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We began serving 15 children daily in a church warehouse.
Our Mission
Since 1995, our institution has dedicated itself to helping society’s most vulnerable children by addressing their primary need, access to healthy and nutritious food.
Through this support, along with instruction grounded in values of human dignity and care, we seek to give them the opportunity to develop and freely set life paths for themselves, so that they may flourish in their environments.
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Our vision
To reach as many corners where there are communities living in extreme poverty as possible.
Our history and growth
1995
1 dining room
15 children
1997
1 canteen
50 children
We were constituted as Comedor Santa María A.C.
1999
1 canteen
200 children
The official dining room model was built in "Centenario".
2001
2 canteens
380 children
A second "Ajusco" dining room is being built with the same concept.
2004
3 canteens
880 children
A new dining room is being built in "Jalalpa".
2006
5 canteens
1,300 children
Inauguration of the dining room in "Acopilco" and "Santa Ursula".
2008
7 dining halls
1,900 children
The "Hornos" dining room is built and the first one outside the CDMX: "Mazahua".
2009
9 dining halls
2,200 children
The "Cilantro" and "Lerma" dining room is inaugurated.
2013
17 dining halls
4,700 children
4 new dining halls are built: "Araña", "San José del Rincón", Ecatepec I" and the first dining hall in the north of the Republic: "Parras".
2016
27 canteens
8,000 children
2 new dining halls inaugurated in "Ecatepec Embajadas" and "Santa Catarina".
2020
33 dining halls
10,000 children
We opened dining halls in "Nuevo Laredo" and "Tepeji"
It was a year of many challenges for Covid - 19: we delivered food to our families.
2021
33 dining halls
10,000 children
We deliver take-away meals to continue helping families in their homes.
2022
33 dining rooms
10,000 children
We inaugurated our dining room in "Puebla"
The children came back to eat with us daily
2023
33 dining halls
10,000 children
We continue to work every day to transform the future of thousands of children.
Our video remembering 25 years of work at Comedor Santa María!
Who do we serve?
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We serve children from 4 months to 17 years old, pregnant and breastfeeding mothers.
Our only requirement is that they live in extreme poverty conditions.
We work in highly marginalized communities, most of them without access to basic services, such as water or electricity.
Our families have less than 2 dollars a day to fulfill the entirety of their needs. Their income does not even suffice for them to acquire the most basic food items.
To enroll our children in our programs, we carry out a meticulous screening process so that we may give preference to those with the greatest need.
Our enrolled families have a few monthly responsibilities:
Pay a weekly fee of $10 mxn (only those who can afford it).
To turn in 2 craft works focused on our education program
Attend 2 lectures
Help with dish washing twice a month
* Source: SAI Consultores with information from Comedor Santa María A.C., CONEVAL, INSP, CDC, ECOVID-ED and SESNSP.