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Anchor the Soul
Our vision is to see children and adults with disabilities in our community, celebrated and nurtured.
2024 IMPACT REPORT NOW AVAILABLE
Eternal Anchor’s 2024 Annual Impact Report, sent to donors in early 2025, is now available to read online. Learn more about the difference our international network of supporters is helping to make in the San Quintin Valley.
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Eternal Anchor
In the heart of rural Mexico, our team is building a movement of inclusion—bringing people together across cultures and backgrounds to ensure that children and adults with disabilities are seen, valued, and empowered to thrive.
What We Do
We serve more than 250 families impacted by disability.
Eternal Anchor was founded in 2014 to respond to the unmet opportunity of serving individuals and families impacted by disability in the communities of rural Baja California, Mexico.
Why We’re Here
We aim to heal social divisions.
We work hard to heal social divisions so that all members of our community can be valued, experience belonging, and reach their God-given potential.
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Over the past two days, members of the Love Extended team met with Eternal Anchor’s Education Services staff to exchange ideas, explore practical strategies, and develop curriculum materials designed around the specific strengths and needs of each class.
These conversations were not one-sided. Visiting educators brought professional experience and new resources. Eternal Anchor’s teachers brought their deep knowledge of their students—the ways they communicate, learn, participate, and grow.
Everyone listened. Everyone contributed. Everyone learned.
Together, they discussed what is already working, considered new possibilities, adapted materials, and identified approaches that can be used meaningfully in the classroom long after this week ends.
This is what strong partnership looks like: not arriving with all the answers, but bringing knowledge, experience, curiosity, and respect to the same table.
The result is more than a collection of lesson plans or classroom tools. It is a stronger team, better-equipped teachers, and more opportunities for every student to learn in ways that recognize their abilities and support their individual growth.
At Eternal Anchor, collaboration is not simply part of the process. It is how lasting impact is built. #InclusiveEducation #Collaboration #Teamwork #DisabilityInclusion ... See MoreSee Less
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𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲...𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱.
Kat (on left) and Sara, our two physical therapy interns from UTMB Health, are nearing the end of their eight-week clinical rotation at Eternal Anchor.
Over these past seven weeks, they have worked alongside Eternal Anchor’s Health & Therapy Services team, supported children and adults across our programs, participated in home visits, learned from local professionals and families, and contributed their own knowledge, energy, and perspective.
Next week, they will return home and prepare for another major milestone: graduating as Doctors of Physical Therapy.
This partnership with UTMB is valuable because it is built on more than a temporary placement. It creates space for shared learning, professional exchange, and relationships that continue long after an internship ends. Kat and Sara have gained hands-on experience in community-based, culturally responsive care, while our team has benefited from fresh ideas, thoughtful collaboration, and the addition of two professionals working toward the same goal: helping each person build greater strength, independence, and opportunity.
Throughout their rotation, they have been guided by Erin Cottos, their supervisor and Eternal Anchor’s Coordinator of Global Health, whose ongoing connection with UTMB helps make these meaningful experiences possible.
Kat and Sara, we are not quite ready to say goodbye, but we are incredibly proud of all you have accomplished and excited for everything ahead. One final week to learn, serve, connect, and make a few more memories together. 🧡 #PhysicalTherapy #GlobalHealth #ClinicalEducation #DisabilityInclusion ... See MoreSee Less
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So much of the work during Love Extended happens behind the scenes, and often, after hours.
Members of the Love Extended team are working side by side with Eternal Anchor staff to review curriculum, adapt activities, develop practical resources, and explore new ways to support students with a wide range of learning, communication, sensory, and physical needs.
Inclusive education does not begin only when a lesson starts. It also takes shape through careful planning, shared problem-solving, and the willingness to adjust an approach so that every student has a meaningful opportunity to participate.
This collaboration brings together the professional expertise of our visiting educators and therapists with the experience, relationships, and local knowledge of Eternal Anchor’s team. Each person contributes something valuable, and everyone learns from one another.
The materials and strategies developed this week are intended to serve as useful, adaptable tools that our staff can continue using long after Love Extended 2026 ends.
This is what partnership looks like: listening, learning, creating, and working together toward classrooms and services where every child is supported in communicating, participating, and growing. #InclusiveEducation #Collaboration #Partnership #LoveExtended ... See MoreSee Less
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