“Ruta al Asilo”: legal clinic for newly arrived asylum seekers in New York City On February 25th, the Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, and the Commissioner of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, Manuel Castro, joined us at our third legal clinic in Queens. Their presence encouraged the asylum seekers to pursue…
Young Venezuelan migrants and refugees receive training about entrepreneurship and finance in Cúcuta, Colombia Since January 2023, AID FOR AIDS has been offering workshops and training in Cúcuta, Colombia for economic and social integration of young Venezuelan migrants and refugees who engage in survival sex. For a period of 2 months, 30 young Venezuelan migrants…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams joined us on our weekly jornada to support the new immigrant community On Saturday, February 11, the NYC Mayor Eric Adams joined us at our weekly jornada in the Lower East Side. By being there, he sent a powerful message of collaboration and teamwork. The newly arrived asylum seekers’…
AID FOR LIFE holds its last jornada of the year and delivers toys to migrant children Last Saturday, December 17, AID FOR LIFE held its last jornada of the year, giving coats, toys and hot meals to recently arrived asylum seekers in NYC. It took place at PS 20 Anna Silver in the Lower East…
AID FOR AIDS presents results from two-year study on Survival Sex in migrant/refugee populations On Monday, December 5, AID FOR AIDS presented the results of its in-depth study focused on Survival Sex in Migrant and Refugee Populations at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. The researchers of the study -Fernando Garlin Politis, a doctoral…
AID FOR AIDS and AID FOR LIFE visited Monterrey and Matamoros in response to the Latin American migration crisis AID FOR AIDS and AID FOR LIFE visited Monterrey and Matamoros, in Mexico, to assess the current situation in the US-Mexico border with the Latin American migrants that are trapped due to the new policy implemented…
AID FOR AIDS’ President, Jesús Aguais, was featured on The POZ 100: Celebrating Latino Advocates Each year, POZ Magazine creates a list to highlight and celebrate the HIV advocacy work being done in communities. This year’s POZ 100 recognizes 100 Latino advocates who have made exemplary contributions to the fight against HIV. Our President and…
AID FOR AIDS and AID FOR LIFE received the “Organization with the Power of Change Towards Gender Equality” award at the She Is Global Forum 2022 The award is granted by the She Is Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to promote, integrate and implement gender equality, entrepreneurship and social innovation projects, led by women, with a…
“Forced Steps: walking and crossing borders”: a campaign that seeks to show the reality of Latin American migrants AID FOR AIDS and AID FOR LIFE launched a digital campaign to show, sensitize and humanize the journeys and challenges experienced by people who have been forced to migrate from Latin America, aiming to reach the United…
AID FOR LIFE has served 2,000 asylum seekers in NYC Since April 2022, nearly 20,000 asylum seekers from South America have arrived in New York City bussed from Texas, as they entered the US through the southern border. According to city reports, 12,700 of the migrants are in shelters. The vast majority of them are…
