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Reflective Essay About Moving Back To Mexican

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Over 20 million individuals merely making it to the next morning on just $2.00 a day, malnourished, in poor living conditions, and uneducated. Children running around unclothed, many sick and left on the streets without parents. Disasters are constantly affecting the area by tropical storms developing in to hurricanes or even the wide spread of deadly diseases. A hurricane had impacted the area months ago, but it seemed as if it had just happened yesterday. Going back to my original roots in Mexico, specifically the border town of Juarez, exposed me to the everyday lifestyle these individuals face including some of my family members who live over there. Thinking back to the hurricanes I experienced, many individuals when in these disasters in United States believed they could not survive without running water or seeing a medical professional right away for minor concerns. This was an eye opening experience for me when compared it to that of a developing country. …show more content…

Teenagers just like me were experiencing serious health problems, not very educated on proper hygiene and lived in houses that looked as if they were going to fall apart. Although, I do plan to go back to Mexico, I decided to do something about the problem here in my community first. I believed this will allow me to gain the proper experience and knowledge as well on how to deal with poverty on a much greater scale in the future, like in Mexico. I researched organizations which we are fortunate to have, and the Medical Reserve Corp’s mission paralleled to mine. With some networking within my school and peers, I was able to recently become a founder for an official Medical Reserve Corp Junior unit in my

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