Hope & Love

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.

Who We Are

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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He’s not waiting for instructions.
He’s deciding what comes next.

There’s a pause here that matters, the kind where a child is processing, not performing. No one is correcting him. No one is urging him along. The space itself is doing its job: inviting curiosity, risk, and self-direction.

This is how learning takes root at Eternal Anchor. Not by rushing outcomes, but by honoring the moment before them. Because agency, confidence, and voice are built long before answers are expected. #InclusiveEducation #Belonging #DignityFirst
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At Eternal Anchor, learning doesn’t stop at a desk—and therapy doesn’t always look like a clinic.

Our Sensory Gardens are part of a therapeutic approach often called horticultural therapy. Through soil, texture, scent, movement, and repetition, children engage their senses in ways that support fine motor development, regulation, communication, and emotional safety. The garden offers natural opportunities to practice patience, coordination, choice-making, and cooperation—at each child’s pace.

For many of our students, the garden is a place where pressure falls away. Hands get busy. Curiosity takes over. Confidence grows quietly. These experiences support classroom learning, daily living skills, and overall well-being, while reinforcing something just as important: a sense of belonging.

Real inclusion often looks simple. But its impact runs deep. #SensoryGardens #HorticulturalTherapy #InclusiveEducation
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He studies the shape. Turns it once. Tries again.
No one rushes him.

Across the table, there’s time. Time to watch, to wait, to trust that learning is happening even when it’s quiet. A small adjustment. Another try. Then it clicks.

This is how our classrooms work at Eternal Anchor. Children are given space to explore and figure things out in their own way, with teachers close enough to support and far enough to let confidence grow. Skills matter, yes—but so does dignity, patience, and the freedom to learn without pressure.

These moments don’t make headlines. But they shape everything that comes next. #InclusiveEducation #EarlyLearning #Belonging
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Come and serve alongside our staff as a volunteer. We receive short-term missions teams and long-term volunteers. For more information about volunteering or  visiting team trip, please email johnr@eternalanchor.org.

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Our Mailing Address

For mail and packages:

Eternal Anchor
8562 Calle de Buena Fe
El Cajon, CA 92021

For U.S. checks:

Eternal Anchor
3405 S Madison St.
Tacoma, WA 98409

For Canadian cheques:

CAF Canada
401 Bay Street, Suite 1600
Toronto, ON M5H 2Y4
(Please make cheques out to “CAF Canada” and write “Eternal Anchor Fund” in the memo line)