Wings of Angels
Volunteer Team from Logan, Utah
The volunteer team from Logan Utah are the ones who constructed the new home. The women of Logan Utah made the quilts that are donated to the family for their new beds. The video shows the building of the new home. The “bricks” are hand made their in Agua Prieta…
Wings of Angels 2011 Projects
Solar water heaters for the very poor who cannot afford propane proved critical during last winter’s 1 degree low. We use the steel inner tank from used water heaters, place it in an insulated crib, cap it with a plexi-glass lid and forever, hot water without cost, so important for…
WOA Foundation
Our belief is to Rescue, Stabilize and Transform the poor and more-than-poor of northern Sonora who are not being served by any agency or group. We are located in Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico, a very poor border town of 200,000 across from Douglas, Arizona. Since 2000, the Wings of Angels…
Introducing Hector Bravo
Hector Bravo begins his new, normal life at the Wings of Angels Sonoran Crisis Intervention Clinic. He has been with us beginning as a one year old.
Rescue, Stabilize and Transform
I am a volunteer with Wings of Angels Foundation and I attended a clinic they held in 2005. That day a boy came to the clinic without arms. His father brought him from Vera Cruz because someone told him Wings of Angels would help him. I leapt to my…
The Hermosillo Mother’s Club
The ladies from Hermosillo began arriving with their disabled children at our monthly clinic in August, 2009. It is a five-hour trip. They asked for our help because friends told them we would give their children the best care. Manuelito was not able to hold up his head on his…
The Angel Treasure
Angel and Martin at Art Class It is difficult to remember that this eight year-old was born with one arm and no legs! He is oblivious to hardship. His handsome, dimpled, smiling face is irresistible. He endures our frequent cheek kisses with patience. He lives with his mom Alicia, two…
We Can Fix Almost Anything…!
Two women have been touched by an angel—or rather, by Wings of Angels—in the tiny rural community of Fronteras, about 30 miles south of the Arizona border. The help they received already has begun to lift them out of the poverty and limited opportunities they have faced for years. One…
The Winter Was Cruel
Winter 2008-2009 was cruel but not unusual. We weren’t able to keep up with it, too many drafty shacks, too many propane tanks to buy,and too many more to fill. We didn’t call the coroner this time to ask how many died from exposure. We couldn’t stand to hear…
Another Spring Break in Agua Prieta
Editor: Nora Zambreno A group of Logan Rotarians and USU Rotaract Club members completed a service marathon from Logan to Agua Prieta, Mexico, and then home again in just three days. Fred Berthrong called it “an extreme makeover of a hovel” while Dottee Watkins exclaimed it was a “valiant” effort….
