Great organization to get involved in. God has blessed them by raising many pesos to rebuild the school system in Zihuatanejo! Jeannie Krueger Cotner

It was a program that started at Octavio Paz Primary, they had just started a lunch program with the idea that any profits after they fed low-income children, would go to purchase equipment for the school. I asked one day how the lunch program was going, they said not...

My husband I first began going to Zihuantanejo 4 years ago. We were encouraged to volunteer for Sailfest and loved every minute of it. Although our role was small we could see the benefit to the community and especially the children that it serves. We discovered that...

About 10 years ago I went with my friends, Carol and Don, to a volunteer meeting for Sailfest...about which I knew nothing. We volunteered for the Raffle Committee and the rest is history. As a retired elementary teacher, I understand the need for a good start for the...

As I build the website and learn more about Por los Niños, I am delighted to discover the great commitment and enthusiasm of this large community of residents and friends who visit Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo. The only solution to the problems of society is education. Por los...

EL PLATEADO We decided to join this noble cause because it is very important for Grupo El Plateado to be part of alliances that seek positive changes in our society, especially those projects that benefit our children. This is a source of joy for our company and we...

From Victoria BC, I started volunteering during Sailfest 2005. Knowing that education is the future of Mexico, it was an eye-opener to see the existing tarpaper shacks that the disadvantaged children had for schools. When PorLosNinos finally had the funds to build the...

SAILFEST – THE MOST REWARDING THING I HAVE DONE AS A CRUISER By Terri Potts-Chattaway Published in the 2018 Fall Issue of CRUISING OUTPOST Each fall, the migration begins and seasonal cruisers come back to Mexico, preparing to sail south. Some head to the Sea of...

  Arriving in November, we had a chance to settle into “Zihua” just before the high season was kicking into gear. Our first encounter, literally, was with Larry “Lorenzo” Marbut, who helped drag our dinghy ashore and asked, “Are you Margie and Peter?” Whoa!! Talk...

I felt really encouraged to work in the committee of Por Los Niños, first because of their great achievements in building classrooms and secondly because instead of spending energies in endless meetings and planning that never materialize, they focus on getting things...

For the past few years Bob and I have enjoyed working at Sailfest with you and all the Sailfest crew. I tell everyone I know about the great things we do. I was asked if I would give a talk about the what Sailfest is. This for the Rotary club. Is there anyway I can...

IT'S FOR THE KIDS! That's why have I volunteered every year since 2012 . . . and why I keep coming back to volunteer with this particular organization. There is something special about an organization that can bring people from all walks of life; from all over the...

Without realizing it I became involved with Por los Ninos 3 years before it began when Gloria and I moved to Zihuatanejo and began helping a small indigenous school. After being involved in the school and children it became clear to me that the 4 or 5 individual...

I have been a Sailfest volunteer for 14 years. I began helping at a tiny school on a mountainside overlooking the town of Zihuatanejo called “Nuevo Creation”. It held classes in 3 wooden buildings containing grades 1-6. This school was started by a group of parents...

From my heart and mind blog... I notice a growing trend for travelers: tourist volunteers and retired volunteers is a bright idea, as doing good deeds for less privileged residents of the place you are visiting is the opposite of dull, sit-around vacationers. Although...

The story behind my professional career I was born and raised in a tiny, rural, mountain village in Guerrero, Mexico, where the life for a woman is getting married after 15 years old. Where the highest education level you can dream of is junior high school. Where you...