Reports from Partner Organizations

In recent years, reports of addiction in rural communities in northern Veracruz have been on the rise, emerging as a public health concern for authorities, communities, and families, who point to the migratory movements of agricultural laborers as being directly linked to this phenomenon.

In response, in 2025, Fomento, A.C. conducted an assessment across 17 communities to gather information for designing prevention and care strategies based on local experiences and knowledge. 

In the rural indigenous communities of Texcatepec, Veracruz, labor migration has been viewed as the primary means of generating income, despite the risks and social impacts it entails. On the other hand, local productive alternatives have recently begun to emerge, aimed at strengthening family economies and fostering community roots.

To generate a comparative analysis of the different forms of migration, as well as the alternative of a local cooperative, Fomento, A.C. conducted a study in Otomí communities in the region between 2024 and 2025, generating information to support families’ decision-making based on economic, social, and risk factors.

In Oaxaca, children and adolescents from migrant farmworker families have had their basic education disrupted following the closure of the Migrant Schools in their communities in 2021.

At the request of these families, Caminos Centro de Acompañamiento a Migrantes A.C., investigated the causes behind the disappearance of these 47 educational centers. The findings reveal the absence of a public policy to guarantee the right to education for children and adolescents from internal migrant families, as well as a lack of official information and assessments to help correct course.