Who are we?

We are a group of volunteers—mostly former inmates and family members of inmates—who have been called by God to serve Jesus Christ among those deprived of their liberty in prisons and their families, through courses, conferences, and workshops on human relationships based on the teachings of Jesus Christ (which have changed and transformed our lives), so that they may break free from their current circumstances and grow personally, socially, family-wise, emotionally, and spiritually.

Mission

To assist people deprived of their liberty in every prison and their families, teaching them human-relations courses based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and temporarily meeting their basic food needs, so that their lives are transformed, to prevent crime and family breakdown and to form useful citizens and agents of change.

Vision

To be an exemplary Private Assistance Institution in helping people deprived of their liberty and their families, expanding into every prison in Mexico within the next 5 years and into Latin America and the United States within 10 years, establishing strong leaders in each one.

Values

LOVE

It is the motivation and reason for being that must drive each one of us in every task and activity we carry out. Love for God and for our neighbor is the reason why we serve.

FAITHFULNESS

These are the qualities we seek to develop and improve in every volunteer and collaborator of the Foundation, which imply Constancy, Reliability, Trustworthiness and Loyalty in everything done on behalf of the people deprived of their liberty and their relatives, and among ourselves as a team.

PURPOSE

Always focused on preventing crime and family breakdown in order to transform our lives and the lives of those we serve, to become useful citizens and agents of change who in turn help others to leave the harmful condition in which we used to live.

History

In 1986, work began at the Tepepan Women’s Center.

In 1987, the Mexico City Penitentiary was added.

In 1988, the Ceresos in Puebla, Cholula, and Atlixco were added.

In 1989, the men’s and women’s prisons were added.

In 1990, all women’s centers in Mexico City and all Ceresos in Puebla were added.

In 1991, all the men’s detention centers in Mexico City were added.

From 1991 to 1994, assistance programs were carried out in all detention centers in Mexico City and Puebla.

In 1995, the work began in Morelos, Sinaloa, Michoacán, the State of Mexico, and Guerrero.

In 1996, the work began in Northern Baja California, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Guanajuato, and Querétaro.

In 1997, work began in Yucatán.

In 1998, work began in Durango.

In 1999, work began in Coahuila, Chihuahua, Quintana Roo, and San Luis Potosí.

In 2000, work began in Aguascalientes, Zacatecas, and Nayarit.

In 2001, work began in Veracruz and Sonora. In 2003, work began in Colima and Tabasco. In 2004, work began in Campeche. In 2005, work began in Cali, Colombia.

In 2006, the work expanded to three departments in Colombia: Pereira, Popayán, and Palmira.

In 2012, work began in Irving, Texas.

In 2014, work began in Brownsville, Texas.

From 2014 to 2018, the work was consolidated across all 32 states of Mexico.

From 2018 to 2022, coordinators—agents of change selected from among former inmates—have been trained to launch relief efforts in Central America.

In 2022, negotiations began with the embassies of Belize and El Salvador to launch relief efforts in both countries.

We currently provide assistance in 31 states of the Mexican Republic and have established:

· 11 children’s breakfast programs serving an average of 2,682 children annually.

· 3 rehabilitation centers for people with substance use disorders, serving 60 residents per month.

· 9 group homes for boys and girls, providing shelter to more than 100 children.

· 291 home-based care centers that train and assist an average of 2,800 people per year

· 124 detention centers where interpersonal skills courses are taught to more than 12,300 inmates.

· 295 prison-based groups served

· 15 hospitals receiving spiritual support and food

· 6 nursing homes receiving spiritual support and food

· 20 public spaces (parks, plazas, sports fields, etc.) receiving spiritual support and food

· 54 rehabilitation centers provided with spiritual support and food

· 87 marginalized communities provided with spiritual support and food

· 12 children’s breakfast programs provided with spiritual support and food

· 11 group homes provided with spiritual support and food

We received donations of bread, fruit, vegetables, food, and groceries an average of 5 days a week at 132 Chedraui stores nationwide. • We received a total of 1,916,392 kilos (1,916 metric tons) in donations: 1,226,915 kilos of bread, 634,319 kilos of fruit and vegetables 25,075 kilograms of tortillas, 7,160 kilograms of prepared foods 22,923 kilograms of groceries • An average of 159,700 kilograms per month (160 metric tons per month)

• Lectures and courses on human relations were given to 4,272 inmates in Mexico City, 8,573 in state prisons, and 19,396 in federal prisons nationwide.

• We assisted 6,615 family members in Mexico City and the Metropolitan Area and 12,370 nationwide, providing them with weekly courses and food.

Jalisco, Tlaxcala, Tabasco, and Campeche, among others, have won the Best Foundation’s State Altruism Award, and we have received more than 50 awards from state and federal governments, the Private Assistance Board, AMIAP, the Attorney General’s Office (PGR), and the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH).

Background

The origins of Fundación Emmanuel date back to 1961, when a volunteer named Luis Torres Márquez decided to comprehensively care for a single inmate of what was then the historic "Palacio Negro de Lecumberri," seeking to meet not only his spiritual needs but also his health, family, emotional, physical, legal and material needs. With this vision, 5 years later, this fully renewed and rehabilitated inmate began to do the same work with his fellow inmates, among whom he cared for the man who is now the Foundation's International Coordinator, Mr. Jaime Guerrero, with whom he jointly leads a group of more than 70 inmates supported by external volunteer groups and with the same vision from the start. In this way, from his release in 1973 to the present, the same work has been carried out, cooperating with various civil and social associations mainly in Colombia until 1985.

YEAR THE WORK BEGAN IN MEXICO

The work began in 1986, simultaneously in Mexico City with Amistad Cristiana A.C. and in Puebla with Amistad de Puebla A.C. Then, from 1988 to 1990 the work operated as "Patronato de Ayuda y Amistad A.C.," and beginning in May 1990 it was established as a Private Assistance Institution (I.A.P.).

