Problem
  • Lack of quality education for students in developing areas.
  • High drop-out rate in government schools

Solution
  • An educational system enriched with health services and additional programs to promote economic and cultural growth in the surrounding neighborhood, thus transforming the entire community and breaking the cycle of poverty
  • The child's education encompasses the whole student; intellectual, spiritual, character, and apostolic. There is also an emphasis on virtue formation.


Other projects in this area:

Nutrition Program



Mano Amiga Student Sponsorship Program


School Locations


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Catholic World Mission supports 34 Mano Amiga schools:

  • 1963 Zomeyucan, Edo. de México, MEX.
  • 1964 Tizapán, Distrito Federal, MEX.
  • 1974 Monterrey (La Boquilla), Nuevo León, MEX.
  • 1979 León, Guanajuato, MEX.
  • 1987 Cualcan Lerma, Edo. de México, MEX.
  • 1989 Recoleta, Santiago de Chile, CHILE.
  • 1989 Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, MEX.
  • 1990 Guadalajara, Jalisco, MEX.
  • 1991 La Cima, Nuevo León, MEX.
  • 1993 Chalco, Edo. de México, MEX.
  • 1994 Torreón, Coahuila, MEX.
  • 1994 Filas de Mariche, Caracas, VZLA.
  • 1997 Bello, Antioquía,  COLOMBIA.
  • 1999 Irapuato, Guanajuato, MEX.
  • 2001 Acapulco, Guerrero, MEX.
  • 2002 Región V, Santiago de Chile, CHILE.
  • 2002 Santa Teresa de los Andes, Santiago de Chile, CHILE.
  • 2003 Fátima, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA.
  • 2003 San Antonio, La Paz, ES.
  • 2004 La Montaña, Fila de Turgua, VZLA.
  • 2004 Villas de San Juan (León II), Guanajuato, MEX.
  • 2005 Conkal, Yucatán, MEX.
  • 2005 Querétaro, Querétaro, MEX.
  • 2006 Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, MEX.
  • 2006 Culiacán, Sinaloa, MEX.
  • 2006 Puebla, Puebla, MEX.
  • 2006 Tapachula, Chiapas, MEX.
  • 2006 Sao Paulo, BRA.
  • 2007 San Paulo, Brazil
  • 2008 Tanauan City, Batangas, Philippines
  • 2008 Santa Catarina Pinula, Guatemala
  • 2009 Cancun, Mexico
  • 2009 Morelia Michoacán, Mexico
  • 2009 Santa Fe de la Laguna, Michoacán, Mexico
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