Located about 75 miles southeast of Mexico City, the city of Puebla is the capital of the Mexican state of the same name. It is the fourth largest city in Mexico.  Known for its traditional cuisine, colonial architecture, and Talavera pottery, it is also an industrial hub for cars, automotive parts, textiles, petrochemicals, sugar and other products. The world’s largest Volkswagen factory outside of Germany is located here, as are plants for Ford and Fiat with Audi joining them in the near future.  Home to many universities and technical training facilities, students are drawn to the numerous academic and industrial opportunities in the Puebla area.

As part of IPODERAC’s commitment to help the boys become self-sufficient when they leave, funding is raised to provide scholarships for them to attend technical high schools and universities. The boys compete for the scholarships and are held accountable for their performance while receiving a scholarship.  Many boys choose to pursue careers as automotive engineers and technicians, chefs and even lawyers. One former IPODERAC resident has been a corporate attorney for over 10 years in the Mexico City office of one of the world’s largest law firms. Several boys have joined an engineering firm that supports the automotive industry, while one young man became a local auto mechanic, comfortably supporting his wife and their new son.

If you are interested in assisting a student to pursue education or training that will help him lead a productive life, you can sponsor a student with a $2000 scholarship for one year of technical training or you may designate your donation, in whatever amount, be dedicated to providing scholarships for the boys. 

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2015 Scholarship Students

- Photos copyright Max Davis Company, 2014