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New COTA Short Spot
A 2 min video produced Sept. '09 overviews all major COTA programs and services in live video, stills, and words. |
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Children of The Americas DVD Presentation
A more complete presentation of our organization and our work with the children. Also available on DVD, this 9 minute video gives more detail on our programs, outreach, and mission. Preview it here, and if you'd like a copy to show to your church or other group, just email us and let us know. |
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School Construction Day
A great video documenting the repairs and refurbishing of the Maria Antonio Melendrez school at Ejido Lazaro Cardenas, southwest of Tijuana. This little 4 minute video captures the essence of the work and the first day of repairs. |
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School Supply Delivery to Mexico
A 3.5 min video of Rainbow Backpacks, kids' backpacks full of school supplies, being delivered to hundreds of children in the colonias and ejidos--Christmas in September for these kids.
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Christmas Caravan Video
A 4.5 min video capturing preparation and distribution of over 12,000 toys to children during our 2006 Christmas Caravan. |
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Homebuild in Zapata, April 2007
A 3 min video slideshow of a COTA crew fininshing the construction of a new home for an impoverished extended family with 15 children in Zapata, central Baja, Mexico. |
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I Have a Dream Backpacks Video
A 3 min video of the distribution of over 80 backpacks filled with school supplies provided by the children of the I Have a Dream Foundation. |
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Christmas Caravan 2005
A 5 min video capturing the day of our 2005 Christmas Caravan where over 100 volunteers brought two tons of toys, food, and love to the children in Mexico. |
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Drywallin' @ Ejido School
A 2.5 min video of our interior finishing of one of three classrooms being upgraded at the school in Ejido Cardenas. |
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KWVE FM Radio Interview
Audio only radio interview with Dave Brisbin aired 8/5/06 on KWVE FM Radio in Southern CA. 30-minute interview covers Children of The Americas in general and the '06 school supply drive in particular.
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Beginnings
Children of The Americas' founder, Paul Weiss, talks about the beginning of our work with children. Our 30 year outreach to kids had its roots in a little girls' orphanage in Tijuana, Mexico, in 1974.
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KCOY Report on Caravan
Kevin Landers and KCOY-TV in Santa Maria, CA reported on our annual Christmas Caravan in their news broadcast. Although it was shot a few years ago, the locale and conditions of children have not changed. Nor have the generous and caring spirits of our volunteers. |
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