Fundación Ávila Cruz AC, is founded with the brothers César, Laura and Armando with the last name Ávila Cruz and is established in the Municipality of the Heroic City of Tlaxiaco in the Mixteca region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Fundación Ávila Cruz AC arises in 2013 in response to the needs observed for years due to the lack of access to food and health services in children, women, the elderly and people with disabilities, who live in marginalized indigenous communities and / or in urban areas with a high and medium level of social backwardness in the Municipalities of the State of Oaxaca.

The first activities began in the Municipality of the Heroic City of Tlaxiaco, and progressively other Municipalities of the Mixtec region of the State of Oaxaca have been included, until collaborating with other regions of the State of Oaxaca.

Programs, empowerment, creation and training of capacities are promoted so that they are protagonists of their own change.

In 2017, Fundación Ávila Cruz AC in alliance with Fondo Unido México IAP supported the victims of the earthquake in the State of Oaxaca.

Fundación Ávila Cruz AC, work has been recognized and awarded numerous times in the Mixteca region by directors of Educational Institutions and by Municipal Authorities. At the national level we have received recognition by Fondo Unido México IAP.

The State of Oaxaca has 3,967,889 inhabitants, women and 48% men with a very high degree of marginalization CONAPO 2015. Population speaking an indigenous language 1,205,886 of which 637,196 (52.8%) are women and 568,960 (47.2%) are men DIGEPO 2015. Population in poverty situation 2,714,700 people; in extreme poverty 951,800 people; with social deprivation 920,900 people and vulnerable by income 107,800 people CONEVAL 2018. In the Human Development Index the State of Oaxaca has the lowest with (0.681), national average (0.746), average for Latin America and the Caribbean (0.0739) and the World average (0.700) and very high (0.889).

The Oaxacan geography, one of the most rugged in the country, combines in an area of 93,793 square kilometers: mountains, plains, beaches, deep caves, canyons and canyons with 570 municipalities scattered throughout the orography of the State of Oaxaca, which makes it difficult to provide of the most basic services in terms of response times and quality of care.

The Entity is geographically divided into 8 regions: Cañada, Costa, Istmo, Mixteca, Papaloapan, Sierra Norte, Sierra Sur and Valles Centrales.

The Mixteca region covers an area of 15,671.08 km² and is subdivided into 155 Municipalities grouped into seven Districts: Silacoyoapan, Huajuapan, Coixtlahuaca, Juxtlahuaca, Teposcolula and Tlaxiaco. They are distributed in 2,291 rural localities.

The region represents the fifth population concentration in the State and constitutes 11.8% of its total population with 496,601 inhabitants and 122,932 dwellings. INEGI, Intercensal Survey 2015.

77.4% of the population lives in rural and dispersed localities with less than 2,500 inhabitants. 9% of the population between 3 and 14 years old does not attend school and 12% of the population between 6 and 14 years of age cannot read or write. 65.9% of the population considers itself indigenous, a figure higher than the state average of 61.7%. INEGI, Intercensal Survey 2015.

In the Mixteca region there are the Municipalities with the lowest Human Development Index (IDH).

Contribute to the reduction of extreme poverty in the indigenous communities of the State of Oaxaca by strengthening capacities, food security, health and culture that generate sustainable integral development to improve living conditions.

• Increase the development of capacities, access to food and health in indigenous communities living in extreme poverty in the State of Oaxaca.
• Promote the culture of indigenous communities living in extreme poverty in the State of Oaxaca.

The intervention model is carried out based on conceptual approaches that in turn help us define the changes we seek to achieve together with the subjects of rights, through Management for Development Results (GpRD), the Human Rights-Based Approach (EBDH ), Logical Framework, Theory of Change and contributes to the achievement of the following Sustainable Development Goals 2030.