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OUR MISSION: To empower disadvantaged youth with education and life skills, enabling them to
break cycles of poverty
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September's News!
Our first recital in Oaxaca, new graduates, new team members, and donor participation
Sept, 2025, Vol 38
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From Drew/Andres Vogt, President, Casa de Kids
Hello Dear Readers & Donors,
We are thrilled to be able to share so much good news!
We have hired two new team members - Nahomi Ruiz and Esteban Acevedo - both native Oaxacans, to further enable us to continue our Casa de Kids mission. Nahomi and Esteben have worked with us for a three-month trial period and we are keeping them! They are assisting us to "go to the next level" in tracking our student information, events, and general student support. See their photos below.
Also, two long-standing Casa de Kids Monthly Donors, Nigel and Alan, recently visited Oaxaca and again hosted a meet-and-greet with our students (photos below). In attendance were 25 students, 4 guests and 4 staff. These types of meetings with Donors are great ways for our students to learn about who is making their education possible and why. The students are greatly encouraged to know that other people who have been successful care about their education and the betterment of their lives.
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Students' Progress
Shown below, left, is Montserrat, our first graduate in veterinary medicine who now has her own pet clinic. She demonstrates extra care and attention in her community with exceptional professional standards.
Below right is Erick, CdK's first student studying to be a surgeon, here seen in training with prosthetics.
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New CdK Team Members
Our two new Casa de Kids Team Members represent a BIG step forward! Below, is Nahomi Ruiz and Esteban Acevedo. They are rare "finds" for us, because they are both native Oaxacans, university degreed, and bilingual with English as their second language.
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Thank you
to our regular Donors and Monthly Donors who make this transformative
work an ongoing success. Because of you, lives are empowered for the
better and communities are affected in positive and powerful ways.
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Donor Participation in Oaxaca
In August, long-standing donors and advisors to Casa de Kids, Fred and Loren, visited Oaxaca. They brought with them a very special guest, Carol Snow, former CEO of the Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice of The Central Coast in Monterey, CA.
Carol holds a Masters Degree in Nursing from the University of Rochester, New York. She offered career advice to several of our medical students. In the photo, left, she is talking with Maatsa, a recent graduate in Physical Rehabilitation therapy. Maatsa is a native Oaxacan from a local Mixe tribe, and is trilingual. These courageous students who come from challenging circumstances thrive when supported by our program!
| | Recently two long-standing Casa de Kids Donors, Nigel and Alan, returned to Oaxaca and hosted an engaging meet-and-greet. They have been contributing to Drew's and CdK's work in Oaxaca since 2012. They make their home in Mexico. | | |
Graduates and current students
with Alan Glock.
| |  | Students Mishell and Nirel with Nigel and new CdK team member, Esteban, in the middle. | | |
Two New Students
We are excited to welcome two new students into the program. Pictured here is Kevin, next to Drew, a high school student, and next to Pamela is David, a medical student.
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CDK Graduate Performed in August
In August we held our first ever fundraiser in Oaxaca. Jose Manuel Cruz, our recent graduate from the Manhattan School of Music, gave a piano recital. Several donors from the USA were also in attendance.
Now that we have our legal status in Mexico as a non-profit, Mexican donors can also receive tax benefits. Contact us if you need more information about that: info@casadekids.org
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CdK Monthly Donor List - Thank you!
Peter & Tracey, Guillermina, Fred, Brian & Carol, Patricia, David, Nigel & Alan,
Deborah, Julia, Jim, Harold & Mona, Honoring Mary Young, + 7 Anonymous
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Are you a Monthly Donor but your name doesn't appear? Please let us know at: info@casadekids.org. We solicit donor's permission
to post their first name, so if we can place your name here, thank you for letting us know. All others are listed as "anonymous."
| | Why Oaxaca? Oaxaca City is the capital of the state of Oaxaca (pronounced wah-ha-kah). While our state is famous for native and culinary arts, it ranks as the country's third poorest and has one of the highest illiteracy rates. Its mountainous terrain makes commerce and education difficult, attracting many seeking a better life to Oaxaca City. | | |
MISSION
To empower disadvantaged youth with
education and life skills, enabling them
to break cycles of poverty.
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VISION
A world where youth are treated with respect
and empowered through education, thriving
in equality, integrity and freedom, creating
the life of their dreams, while giving back
to their community.
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Casa de Kids |
EIN #83-0774465
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