Fundación Emmanuel I.A.P. was founded in May 1990 as a Private Assistance Institution, in order to fulfill an altruistic mission under the coverage of the Junta de Asistencia Privada, carrying out the following activities:

Assistance to people deprived of their liberty and their relatives
Children's breakfast and dining centers
Care for street children
Help for people addicted to drugs, drug-dependent people and alcoholics

LEGAL FRAMEWORK

Under the Law of Private Assistance Institutions for the Federal District, Chapter I of the General Provisions, Article 2 establishes the following definitions:

Social assistance: the set of actions aimed at providing support, social integration and the healthy development of individuals or vulnerable or at-risk population groups, due to their condition of disadvantage, abandonment or physical, mental, legal or social lack of protection. It also includes actions aimed at addressing emergency situations, strengthening their capacity to meet needs, exercise their rights and, if possible, seek their reintegration into family, work and social life. Social assistance encompasses actions of promotion, provision, prevention, protection and rehabilitation.
Private assistance: the social assistance carried out with privately owned property.
Institutions: private assistance institutions.
Foundations: legal entities constituted, under the terms of this law, through the allocation of privately owned property intended for carrying out acts of social assistance.

Our work

Corporate Purpose

n behalf of low-income people deprived of their liberty and their relatives:
Attention to basic subsistence needs in terms of food, clothing or housing.
Social guidance, education or job training. Social guidance means advice on matters such as family, education, food, work, health, integral human development, and the care and prevention of addictions, with the aim of improving the quality of life of those assisted.
Legal assistance, support and promotion for the protection of the rights of minors, as well as for the social rehabilitation of people who have engaged in unlawful conduct.

ASSISTANCE ACTS

FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR LIBERTY

To give talks, courses, workshops and lectures on topics related to family, health, integral human development, work, prevention and care of addictions, as well as occupational and recreational therapies that contribute to the physical and emotional development of the beneficiaries.
To provide legal advice so that they have due process.

FOR THE BENEFIT OF RELATIVES OF PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR LIBERTY

To give talks and workshops, with the aim of preventing crime and promoting human values, communication, acceptance and family integration.
To grant in-kind support, mainly food, clothing and footwear.
To provide medical assistance through general consultations.
To refer relatives of inmates who face drug-addiction problems, drug dependency and alcoholism to institutions specialized in the field, in order to form a support network.
To enter into all kinds of contracts and agreements necessary to carry out its assistance purpose. The Institution may carry out all acts and activities necessary for its subsistence and the fulfillment of its purposes.

ACTIVITIES

At Fundación Emmanuel we provide assistance to vulnerable sectors of society: relatives of people deprived of their liberty, street children, drug-dependent people, the elderly, widows and single mothers, in order to prevent crime, family breakdown, prostitution, addictions and reoffending in prisons.

ur core program consists of raising awareness among these vulnerable groups through Lectures, Courses and Human-Relations Workshops on how they can leave their current life condition and improve personally, socially, in family and emotionally, so that they change their attitudes and learn to manage their human relationships correctly and fend for themselves.

Assistance Purpose

Deed: 68,601
Book: 1,626
Date: March 9, 2015
Notary Public: No. 47, Alfredo Miguel Morán Moguel

ARTICLE 4

Fundación Emmanuel Institución de Asistencia Privada is a non-profit organization whose beneficiaries, in each and every one of the assistance activities it carries out, are low-income individuals, sectors and regions; indigenous communities and groups made vulnerable by age, sex or disability, and its purpose is to carry out the following activities on behalf of low-income people deprived of their liberty and their relatives:

Attention to basic subsistence needs in terms of food, clothing or housing.
Social guidance, education or job training. Social guidance means advice on matters such as family, education, food, work, health, integral human development, and the care and prevention of addictions, with the aim of improving the quality of life of those assisted.
Legal assistance, support and promotion for the protection of the rights of minors, as well as for the social rehabilitation of people who have engaged in unlawful conduct.

To fulfill the above purposes and objectives, the Institution will carry out the following acts of assistance:

FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR LIBERTY

To give talks, courses, workshops and lectures on topics related to family, health, integral human development, work, prevention and care of addictions, as well as occupational and recreational therapies that contribute to the physical and emotional development of the beneficiaries.
To provide legal advice so that they have due process.

FOR THE BENEFIT OF RELATIVES OF PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR LIBERTY

To give talks and workshops, with the aim of preventing crime and promoting human values, communication, acceptance and family integration.
To grant in-kind support, mainly food, clothing and footwear.
To provide medical assistance through general consultations.
To refer relatives of inmates who face drug-addiction problems, drug dependency and alcoholism to institutions specialized in the field, in order to form a support network.
To enter into all kinds of contracts and agreements necessary to carry out its assistance purpose. The Institution may carry out all acts and activities necessary for its subsistence and the fulfillment of its purposes.

Target Population

People deprived of their liberty and their relatives (spouses and children): To provide them with help and assistance in order to reintegrate them into society.
Children in unfavorable circumstances as a result of the imprisonment of their father or mother: To provide help to children living on the street, orphaned, abandoned, or from broken homes as a result of crime or addictions.
People in need as a result of imprisonment: To provide help to those who, because of crime or addictions, need moral guidance, in order to form useful citizens able to fend for themselves.
The elderly, widows and single mothers as a result of imprisonment: To provide help and support to elderly people without family or with low-income families, as well as widows or single mothers, victims of crime or addictions.
Drug addicts, drug-dependent people and alcoholics among inmates and their relatives: To provide help to people addicted to drugs, drug-dependent people and alcoholics, referring them to specialized institutions.
Similar institutions: To provide help to institutions carrying out similar activities, chosen by the Board of Trustees, in precarious situations.

Types of Assistance

TYPE OF ASSISTANCE

To provide support and moral guidance to people deprived of their liberty through courses and workshops, in order to form useful citizens and reintegrate them into society, improving their quality of life.
To provide talks and workshops to the relatives of inmates, with the aim of preventing crime and addictions and promoting human values, communication, acceptance and family integration.
To provide aid, mainly food, to the families of low-income inmates living in extreme poverty, as well as older adults, women, adolescents and minors in a vulnerable state, according to their need and the Institution's possibilities, as a means to guide and train them to improve their quality of life.
To provide aid to relatives of inmates who face drug-addiction problems, drug dependency and alcoholism, referring them to specialized institutions.
To collaborate with other assistance institutions carrying out similar activities in order to share experiences and form a network of mutual support.

