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Orphanage offers chance at success for Mexican youths via Poverty News Blog July 17th, 2008 at 13:20

image from the Statesman Journal This is a profile of an orphanage in Mexico. Churches in Oregon work with this orphanage sending volunteers and donations their way. Info on how to donate is at the bottom. - Kaleby Dick HughesMario kept his promise: He was graduating.Now we had to fulfill our part of the bargain.So last week found my family 2,594 miles from Salem in the steamy rainforest of southern Mexico.We joined the rows of proud parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings and guardians as the middle-school students marched in formation to receive their certificates and grades.Yes, middle school. With elaborate ceremony, Mexican schools celebrate success at each stage — primary, middle and high schools.Making it through middle school was a big accomplishment for 16-year-old Mario.His...