The Tia Foundation

The Tia Foundation brings access to lifesaving healthcare and preventative education to the poorest, most remote places in Mexico, where there are no doctors or medicine, using Tia's self-sustaining, teach-them-to-fish program.

Tia's communities will work together to attain good health for all using the knowledge, tools, and empowerment acquired through Tia's program by addressing all areas of wellness need, such as water quality, education, and economic development. Using a "teach them to fish" model, the Tia Foundation trains and equips community health workers elected by their neighbors to respond to emergencies and provide basic preventative care in remote communities of rural Mexico, where there are no doctors.

We accomplish this permanent, self-sustaining solution for $5 per person because we establish programs that allow local governments to take over continuing education and resupply of the robust medical kits our health workers receive.

Tia currently serves more than 441,000 people. Our health workers provide vaccinations, deliver babies, manage chronic diseases like diabetes and hypertension, and offer preventative education to anyone in their community who wants to improve their health and well-being.