Contact Project Amigo

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By Surface Mail

Please send all surface mail to Project Amigo's Novato address. Once every week or so, all the mail destined for the Colima offices of Project Amigo are sent there via FedEx. Please do not send any mail directly to Mexico, as the Mexican postal system is not reliable.
    Project Amigo
    14 Commercial Blvd. #119
    Novato, CA 94949

Can I write to my sponsored child?

Yes, please do.  We encourage you to send cards and letters to your child.  Please mail all letters to our Sebastopol address, with your child’s full name or ID# written on the envelope. You may write in English, and we will translate the letter before giving it to your child.  We’ll send your child’s replies to you via surface mail.

You may also write to your child via e-mail. If your student is in primary school, send the e-mail to:  kids@projectamigo.org and be sure to write your child’s name or ID # in the subject line of the e-mail.  

If your student is in junior, senior high or college, he/she has his/her own e-mail address.  Please send us a note and we’ll send you your student’s e-mail address.  E-mail exchanges are faster than surface mail exchanges.  For surface mail, please allow six weeks for a reply.  For e-mails, be aware that some smaller villages don’t have internet access, and delays will occur in responding.    

Packages

    Every year Project Amigo gives away hundreds of items donated by Rotary Clubs and individuals in the United States -- everything from soccer uniforms to laptop computers. Please contact us if you would like to donate any items. All donations are tax deductible.
    Most of these donations are brought to Mexico by visitors who bring them with their personal luggage, which is easy and inexpensive. Large items must be shipped which is costly and involves time-consuming paper work to obtain government authorization. Please do not send any donated items either to our Sebastopol address or to Mexico before discussing the donation with us. Please see our Wish List for more information about making in-kind donations.
    Please do not send packages to your sponsored child using our Sebastopol address. These packages must be forwarded to Mexico and the customs duty which Project Amigo must pay usually exceeds the value of the gift. Also, do not send packages to Project Amigo in Mexico or directly to the child. The Mexican postal system is not reliable and they will likely not arrive.

A local volunteer reads books donated by the Sunrise Rotary Club of Boise, Idaho, and brought to Mexico in the luggage of visitors to Project Amigo.

Volunteer Asa Pittman, Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar from St. Louis, studying in Guadalajara, Mexico, helps a girl find just the right outfit during a Project Amigo used clothing distribution.

Project Amigo Work Week Volunteer Marty Konopaski from the Sunrise Rotary Club of Sequim, Washington, reads to a boy living in a group home for children whose parents are in jail.

Donate to Project Amigo by using your credit card on-line:

Dear Tania,

I live in Edmonds, Washington in the United States. I go to Sherwood Elementary and I am eleven years old. I have a dog named Sophia and a cat named Tiger. I have red hair and blue eyes. ...
You look very beautiful in your picture. I hope you are doing good in school.

Sponsor writing to his amigo

By Phone or Fax

    To call the Project Amigo Colima offices from the United States, dial:
    011 52 312 395 4485
    To send a fax to the Colima offices from the United States, dial:
    011 52 312 395 4484
    Offices hours at 9 am - 5 pm weekdays, Central Standard Time.

By E-Mail

    For more information about any of Project Amigo programs or services, please e-mail us at inquiry@projectamigo.org.
    For information about volunteer opportunities, please e-mail us at volunteercoordinator@projectamigo.org.
    To contact Executive Director Ted Rose, the e-mail address is: ted@projectamigo.org.
    To contact Director of Children's Services Jorge Torres, the e-mail address is: jorge@projectamigo.org.
    To contact Susan Hill, the e-mail address is: susan@projectamigo.org.

Project Amigo E-News

    Several times a year we send out news of Project Amigo via e-mail. If you would like to receive the Project Amigo E-News, or know someone else who would, please contact us at amigo@projectamigo.org.

Rotary volunteer Audiologist Randy Glaser, from Albany, Oregon, examines a young patient with hearing problems.

With an Project Amigo scholarship I can stay in school and eventually be able to get a job with dignity and honor.

Olaf Guillermo ("Memo") Honorato Alvarez
8th grade scholarship recipient

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This page last updated February, 2008.