Post by Kirsten Frosh, M.A.

For ten years, a rehabilitation center on the outskirts of San Miguel de Allende has been quietly changing what recovery looks like for families who have nowhere else to turn. CRISMA — the Centro de Rehabilitación Integral San Miguel de Allende — is a social program of Fundación Vamos México, founded by Marta Sahagún de Fox. Today it supports more than 400 families every week, across both urban and rural parts of the municipality. What began as care for children with disabilities has grown into something far broader: older adults, post-surgical patients, and members of the international community now all find their way here. The work is genuinely multidisciplinary. Physical, occupational, psychological, and general medical therapy. Hydrotherapy, speech therapy, fall prevention, neuropediatrics. The model treats the whole person — physical, emotional, and social — not just a diagnosis. The need is real and it is large. More than 6 million people in Mexico live with a disability, and over 180,000 of them are right here in Guanajuato. For many of these families, CRISMA is the only accessible, dignified option within reach. What I've come to appreciate most, supporting this mission as a volunteer, is how CRISMA builds networks. Through partnerships with civil society organizations, businesses, and academic institutions, it reaches beyond its own walls — into remote communities through mobile clinics, health fairs, and caregiver training. Recovery here isn't confined to a treatment room; it travels out to where people actually live. Ten years in, the mission is the same as day one: healing as a deeply human act, available to everyone. Every step forward in therapy is a step toward a fuller life. It's a privilege to be part of it. #SanMiguelDeAllende #Rehabilitation #GlobalHealth #Nonprofit #Disability