Our Founder
Anabel Frutos
The Founder of the Love in Action Center
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Love in Action is a home where children whom have suffered neglect or were in a high-risk home environment, are placed by the Mexican government with the purpose of providing them with a temporary or permanent home.
We are located at Pedro Moreno No. 76 in the town of Chapala in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. This new property has provided the children with much needed room to grow and flourish, although it is still in one of the poor areas of town.
Through the grace of God and the extremely generous donations of our supporters, this new and larger location with more room for the children to enjoy life, has six buildings with a large grassy area to play in.
We presently house anywhere from 50 to 60 children with ages ranging from 1 to 16 years old.
Apart from being accountable to our board of directors, we continually are visited by government officials that come in to supervise the many activities here at the center.
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History
Anabel Frutos, the founder of the Love in Action Center, is a native of Mexico, born in Guadalajara under impoverished circumstances. She and her husband, Raul, now live in a poorer district in the town of Chapala. Anabel was aware of the great needs and poverty around her and felt she needed to respond. In 2001, a feeding program was established from her car port for children from the neighborhood. The original group soon began bringing their siblings and friends and then their mothers as well and a parenting class was added to this weekly event.
One day Anabel counted over one hundred people in her house and yard and realized that a more permanent solution must be found. Armed with her determination and faith in God, she found an old pottery manufacturing shop that consisted of a number of small buildings. A step of faith was taken to secure a piece of property where people from the area could come to be fed and encouraged.
Eventually classes were implemented to teach a skill that could help those with a limited income to generate finances.
Some of the courses offered were:
English, guitar, tin sculpting, crafts, sewing and salon training.
We saw a need to establish a day care for the neighborhood and when we went to get certified as an A.C., (civil association or nonprofit) the government asked if we would consider being a shelter for children. So now we are helping children that are sent to us from throughout the state of Jalisco in Mexico.