Rehabilitation and Reintegration Program

NEED TO BE ADDRESSED

INTEGRATE

The inmate’s family to facilitate social rehabilitation.

PREVENT

Family breakdownDelinquency among sonsProstitution among daughtersRecidivism

VISIT

To visit the families of inmates at the North Men’s Pretrial Detention Center who are participating in the project—both in their homes and at detention centers and prisons—to encourage them to participate in their inmate’s social rehabilitation and to promote family integration.

TRAIN

To train family members in universally accepted moral principles through the courses: “The Ten Basic Steps of Human Relations,” “Human Relations in Marriage,” and “How to Find Happiness”—which have brought about changes in the behavior, attitudes, and mindsets of their loved ones—so that they may experience transformation in their own lives and, together with their loved ones and their children, improve spiritually, morally, socially, family-wise, emotionally, and economically.

PROVIDE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE

Spiritual, moral, emotional, and material assistance to families, in order to motivate and encourage them to participate in the training.

MISSION

1. RAISE AWARENESS AMONG PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR LIBERTY

Visiting correctional facilities to share the vision in person.
Distributing personal hygiene items to the entire prison population (6,800 inmates).
Donating toys to their children to convey a message to their spouses (1,000 children).
Organizing events to encourage them to join the program (plays, concerts, diploma ceremonies, social gatherings).

2. TRAINING THOSE WHO RESPOND

Establishing study groups to move from motivation to action:

Giving lectures on how they can break free from their current living conditions and better themselves personally, socially, and within their families.
Offering courses based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ so that participants can follow His example (The Ten Basic Steps of Human Relations and How to Find Happiness).
Offering the course “Human Relations in Marriage” to couples.

3. INTEGRATE THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO RESPOND

In marriage courses held in the Intimate Visiting Room.
At meetings on family visiting days.
By motivating and encouraging them with food baskets based on their participation.
Informing them about existing home groups near their homes so they can join and connect with other families.
Informing them about civic associations and aid organizations so they can benefit from courses, conferences, seminars, and assistance.
Teaching the Human Relations Course to their children at their appropriate level on visitation days.
Bringing together several families to provide special courses for inmates’ wives once a month.

GRAPHICAL STRATEGY

QUANTITATIVE CONCEPTS

5,000 inmates receiving training alongside their wives and children.
500 households benefiting.
A team of 100 volunteers outside the facility and 70 inside to meet all needs.

QUALITATIVE CONCEPTS

Improved quality of training.
Greater learning for inmates and their families through audiovisual instruction.
Accessible teaching materials for every family.
Every family provided with books and school supplies to reinforce learning.

Achievements: See the “History” section.

EXPECTED RESULTS

Transformed lives of inmates and their families, reducing social disintegration, crime, and recidivism.
Effective rehabilitation of incarcerated individuals: from a negative to a positive attitude, from pessimism to optimism, and from a deviant personality profile to a normal one.
Completion of elementary, middle, and high school education and enrollment in other courses.
Working productively on Center committees, as a volunteer, in workshops, or independently.
Participation in the institution’s sports, cultural, and competition activities.
Transitioning from being a problematic inmate to one of good conduct.
Moving from substance abuse (alcohol or drugs) to sobriety and no longer relying on substances to feel calm.
Attending marriage counseling sessions together with their spouses.
Their spouses and children attending family training sessions within the Center.
Their spouses receiving training off-site.
Stable and well-ordered households in emotional, social, economic, and marital aspects.

DESCRIPTION OF THE BENEFICIARY POPULATION

Socioeconomic description:

40% Extreme poverty
50% Poverty
10% Limited resources

Age distribution:

Families consisting of the elderly, adults, young people, and children.

ACTIVITIES TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES

Offering interpersonal skills courses within the centers.
Offering interpersonal skills courses to families, with personal visits to each home for motivation and group sessions.
Design and development of audiovisual training materials.
Screening of films with themes related to the curriculum to reinforce the teaching.
Rewarding residents who actively participate with personal hygiene items, spouses with food pantries, and both with toys for their children.

PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROJECT

Tiendas Chedraui S.A. de C.V.
Nacional Monte de Piedad I.A.P.
La Casa Sobre la Roca A.C.
Herdez S.A. de C.V.
Fundación del Dr. Simi A.C.
Discovery International
Peninsula Bible Church
Tamarisk Tree Foundation
Los Trevi Produce LLC
Fundación Emmanuel del Bajío A.C.
Ricardo and Martalicia Zazueta
Miguel and Blanca Calvo
Alberto and Paola Núñez
Alejandro and Luisa Treviño
Carl and Bertha Gallivan
Raúl and Esther Rodríguez
Tania Karina González
Jesús Emmanuel Mendoza
Víctor Alegría
Araceli Maya
Edith Arriaga
Jorge Arredondo
José Manuel Torres
Tarcisio Bravo

Food Bank

Need to be met

Reduce hunger and malnutrition.
Prevent crime (theft, prostitution, etc.)

MISSION

To give Society part of our time, love and effort with the absolute conviction that every person deserves to live better.
Our action is aimed at benefiting the low-income population of any community and groups made vulnerable by age, sex or disability, who are living on the street, and families of people deprived of their liberty, by attending to their basic food needs (Article 4 of our constitutive act).

PURPOSE

To gather, through donations, as much food as possible in support of the beneficiaries.

QUANTITATIVE FIGURES

5,000 low-income families helped.
A team of 50 volunteers trained and committed to this work, which will translate into benefit for our society and future generations.
16 vehicles in optimal condition for collection and distribution in Mexico City and the State of Mexico.

QUALITATIVE FIGURES

Improvement in people's nutrition and quality of life.
Reduction of hunger and malnutrition.

ACHIEVEMENTS

A facility for the Food Bank in Cuautepec, Barrio Bajo, State of Mexico.
A free dining hall where we serve an average of 50 diners in need daily, from 1:00 p.m., at the aforementioned address.
Assistance to 1,500 people in extreme poverty according to the latest registry (June 2013).
The support of Fundación Walmart and Fundación Chedraui, which make these achievements possible, with the permits previously authorized and signed by each representative as applicable.

