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Be A HERO PROJECT in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico: In partnership with Hope for the Nations, a Children’s Village will be built to care for the region’s children at risk, including orphaned, abandoned and abused children. Some children are on the street as a result of one or both parents dying, becoming imprisoned, or drug addictions.
Mexico Directors: This project will be headed by Doug and Diane Philips, from Redding, Ca. who have developed a whole array of social services for children, battered women, and delinquent youth in the south of the Baja California peninsula, including a children’s home in Los Cabos. Diane Phillips MSW, and Doug Phillips MSW, LCSW are social workers each having more than 25 years of experience with abused children and teens. Diane has been a therapist with children and teens and then founded and managed a foster care agency currently serving 49 children. Doug founded and managed a counselling centre, homes for the developmentally disabled, and managed children’s homes before founding and managing a foster care agency serving 96 children. Doug and Diane have been foster parents, and house parents in several children’s homes, and are licensed both in Mexico and in California.
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The above photos are children in Doug and Diane’s care in Los Cabos. The Children’s Home there is named “Milagro de Amor” which means “miracle of love”.
Rancho Santa Gertrudis Mexican Children’s Home
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Drawings are ready to submit to local authorities for this major project just outside of Cabo San Lucas and construction will begin once permits and funding are in place, and the land deal is finalized.
The plans include a children’s home as well as a vocational school. The land has been donated by a local developer and a number of local business people are involved.
Four apartment-style homes (3 bedrooms each), with a sitting room and kitchenette are proposed. There will be a central dining room for the main meal.
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| Phase I – All estimated costs (in USD) |
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| Preliminary – specs, permits, engineering etc. |
$30,000 |
| Site preparation |
$16,000 |
| Architectural Design (no cost – donated) |
$0 |
| Well construction |
$18,000 |
| On Site Supervision |
$60,000 |
| Approximate total for First Phase…………………………………… |
$124,000 |
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| Phase II – |
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| 2 duplexes (2 units each building) |
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| per-unit cost labour and materials |
$150,000 |
| Each building will contain a kitchen for daily meals |
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| Total for 2 duplexes (total 4 units) |
$600,000 |
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| · Initial intake will be 40 children and eight caregivers (12 people per unit) |
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| · Projected capacity for entire Village is 100 children |
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| After the duplexes are built a common eating area will be constructed, large enough to accommodate all of the children and caregivers to have occasional meals together and enjoy other activities. This would be an outside structure with a covering. |
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| Estimated cost for kitchen |
$15,000 |
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| Phase III – construction of dormitories and construction of the trade school |
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Costs have not yet been estimated for the dormitories and the trade school. |
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Overview of location
100% of all funds donated for this project will be applied directly to the project. Be A HERO does not keep anything for administration. Be A HERO is able to do this because the Hero Partnership and Pillar Program participants designate their donations specifically for administration. If you would like to invest in this project, we accept donations by cheque or by credit card. Click Here to donate.
You will be sent a receipt for income tax purposes early in the following year.
If you wish to sponsor one of these children Click Here
To view photos of the plans for Rancho Santa Gertrudis Mexican Children’s Home and children from Miracle of Love Click Here
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