Posted on Feb 01, 2022
Project Amigo was established in 1984 to provide educational scholarships, material support, enrichment activities, and preventive and remedial health care to disadvantaged children and youth in Colima, Mexico.  
 
Project Amigo helps disadvantaged and marginalized children of west-central Mexico achieve their highest potential by enabling education, and by providing material support, enrichment activities, and healthcare services not otherwise available to them.
 
Project Amigo provides opportunities for volunteers from developed countries to render valuable humanitarian service, and to become friends with needy children and youth in Mexico.
 
Elly Contreras has over 25 years in the Printing Industry and graphic design. With experience in marketing and promotion in both the business and non-profit sectors.
 
Elly is a Past Rotary District Governor, 2005-06 of District 5370 Edmonton. She is currently a member of the Rotary E-Club of Canada One. She has served on many Rotary club, district, and zone committees.