EXPECTED RESULTS

Temporary food assistance to the low-income relatives of people deprived of their liberty involved in the Social Rehabilitation and Reintegration Project.
Temporary assistance to families in poverty and extreme poverty.

POPULATION HELPED (socioeconomic description)

60% in extreme poverty.
40% in poverty.

ACTIVITIES TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES

Collection of donations at the stores.
Storage at the facility.
Organization, selection and classification of the food to be distributed daily.
Assembly of food pantries for the families of people deprived of their liberty.
Preparation of the meals for the dining hall.

ANNUAL BUDGET

Item	Quantity required	Unit cost	Frequency	Annual cost
Drivers	7	$3,000	Monthly	$252,000
Secretary	1	$3,000	Monthly	$36,000
Total project staff				$288,000
Stationery, copies, folders and office supplies	1	$5,000	Monthly	$60,000
Total office expenses				$60,000
Fuel	12	$70,000	Monthly	$840,000
Total travel expenses				$840,000

Total budget amount: $1,188,000 pesos

School Aid Program

The School Aid Program for the children of prisoners of Fundación Emmanuel, IAP, will be aimed at children and young people at school levels from primary through university.

The main elements describing the Project for the School Aid Program are the following:

Institutional Mission:

To foster better living conditions for people deprived of their liberty and their relatives, and in general for families in conditions of poverty, through educational and motivational programs, as well as in-kind and financial support.

Project rationale:

To carry out preventive work with the children and young people who are children of prisoners and of people with very low economic resources, in order to avoid an eventual criminal future like the one probably lived by some of their parents or relatives who, in addition to the suffering of the loss of liberty, leave their economic dependents in a condition of abandonment, family breakdown and its consequent emotional and psychosocial impacts.

Project Title:

School Aid Program of Fundación Emmanuel, IAP.

Diagnosis:

There is a high school dropout rate in the country among children and young people at the various educational levels, from primary through university, due, among other factors, to the lack of economic resources and the need to work to contribute to the family income.

General description of the project:

The School Aid Program of Fundación Emmanuel, IAP will consist of providing fixed monthly financial support to children and young people in conditions of poverty and low family income, according to the school level attended and the diagnosis obtained from an individual socioeconomic study, as well as extraordinary support in money or in kind for the purchase of books or school materials or the treatment of health problems, subject to prior investigation of the specific need.

General Objective of the Project

To help children and young people who are enrolled at some school level, from primary through university degree, and who live in conditions of poverty and low family income, to have a specific income to continue their studies, until the completion of the academic grade in progress.

Specific Objectives

To provide fixed monthly aid of $750.00 to primary-school children, aged between 9 and 14, who have been selected as beneficiaries.
To provide fixed monthly aid of $850.00 to secondary-school children, aged between 13 and 17, who have been selected as beneficiaries.
To provide fixed monthly aid of $900.00 to high-school students, aged between 16 and 18, who have been selected as beneficiaries.
To provide fixed monthly aid of $1,000.00 to university-level students, aged between 18 and 24, who have been selected as beneficiaries.
To obtain beneficiaries at private educational institutions for the students with the best grades at each academic level (primary, secondary, high school and university).

Goals

1.1 To select as beneficiaries a maximum of 30 children who are in the third to sixth grade of primary school and have a minimum average of 8.5 on their report card.

2.1 To select as beneficiaries a maximum of 30 children who are in the second or third grade of secondary school and have a minimum average of 8.5 on their report card.

3.1 To select as beneficiaries a maximum of 25 young people who are in high school, from the third semester onward, and have a minimum average of 8.5 on their report card or grade certificate.

4.1 To select as beneficiaries 20 young people who are pursuing some grade of professional studies and have a minimum average of 8 on their report card or grade certificate.

5.1 To identify beneficiaries with average grades of 9 and above to review the possibility and advisability of their studying at private educational institutions with which the foundation has an agreement.

Actions for the Primary level

1.1.1 Determine the universe of candidate beneficiaries at the primary level, from among the children of people deprived of their liberty and other children in conditions of poverty, who submit their school-aid application.

1.1.2 Collect and analyze the general data and basic documentation of the school-aid candidates: name and age, name of the parents or guardians, address, name and address of the school where they study, monthly family income, birth certificate, proof of address, report card, etc.

1.1.3 Carry out a preliminary selection of the school-aid candidates who initially meet the requested profile.

1.1.4 Conduct a home visit to the eligible candidates in order to corroborate their data.

1.1.5 Select the candidates who, according to the analysis of the information corroborated in the home visit, meet the required profile.

1.1.6 Make the final selection of the school-aid recipients, according to the results obtained in the evaluation of the candidates.

1.1.7 Refer the beneficiaries to the corresponding health center, according to their address, for their enrollment in Seguro Popular and a general medical evaluation.

Actions for the Secondary level

2.1.1 Determine the universe of candidate beneficiaries at the secondary level, from among the children of people deprived of their liberty and other children in conditions of poverty who are interested in the program and submit their beneficiary application.

2.1.2 Collect and analyze the general data and basic documentation of the candidate beneficiaries: name and age, name of the parents or guardians, address, name and address of the school where they study, monthly family income, birth certificate, proof of address, report card, etc.

2.1.3 Carry out a preliminary selection of the candidate beneficiaries who initially meet the requested profile.

2.1.4 Conduct a home visit to the eligible candidates in order to corroborate their data.

2.1.5 Select the candidates who, according to the analysis of the information corroborated in the home visit, meet the required profile.

2.1.6 Make the final selection of the beneficiaries, according to the results obtained in the evaluation of the candidates.

2.1.7 Refer the beneficiaries to the corresponding health center according to their address for their enrollment in Seguro Popular and a general medical evaluation, and request that they be issued proof that they are free of addictions.

Actions for the High-School level

3.1.1 Determine the universe of candidate beneficiaries at the high-school level, from among the young people who are children of people deprived of their liberty and other students in conditions of poverty who are interested in the program and submit their beneficiary application.

3.1.2 Collect and analyze the general data and basic documentation of the candidate beneficiaries: name and age, name of the parents or guardians, address, name and address of the school where they study, monthly family income, birth certificate, proof of address, report card or grade certificate, and a letter from the school stating that the candidate beneficiary does not receive other financial support to pursue their studies.

