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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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Every voice matters, and every step toward using it is worth celebrating.
Today, we’re celebrating Leyla and the progress she is making in communication. Her teacher, Alma, has been encouraging Leyla to respond to everyday questions like: 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶? 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥? 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘺?
More and more, Leyla answers in her own voice, and her voice grows stronger as her confidence grows. She is also beginning to combine spoken words and Mexican Sign Language to make her needs known.
These may seem like small moments, but they represent something important: Leyla is finding more ways to express herself, make choices, and participate in the world around her. And her learning doesn’t have to stop when she leaves the classroom. When people take the time to speak with Leyla, ask her questions, give her space to respond, and patiently encourage her, they become part of that growth too. #InclusiveEducation #DisabilityInclusion #Communication #Belonging ...
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There’s no single right way to make art. That’s part of its power. 🎨
A paintbrush, a piece of cardboard, a little color...and suddenly there’s room to experiment, make choices, follow an idea, change direction, and create something that didn’t exist before.
For members of our Friendship Club Without Barriers, art is more than an afternoon activity. Creative expression can offer a way to communicate without needing the perfect words. It can support focus and fine motor skills, provide a healthy outlet for emotions, build confidence, and create the simple satisfaction of saying, "I made this."
And the finished product isn’t really the whole point.
The process matters: choosing a color, working carefully with a brush, solving the small problems that come up along the way, deciding when something is finished, or deciding it needs just a little more paint.
Art gives people room to express something that is uniquely their own. And in a world that too often tells people with disabilities what they should do, how they should do it, or what they are capable of, having space to create freely matters.
Sometimes a blank piece of paper or a piece of cardboard is exactly that: a place to begin. #ArtTherapy #CreativeExpression #DisabilityInclusion ...
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In our learning spaces, communication doesn’t have to depend on words alone.
Here, one of our teachers uses a visual support card with a student, giving him pictures he can see, recognize, point to, and connect with language. Tools like these can make an idea more concrete and give students another way to understand a question, express a choice, build vocabulary, or participate in an activity.
For some students, a picture provides the bridge between what they hear and what they understand. For others, it becomes another way to show what they know.
That’s why our teachers use different approaches based on the individual student: spoken language, Mexican Sign Language, gestures, pictures, modeling, and other supports that make communication more accessible.
Because the goal isn’t for every student to communicate in exactly the same way. It’s to make sure every student has meaningful ways to understand, participate, and be understood. #InclusiveEducation #Communication #DisabilityInclusion ...
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