lens placement have been performed and other diseases have been addressed through 7,752 specialized consultations

Nutrition Programs

Dining room for children and Slurry program
The dining room for children has been in operation for 3 years and provides one daily meal to school-aged children, help with their school work and literacy training to their mothers
The slurry is provided to children aged between 0 and 5 years old because it contains a high nutritional value. Their mothers are trained in its preparation and receive all the necessary ingredients

Productive Programs

Spinning and weaving in waist loom developed by Mixtec women through training provided by experts on traditional fabrics
Regional contest of Huipils’ spinning and weaving reached its 4th edition in Metlatonoc, Guerrero. This contest aims to promote a productive project where weaving women use the waist loom to create products suitable to the traditional garment market and get an income to improve their life quality, preserving their cultural roots.

Social Programs

University volunteers from Europe and different states of Mexico build classrooms in La Angostura, San Isidro and San Nicolás communities. They provide school regularization sessions to children that attend these classrooms
A sports tournament is organized for the inmates of Tlapa’s prison, as well as a circulating library with books of classical literature authors. They also receive english and math lessons.
The drainage was constructed in the local orphanage
Medical attention, pantries distribution and clothes were provided to the children of the Migrant School (children whose fathers are undocumented workers in the United States) and the local home for orphaned children

Give More to Others

Medicina y Asitencia Social, A.C.
Constituyentes 345-810, Col. Daniel Garza
11830 México, D.F.
MEXICO

Donations
BBVA Bancomer account number:
001 0449271538

HSBC account number:
04021648001

More information:
Tel. +52 (55) 5271 5171
+52 (55) 5272 9360

info@mas.org.mx