Our Mission

Our mission is to bring lifesaving healthcare and preventative education to remote, underserved regions of Mexico by training and equipping local residents to deliver care where no doctors, medicine, or reliable services exist.

Our Vision

Our vision is that every community we serve will achieve better health and long-term stability through the training, tools, and local leadership established during our programs. We support whole-community wellness by strengthening health, knowledge, self-reliance, and access to resources.

The Challenge

In many rural Mexican communities, basic healthcare is out of reach. Clinics are understaffed, doctors visit irregularly, and transportation to the nearest hospital is limited or nonexistent. Families live hours, sometimes days, from medical support.

Homes may lack electricity, running water, safe birthing spaces, or a clean area to treat injuries. Farming steep terrain with hand tools leads to preventable accidents, and untreated chronic illnesses often worsen in silence. A single medical emergency can push a family deeper into poverty.

But it doesn’t have to be this way.

A trained health worker from within the community, equipped with a simple medical kit, can stabilize injuries, manage illness, provide education, and save lives. One person changes the trajectory of an entire village.

What We Do

We do more than deliver care, we build capacity that lasts.

Through a collaborative, “teach-them-to-fish” model, the Tia Foundation trains community-selected health workers to respond to emergencies and provide essential preventative care in areas where clinics are scarce or non-existent.

This model remains active and self-sustaining at a cost of less than $4 per person, thanks to partnerships that ensure local governments continue to support education and restock medical supplies long after our team departs.

Today, Tia-trained health workers support entire regions by vaccinating children, assisting with childbirth, managing chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, and delivering preventative health education within their own villages.

Value Proposition

Tia focuses on sustainable development, not temporary relief.

We do not impose outside solutions. Instead, we mentor, collaborate, and equip communities to strengthen their own systems of care. Our role is to share knowledge, provide resources, and help villagers build a future they can sustain with confidence and dignity.

Tia also maintains partnerships with educational institutions and international development organizations, ensuring our approach remains informed by best practices and evolving research.

Because of our lean overhead, your donation goes further, delivering long-term community healthcare for under $4 per person.

Educational and Organizational Relationships

Tia collaborates with the Thunderbird School of Global Management, where professors and student interns contribute current research and practical support in the field of international development. Their involvement helps ensure that our approach remains informed, responsible, and based on proven methods.

We also maintain relationships with organizations that offer additional guidance and support, including:

• The Border Trade Alliance

• The Arizona Mexico Commission

• Guidestar

• Arizona State University

• University of Arizona

• Grand Canyon University

• The Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara Community Medicine Program

• Prospanica, the National Society of Hispanic MBAs

• World Care

• Other international partners and community organizations