Mexico Home Build
Teen Leadership Program
March 2012

Each year, a group of Calgary teens who have been affected by cancer embark on a journey to Ensenada, Mexico to build homes for low income families. A unique part of the Kids Cancer Care’s Teen Leadership Program, the Mexico Home Build empowers teens to move beyond their own hardships with cancer and reach out to others in need. Teens are expected to raise $1000 each to take part in the build. During the course of the program, they learn to fundraise and communicate with the public, while developing a new awareness of world issues. Kids Cancer Care teens believe they have been given so much during their cancer journey that they feel it is their turn to give back and give others a second chance, just as they were given a second chance.

The Mexico Home Build is part of the Youth With A Mission’s Homes of Hope project. This volunteer initiative is made possible for our teens through the generosity of the Calgary Rotary Clubs (West, Fish Creek and South) and the larger Calgary community.