3.1.3 Carry out a preliminary selection of the candidate beneficiaries who initially meet the requested profile.

3.1.4 Conduct a home visit to the eligible candidates in order to corroborate their data.

3.1.5 Select the candidates who, according to the analysis of the information corroborated in the home visit, meet the required profile.

3.1.6 Make the final selection of the beneficiaries, according to the results obtained in the evaluation of the candidates.

3.1.7 Refer the beneficiaries who do not have medical service at the school institution where they are enrolled to the corresponding health center, according to their address, for their enrollment in Seguro Popular and a general medical evaluation, and request that they be issued proof that they are free of addictions.

Actions for the Professional level

4.1.1 Determine the universe of candidate beneficiaries at the professional level, from among the young people who are children of people deprived of their liberty and other students in conditions of poverty who are interested in the program and submit their school-aid application.

4.1.2 Collect and analyze the general data and basic documentation of the candidate beneficiaries: name and age, name of the parents or guardians, address, name and address of the school where they study, monthly family income, birth certificate, proof of address, grade certificate, and a letter from the school stating that the candidate beneficiary does not receive other financial support to pursue their studies.

4.1.3 Carry out a preliminary selection of the candidate beneficiaries who initially meet the requested profile.

4.1.4 Conduct a home visit to the eligible candidates in order to corroborate their data.

4.1.5 Select the candidates who, according to the analysis of the information corroborated in the home visit, meet the required profile.

4.1.6 Make the final selection of the beneficiaries, according to the results obtained in the evaluation of the candidates.

4.1.7 Refer the beneficiaries who do not have medical service at the school institution where they are enrolled to the corresponding health center, according to their address, for their enrollment in Seguro Popular and a general medical evaluation, and request that they be issued proof that they are free of addictions.

Actions to study at private institutions

5.1 Identify the beneficiaries with average grades of 9 and above to review the possibility and advisability of their studying at private educational institutions with which the foundation has an agreement.

POLICIES FOR GRANTING SCHOOL AID

School aid will be granted through the student selection process determined by the Foundation.

Applicants may or may not be living with their family, may live in an assistance institution, or may be children of a father or mother deprived of their liberty.

Applicants will undergo a medical and psychometric examination to determine their general state of health and ensure that they are free of addictions.

Applicants must, at the time of requesting the aid, prove that they are enrolled in a public educational institution.

The maximum age for applicants to submit their application will be as follows:

Primary: up to 14 years

Secondary: up to 18 years

Intermediate or technical level: 20 years

Professional level: 23 years

Candidates must present a certificate or report card issued by the educational institution they attend, as well as a Letter of Recommendation from the Director of the Institution or a Professor of the same, and any other documentation that the Foundation may request at the time for processing the school aid.

Minors (up to 17 years) will attend with one of the parents or the person acting as guardian or responsible for the minor's education.

According to the socioeconomic investigation carried out by the Foundation, it will be the one to determine the person who, for the purposes of the School Aid Program, acts as guardian of the minors under 17.

PERATING POLICIES FOR THE SCHOOL AID:

The students selected to be beneficiaries of the program will be informed of it at their homes or by another means determined by the Foundation, and will receive a "Certificate of Beneficiary of the School Aid Program of Fundación Emmanuel."

The selected students will be identified as "Beneficiaries of Fundación Emmanuel" (in simplified form, "beneficiaries").

To be entitled to the monthly support, beneficiaries must present to the Foundation, during the first 5 days of each month, the grades obtained at school, in original (for verification) and copy, and any other documents the Foundation requests.

Beneficiaries must register as beneficiaries of the health sector's "Seguro Popular" program, in order to have a means of social security should they require it. They will also present to the Foundation the original card issued to them and a copy of it.

The financial support will be delivered to the beneficiaries at the Foundation's address during the first 5 business days of each month, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Minors must be accompanied by their father, mother or guardian, except in the cases explicitly indicated by the Foundation.

Beneficiaries who for any reason withdraw from the academic institution in which they are enrolled must inform the Foundation in writing and explain the reasons that caused it.

The suspension of beneficiaries from their normal program of studies will be grounds for suspension of the Foundation's support.

Beneficiaries who lower their monthly average below 8.5 (for the primary, secondary and high-school levels), or below 8 (for the university level), for 2 consecutive months, will be removed from the Foundation's School Aid Program.

The Foundation reserves the right to investigate the performance of the beneficiaries directly at the academic institutions where they are enrolled.

The Foundation may, at any time, make a home visit to the beneficiaries to corroborate the data originally collected in the socioeconomic investigation.

AGREEMENTS WITH PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS

The Foundation will promote the establishment of agreements with private universities to recruit students from the social-service and psychology programs who wish to participate in the preparation of surveys and in the follow-up of the school aid program.

The Foundation will formalize agreements with private schools and universities of the different academic levels to obtain free enrollment for the most outstanding beneficiaries of the program.

The Foundation will sign agreements with private hospital institutions to carry out the medical and psychometric evaluation of the school-aid candidates, as well as an annual medical consultation for its beneficiaries.

PROGRAM OPERATION:

The operation and follow-up of the Foundation's school aid program will be carried out at its official address, located at: Eje 5 Sur Manzana 92 A Lote 5 Col. Paraje Zacatepec, Delegación Iztapalapa, C.P. 09560, D.F.

The research, psychological support and program follow-up work will be carried out with the support of psychology and social-work interns.

RESOURCES:

2 people for office work; they may be interns from the aforementioned programs.

Social-work interns to carry out home visits.

1 personal computer to start the program.

1 telephone line.

4 desks or work tables.

Chairs.

A fixed fund equivalent to one month of the school aid granted, the salary of the program coordinator, and support for the transport fares of the social-service interns.

UNIVERSE OF APPLICANTS:

Initially, work will be done with children and young people who are children of men and women deprived of their liberty. To date, we have the data of the children of male inmates of the different remand prisons and of the Penitenciaría del DF.

