MENDING LIVES WITH HELP
MENDING LIVES WITH HEALING
MENDING LIVES WITH HOPE
MEND is 3700 volunteers from all walks of life, under the guidance of a small, dedicated staff, providing all the basic human needs vital to day-to-day survival, plus the education, training, opportunities and support essential to transitioning out of poverty.
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Aurora Castillo is a single mother who lives in a studio apartment with her three children. She says a few weeks ago she had nothing -- no home, no clothing, no food, and no support system. These were not, however, her darkest days.
For 20 years she was a victim of domestic violence because she had nowhere to go and because she thought it would be worse for her children if they were to leave the only home they knew. It was her children, however, who eventually begged her to leave and who gave her the strength to do so.
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1 in 6 poor children in the United States lives in California.
48% of poor children in California are in two-parent families.
20% of Californians live without insurance.
In California, over 5 million people suffer from hunger pains or live in fear of going hungry.
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