Flying Samaritans
Flying Samaritans Arizona is a volunteer, nonsectarian, health oriented organization serving and working with medical, optometry and dental personnel in remote areas of Baja California Mexico to help supplement medical care for the local populations
Under the auspices of the Tucson Chapter of Flying Samaritans, the undergraduate students of our UA Flying Samaritans organize, manage, and run a monthly medical clinic in Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico. At these clinics, students take patient histories and vitals, work in the pharmacy, teach health education lessons, and interpret for doctors. Agua Prieta is a border town, adjacent to the Arizona city of Douglas. There is a great need for even the most basic medical and dental services in the area as more than half of the residents do not have any form of state-sponsored healthcare and cannot afford it themselves. This community is ideal for our U of A Flying Samaritans clinic because it is only a couple hours away from Tucson by car.
Kino Border Initiative
The Kino Border Initiative's Mission is to promote humane, just and workable migration through:
- Direct humanitarian assistance and holistic accompaniment of migrants
- Education and encounter between migrants and others that transforms people and communities towards solidarity with migrants;
- Policy advocacy in Mexico and the US.
Mexzona
Mexzona is a non-profit organization driven to improve the health disparities that communities in Sonora, Mexico face through volunteer work by increasing healthcare accessibility through a variety of services. We travel down every month to offer free medical care alongside physicians and healthcare personnel to the communities of Puerto Peñasco and Sonoyta.