Community and participation

Beneficiaries

At the Emmanuel I.A.P. Foundation, we serve:

5 types of beneficiaries (as a result of a family member’s incarceration)

Families of individuals deprived of their liberty.
Low-income families in vulnerable communities.
Male and female inmates in correctional facilities.
Individuals residing in shelters and group homes.
Children of individuals deprived of their liberty.
Street children.

4 Types of Assistance:

Lectures and courses on interpersonal relationships.
Donation of food pantries.
Donation of bread, fruit, and vegetables (perishable items).
School Supplies (only for children of individuals deprived of their liberty—school supplies, uniforms, and shoes).

IN THE FEDERAL DISTRICT AND METROPOLITAN AREA as of December 2023:

1. FAMILIES OF INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS

At the Operational Offices (40), the Anahuac Service Center (20), and the Food Bank (30):

90 FAMILIES (AN AVERAGE OF 340 PEOPLE) RECEIVE BI-MONTHLY FOOD PACKAGES WITH AN AVERAGE COST OF 1,000 PESOS.

At the 150 Home-Based Assistance Centers:

A REGULAR GROUP OF 125 FAMILIES (495 PEOPLE IN TOTAL) IS ASSISTED WEEKLY WITH: 1 bag of bread, 1 bag of fruits and vegetables, AT AN AVERAGE COST OF $50 PESOS.
THE SAME NUMBER OF FAMILIES BENEFIT WEEKLY FROM LECTURES AND COURSES ON INTERPERSONAL SKILLS.

LOW-INCOME FAMILIES IN VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES

At food banks, rehabilitation centers, group homes, shelters, and marginalized communities where relatives of incarcerated individuals reside:

1,069 FAMILIES (4,277 PEOPLE IN TOTAL) ARE ASSISTED WEEKLY ONCE A WEEK with 1 bag of sweet and white bread, 1 bag of vegetables, and 1 bag of fruit, AT AN AVERAGE COST OF $85 PESOS.

INMATES IN DETENTION FACILITIES

In the detention centers, penitentiaries, and social rehabilitation centers of Mexico City

3,000 INMATES ARE SERVED 3 TIMES A WEEK THROUGH LECTURES, COURSES, AND WORKSHOPS ON HUMAN RELATIONS.
Only sweet bread, white bread, and pastries are allowed in, and an average of 1,000 inmates per week participate in the Human Relations Course Program, receiving 2 slices of white bread and 2 slices of sweet bread.

CHILDREN OF INMATES

IN 2017, THE SCHOOL AID PROJECT WAS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED BUT REMAINS IN EFFECT. See the “School Aid” Project
An annual event is held (IN THE INLAND STATES OF THE REPUBLIC) for 2,000 (two thousand) children of incarcerated individuals, where they are given a toy and their families are encouraged to join the program, with the support of “Samaritan’s Purse.”

STREET CHILDREN

AN AVERAGE OF 200 CHILDREN AND YOUTH ARE REACHED WEEKLY WITH A MESSAGE OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND AWARENESS TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO ENTER A FOSTER HOME
THEY RECEIVE 1 bag of bread, 1 bag of fruit, and 1 bag of vegetables.

THE INMATE’S FAMILY IS NOT GUILTY OF THE CRIME COMMITTED BY THE INMATE, YET THEY SUFFER THE MOST.

What are the benefits of helping prisoners’ families?

It prevents crime.
It prevents family breakdown.
It prevents prostitution.
It prevents addiction.
It prevents recidivism in prisons.

Many families, without receiving help, fall apart; children drop out of school and end up on the streets or join gangs; women are forced into prostitution to earn their daily bread.

Children, once abandoned and having dropped out of school, follow in their parents’ footsteps.

When inmates are released, they are not welcomed back into their homes and return to their old ways, thereby contributing to more crime and, consequently, returning to prison.

ne less criminal means one less danger for this generation and the next.

Prisons are a microcosm of society: social ills are concentrated there and spread through the prisoner’s most important connection—his or her family.

IF WE SUPPORT THE INMATE’S FAMILY, WE WILL BE HELPING TO HEAL SOCIETY AT ITS ROOTS, SECURING A BETTER PRESENT FOR OURSELVES AND BEQUEATHING A BETTER FUTURE TO OUR CHILDREN.

Staff and Directory

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Position	Name
President	Alejandra Zazueta Lagos
Vice President	Blanca Estela Gómez Sainz
Secretary	Francisco Armando Sánchez Romero
Treasurer	Alberto Acevedo Hernández
Board Member	Araceli Maya Herrera
Legal Representatives	Alberto Acevedo Hernández, Francisco Armando Sánchez Romero

STAFF

Position	Name
National Director	A.S.I. Alberto Acevedo Hernández
Mexico City Coordinator	Alfonso Licona García, Eng.
Secretary	Celia Margarita Rocha Chávez
Accounting	C.P.C. Erick Bolaños
Donations and Fundraising	Araceli Maya Herrera
Donation Collection	Martín Apolinar García, Juan López Domínguez
Public Relations	Blanca Estela Gómez Sainz
Women’s Centers Coordinator	Blanca Estela Gómez Sainz
Tepepan Women’s Center Coordinator	Araceli Maya Herrera
Santa Martha Women’s Center Coordinator	Cecilia López
Eastern Prison Coordinator	Francisco Armando Sánchez Romero
Northern Prison Coordinator	Fernando Martínez
Southern Prison Coordination	César Alfonso Licona
Mexico City Penitentiary Coordination	Oscar Adolfo Ramírez
Eastern Men’s Correctional Facility Coordination	Crispín Guzmán Guzmán
Northern Men’s Correctional Facility Coordination	Martín Apolinar
Men’s Penitentiary Security Center 1 Coordination	Ramón Martínez
Men’s Penitentiary Security Center 2 Coordination	Fernando Martínez

CONTACT INFORMATION

ffice Phone/Fax: 55 5692-8076

WhatsApp: +52 55-9100-6688

Email: fundacion.emmanuel@hotmail.com

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Institutional documents

Transparency: reports, programs and official materials of the foundation.

