In late March, intense storms tore through Senda de Vida 2, ripping several solar panels from their mounts.

 

For a moment, it felt like the kind of setback that could erase a year of careful work.

 

And honestly? After the month we had already experienced, it would have been easy to feel defeated. Violence across Mexico forced our local team to stay home. War continued escalating across Jordan’s borders.

 

 

By the end of the week, José and Pepe were coordinating replacements. AC units at Casa Lulu were repaired ahead of brutal summer heat. A perimeter wall in Tapachula was reinforced after nighttime breaches. Water reached a shelter that had gone days without access. Lara coordinated hygiene support with a new local partner in Jordan.

 

This is the part of humanitarian work most people do not see.

 

 

Our new Program Manager Lina, Ukrainian herself and involved with Phoenix House since the beginning, has joined our team to lead STEM lessons, hygiene workshops, and women's health programs. 

 

For their first STEM class, the children planted Chornobryvtsy, the traditional Ukrainian marigolds their grandparents may have grown before the war. 

 

The kids debated sunlight and warmth and whether the seedlings would survive. They made plans for a bigger garden come spring.

 

Outside, the country is still at war. Inside, children were debating flowers.

 

 

Our Community Health Promoter, Karely, hosted a women’s health workshop that began with 14 girls. By the end, there were 20.

 

Girls invited their friends in. They built model uteruses out of clay. They assembled personalized menstrual emergency kits for their school bags. They asked hard questions. They practiced breathing exercises together.

 

Growth like that does not happen because of a kit. It happens because trust is built quietly and consistently, week after week.

Here's what we know. Storms will come. Heat will rise. Funding will fluctuate. Security will shift. 

 

But when systems are locally led, adaptable, and rooted in dignity… they hold.

 

A child in Ukraine is waiting to see if her marigold survives the spring. 

A girl in Reynosa has a kit in her backpack with her name on it. 

A family in Jordan has supplies that remove one unknown from the month ahead.

 

 

P.S. The 2025 Annual Report is here! Read how when aid left, solidarity stayed.

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