Quixote Center works to change systems that prevent innocent people from experiencing basic human rights, including the right to a life free of oppression, perpetual violence and food insecurity. To achieve its mission, the Center employs a two-fold strategy.
We provide financial assistance to struggling communities in Haiti, Mexico and Central America for viable and sustainable projects that promise to have a significant positive impact on the lives of the people involved. Examples include:
- Developing agro-forestry programs in Haiti that increase farmer income, improve local food security, and protect Haiti’s fragile environment;
- Supporting cooperatives in Nicaragua;
- Supporting migrant shelters and other humanitarian aid along the migrant route in Central America and Mexico;
- Initiating a permanent presence of spiritual and human rights accompaniment for migrants exiting the treacherous Darian Gap in Panama.
Simultaneously, Quixote concentrates its energies on changing US policies that too often are the source of problems for people in the countries we serve. Our advocacy priorities include:
- Stopping the illegal flow of weapons from the United States that fuel gang violence and cartels in Haiti, Mexico and other countries in Latin America;
- Ending US foreign and immigration policy that deny basic human rights in the countries where we work;
- Impacting US foreign assistance so that it empowers communities instead of the aid industry.
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