Programa Anual 2022 Programa Anual 2023 Programa Anual 2022 Manual de Inducción Catálogo de Cursos Reglamento Reclusorios Procuración de Fondos Reglas Mínimas ONU Testimonios de vidas transformadas por Jesucristo Cronograma Anual 2024 Programa de Trabajo 2024 Informe Anual 2024

Institutional details

Fundación Emmanuel I.A.P. (Institución de Asistencia Privada) Cda. Tenastitla Mz 8 Lt 16, Santiago Acahualtepec 1a Ampliación, Iztapalapa, C.P. 09608, Ciudad de México, México.

Privacy Notice Click to read the full notice

In compliance with the Federal Law on the Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties, "Fundación Emmanuel," Institución de Asistencia Privada, hereinafter referred to as the "Foundation," is mindful of the security of your personal information through the use of our services. We take the protection of your personal data seriously. We therefore want you to know which data we keep. With this Privacy Notice, we inform you about our security measures.

In accordance with the provisions of Articles 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 29, 36 and other related articles of the Federal Law on the Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties (the "Law"), we hereby inform you that the "Foundation" will use the personal data it receives from You and/or the Beneficiary(ies) for the following purposes:

The "Foundation" is a non-profit organization whose beneficiaries, in each and every one of the assistance activities it carries out, are low-income individuals, sectors and regions; indigenous communities and groups made vulnerable by age, sex or disability, and its purpose is to carry out the following activities on behalf of low-income people who are deprived of their liberty and their also low-income relatives:

a) Attention to basic subsistence needs in terms of food, clothing or housing.

b) Social guidance, education or job training. Social guidance means advice on matters such as family, education, food, work, health, integral human development, and the care and prevention of addictions, with the aim of improving the quality of life of those assisted.

c) Legal assistance, support and promotion for the protection of the rights of minors, as well as for the social rehabilitation of people who have engaged in unlawful conduct.

To fulfill the above purposes and objectives, the Institution, by way of example and not limitation, will carry out the following acts of assistance:

I.- For the benefit of low-income people who are deprived of their liberty:

1.- To give talks, courses, workshops and lectures on topics related to family, health, integral human development, work, prevention and care of addictions, as well as occupational and recreational therapies that contribute to the physical and emotional development of the beneficiaries.

2.- To provide legal advice so that they have due process.

II.- For the benefit of the low-income relatives of people who are deprived of their liberty:

1.- To give talks and workshops, with the aim of preventing crime and promoting human values, communication, acceptance and family integration.

2.- To grant in-kind support, mainly food, clothing and footwear.

3.- To provide medical assistance through general consultations.

4.- To refer relatives of inmates who face drug-addiction problems, drug dependency and alcoholism to institutions specialized in the field, in order to form a support network.

5.- To enter into all kinds of contracts and agreements necessary to carry out its assistance purpose.

In order to fulfill its corporate purpose, the Private Assistance Institution may carry out all the acts and activities necessary for its subsistence and the fulfillment of the purposes for which it is constituted.

The "Foundation" has designated a person responsible for and in charge of the processing of your personal data, called the "Privacy Officer," who for these purposes is Blanca Estela Gómez Sainz, holding the position of Secretary of the Board of Trustees.

To exercise your ARCO Rights, object to the processing of your personal data, or revoke your consent, you may contact us at Cda. Tenastitla Mz 8 Lt 16 Col. Santiago Acahualtepec 1ª Ampliación, C.P. 09608, Del. Iztapalapa, México, D.F., telephone (55) 5692-8076, email fundacion.emmanuel@hotmail.com and website www.fundacion-emmanuel.com.

You and/or the Beneficiary(ies) may limit the use or disclosure of the information by means of a communication addressed to the "PRIVACY OFFICER" through a previously established signed document as indicated in this Privacy Notice.

From the entry into force of the Law, You and/or the Beneficiary(ies) may exercise the following rights before the "Foundation," also known as the "ARCO" Rights, which by their initials in Spanish are: Access, Rectification, Cancellation and Opposition.

You have the right to:

Access your data;
Request the Rectification of erroneous or incomplete data, in which case we will notify you of such rectifications;
Request the Cancellation of the data, which may involve their being blocked for a period or their total deletion; and,
Object to the use of your data in any form and any type of processing.

The purposes of storing the data held on our servers are the following:

To compile the file of services the beneficiaries attend.
To conduct socioeconomic studies.
To issue tax receipts.
To inform you of the policies, regulations and procedures under which the "Foundation" operates.
To inform you of the "Foundation's" fundraising activities and events.
Access log.
To inform you of changes in the structure and staff of the "Foundation."
Activities inherent to the various programs the "Foundation" provides.
For legal follow-up of the beneficiaries.

The personal data held by the "Foundation" will be processed under confidentiality controls, including the sensitive data established by law.

The "Foundation" does not provide data of any kind to public or private, national or international organizations, or governmental institutions or bodies, without a prior court order or, where by legal provision they are not expressly and legally authorized to know it, under the regulatory provisions governing the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, the substantive and procedural codes at the respective Federal and Local levels (Civil, Criminal, and Civil and Criminal Procedure Codes).

The database and its contents remain on the data processors or servers and files of the Foundation and are our responsibility.

Your personal data are not provided by us for the use of third parties in any form, except for the purposes proper to the activities and functions of the Foundation, unless we have obtained your consent or authorization, tacit or express, to do so. We have ensured that the data-security regulations are followed through technical and organizational means. We will maintain control of and responsibility for the use of any personal information you provide us, under the legal framework that governs us as a Private Assistance Institution.

The "Foundation" may transfer the personal data held in its databases to private parties, to national or foreign governmental authorities and to public assistance institutions, only by court order or express provision, unless the respective data owners expressly state their opposition, under the terms provided by the Law, and such opposition does not constitute an administrative offense or crime attributable to the "Foundation."

