Blurred Borders - International Community Foundation

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (continued)
AGENCY ADDRESS SERVICES
Fundación Codet Av. Padre Kino #10159 Created to meet needs of patients with
para la
Zona Río C.P. 22320 ophthalmologic illnesses. It has developed
Prevención de la Phone 664-682-8370 into an ophthalmologic research
Ceguera, I.B.P. Fax 664-682-8370
institute. The Foundation's program,
Director Of Operations: "Evitemos la Ceguera (Let's Avoid
Marcela Deffis Ramos Blindness)", is made up of 4 parts: Clinical
fundacion@arisvision.com.m Campaigns Done in collaboration with
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ISESALUD and various civil partnerships in
charge of healthcare, the purpose of these
campaigns is the early detection of visual
illnesses that can lead to blindness.
Hospital Infantil Avenida Alejandro von Improve the health and nutrition of the
de las
Humboldt #11431 Mesa de border region's children in Southern
Californias, I.B.P. Otay C.P.22320
California and Mexico. Baja California is the
(Foundation for Phone 664-647-5069, 664- only state in Mexico bordering on the
Children of the 623-8180
United States without a full-service pediatric
Californias) Fax 664-647-5069, 664-623- hospital, despite the fact that 43% of its
8180 Ext. 323
population is under 19 years of age. It is
Director Of Operations: now a specialized medical, nutritional and
Mario Medina de la Torre educational center for children. The
director@hospitalinfantil.org Pediatric Clinic was built in 1994 a half mile
http://www.hospitalinfantil.or from the border with the United States and
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the Otay Mesa border crossing.
La Vereda de la
Vida, A.C.
Av. Ensenada #150 Col.
Francisco Villa C.P. 22150
Phone 664-634-9832
Fax 664-634-9832
Director Of Operations:
José Luis Olmos Ortíz
B-17
Provides an integrated rehabilitation support
system for low-income drug addicts.
Promotes the rehabilitation of the addicted
individual through detoxification and
motivation to serve others, and provides
training in workshops such as auto
mechanics, upholstery, carpentry, and
plaster handcrafts. In addition, it offers a
drug abuse and delinquency prevention
workshop and reintegrates the addict into
his or her community through work.