The San Diego-based health organization Project Concern International is being recognized for its work. The San Diego County Board of Supervisors designated Friday as Project Concern International Day.
The 54-year-old nonprofit was founded to help the poor in the San Diego-Tijuana border region. The Board of Supervisors highlighted the nonprofit for all of its work ranging from assisting pregnant women to its anti-human trafficking initiative.
The nonprofit Las Patronas on Friday donated a new van to help Project Concern expand its San Diego outreach efforts.
Maria Lourdes Rayes from Project Concern International said the recognition can help the group reach vulnerable members of the community.
“People that don’t normally go out and seek access to care, those are the people were seeking to help with the community outreach,” Rayes said.
Project Concern International is in 16 countries where they help more than 6 million people.