We inform you that in order to fulfill the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice, as well as for the achievement and performance of our assistance function, we need to collect and process, among others, personal data that are considered sensitive under the Law. The data we obtain by this means may be those referring to:

Personal and Sensitive Data such as: Name; Nationality; Place and date of birth; Birth certificate; School record data (report cards and official documents); Medical record data (medical history, vaccination card, prescriptions, medical follow-ups); Clinical record data (psychological, psychiatric reports); Religious documents; Blood type; Father, mother or guardian record (date of birth, name, surnames, age, education, marital status, occupation, work history, legal situation and address); Unique Population Registry Code (CURP); Legal situation (Preliminary Investigation, Case or File Number in Civil, Family and/or Criminal matters, at the Federal or Local level, in connection with settling a dispute in which the children are a party); Home or tax address; Telephone number(s) and/or fax number(s); Email address; Photographs; Name, address and position of representatives of governmental bodies and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) representing the interest of the referred children; Business name and address of governmental bodies and CSOs that prove their legal standing, legal interest and/or legal representation of the children referred to the "Foundation"; and all documentation that the "Foundation" deems useful to achieve the objectives of a Private Assistance Institution.

We undertake that your sensitive personal data will be processed under appropriate security measures that guarantee their confidentiality and in accordance with the principles established by the Law, its Regulations and the guidelines of the Privacy Notice. We require your express consent for the processing of your sensitive personal data, so that at the moment of the user's admission we ask you to indicate whether or not you accept the processing of your data, which will be recorded in the forms held by the "Foundation."

For the purposes indicated in this Privacy Notice, we collect your personal data in order to give you a grocery food pantry, allocations of perishables, incentives (hygiene items, toys), school aid and various donations.

We may obtain information about your personal data from other sources permitted by Law, such as telephone and work directories, research conducted by the Legal and Social Work Areas, as well as all those that are obtainable at the request of private parties by being of a public nature.

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to provide the services indicated in this Privacy Notice, with your consent, unless the Law provides otherwise. Upon the departure of the beneficiary(ies) from the service we offer, we keep the information and documentation for a period of 5 years.

The personal data provided by the data owner will be recorded on physical or electronic media. The personal information you provide us is kept in controlled databases with limited access, and will subsequently be discarded in order to avoid improper processing of it.

The "Foundation" uses technical and organizational security measures in order to protect your data from casual or deliberate manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons, to prevent the misuse of the data by third parties.

Your Sensitive Personal Data will be processed based on the principles of lawfulness, consent, information, quality, purpose, loyalty, proportionality and responsibility under the terms of the applicable legislation. The confidentiality of your personal data will be maintained by effectively establishing and maintaining administrative, technical and physical security measures to prevent their damage, loss, alteration, destruction, use, access or improper disclosure.

The revocation and exercise of the ARCO Rights will be free of charge; you must only cover the justified shipping costs and/or the cost of reproduction in copies or other formats established in the request, as applicable.

To begin the process of requesting the ARCO Rights (Rights of Access, Rectification, Cancellation, or Opposition), and to revoke your consent to the processing of your Sensitive Personal Data, you must submit a duly signed request letter to the "PRIVACY OFFICER," which must be accompanied by the original documentation (for verification) and its respective copies, and must contain the following information:

I. Name, and specifying the following aspects of the address:

a) Street with interior and/or exterior number,

b) Neighborhood,

c) Borough,

d) Postal Code,

e) City and State.

II. The documents that prove the identity and/or relationship with the beneficiary.

III. A clear and precise description of the personal data with respect to which one of the "ARCO" rights is sought to be exercised;

IV. Any document and information that facilitates the location of your personal data; and,

V. In the event of requesting a rectification of data, the modifications to be made must also be indicated and the documentation supporting the request provided.

The "PRIVACY OFFICER" will deny access to personal, confidential or sensitive information in the following cases:

I. When you are not the owner or party responsible for the personal data, or you cannot prove representation of the owner;

II. When the personal data are not held in the database of the "PRIVACY OFFICER";

III. When the rights of a third party are harmed;

IV. When there is a legal impediment or the resolution of a competent authority that restricts the "ARCO" rights; and,

V. When the rectification, cancellation or opposition has been previously carried out.

The denial may be partial, in which case the "PRIVACY OFFICER" will carry out the access, rectification, cancellation or opposition of the applicable part.

Likewise, we inform you that the denial may be partial, in which case the "PRIVACY OFFICER" will carry out the access, rectification, cancellation or opposition of the applicable part.

At any time, you may revoke the consent you have given us for the processing of your personal data, so that we stop using it.

To do so, you must submit your request by delivering a duly signed letter at the Foundation's address to the PRIVACY OFFICER, or by email at fundacion.emmanuel@hotmail.com, following the previously established procedure.

nce your request has been submitted through a signed letter:

a) If you do not include the requirements established in this Privacy Notice, the "Foundation" may request, within a period of no more than 10 business days following the receipt of your request, the information and/or documentation established in this Privacy Notice.

b) You will then have 15 business days following receipt of this notification to attach the information requested by the Foundation. If you do not address this requirement, the request will be deemed not submitted.

c) If the request is admissible, within a period of no more than 30 business days the Foundation will carry out the ARCO Right you requested, which will be notified to you through the contact means you established.

If you consider that your right to the protection of personal data has been harmed or violated by any conduct of our employees or by our actions or responses, or you presume that in the processing of your personal data there is a violation of the provisions established in the Law, you may file the corresponding complaint or report with the Federal Institute for Access to Information and Data Protection (IFAI).

It will be understood that you, as the owner, expressly or tacitly consent to the processing of your personal data in accordance with what is stated in this Privacy Notice when, having been made available to you, you do not state your opposition through a signed document delivered at the Foundation's address or by email. The voluntary provision of personal information constitutes acceptance of this Privacy Notice and, consequently, it will be understood that you have given your consent for the processing of the personal data and the express authorization for its use.

In the event of a security breach at any stage of the processing of personal data that significantly affects your economic or moral rights, the Privacy Officer will immediately notify you, through the website www.fundacion-emmanuel.com, of the security breach, so that You and/or the Beneficiary can take the necessary measures for the defense of your personal data.

We undertake not to transfer your personal information to third parties without your consent, except for the exceptions provided by the Law, as well as to carry out this transfer of the same.

This Privacy Notice may undergo modifications, changes or updates arising from new legal requirements, from our own needs for the services we offer, from our privacy practices, or from other causes.

You should review this Privacy Notice regularly, as it may have changes or updates at any time. We undertake to keep you informed of the changes that this Privacy Notice may undergo, personally and directly.

Sincerely,

Fundación Emmanuel, I.A.P.