¿Who are we?

The Jesuit Service for Migrants Mexico (SJM/MEX) is a non governmental organization of the Mexican Jesuit Province, with a humanitarian caracter created in 2001.

International Level,Network SJM/CA&NA

Mapa del MundoProyección de Peters

EEUU

Canadá

El Salvador

México

GuatemalaHonduras

Costa Rica

Nicaragua

Panamá

OBJECTIVE

Contribute building a just and solidary humanity in which each person can ensure that his rights are respected : right to live, to work and to truly accomplish himself in his place of origin or in any part of the world.

Education and gender perspective.

Women Program and Migrant Family

General Objective

To promote emotional health of the Mexican families who live the experience of migration through formation of Self Help Groups, community banks and income generating activities for the women and their families.

SELF HELP GROUPSSELF HELP GROUPS

A group of women who reflect on the experience of ‘white widows’.

Its a space of reflexion in which they can speak of their emotions, feelings, exchange experience and hand mutual help. The goal is to promote the growth and human developement.

• Moarning• Self esteem• Asertivity• Managing emotions• Emotion health

atention• Leadership• Community recognition

COMMUNITY BANKSCOMMUNITY BANKSCounter proposition to the commercial bank.

Trust and solidarity in the word

Reinforcement of the social environment.

Culture of savings and administration of the

remittences.

Self Management

INCOME GENERATING PROJECTSINCOME GENERATING PROJECTS

Self-workMicro entrepreneursNew habilitiesEconomical IndependanceLocal DevelopmentEmpowermentDecision Taking

VOLONTARY LOCAL PROMOTERS

Engaged person whith his comunity, willing to form and to share the

tools learned with other women, men,

youngsters in order to promote at contributing

to a ‘good living’

SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PROGRAM AT THE

COMUNITARY LEVEL.

PROPOSALS

• Migration politics which reduces the social, economical, cultural, emotional cost of the comunities of origin (Bi National Responsability)

• Recognition of the habilities and the knowledge of the returned (diplomas as tecnicals).

• Temporal Visa to work