The Latin American Relief Fund (LARF) is a U.S. nonprofit that supports humanitarian organizations that assist migrants and refugees in Mexico, including Albergue ABBA, a migrant shelter in Celaya, Guanajuato. LARF seeks to raise awareness of the plight of migrants fleeing poverty, violence, political upheaval, persecution and the consequences of climate change.

Our current focus is on the following:

• Supporting the Albergue ABBA (also known as the ABBA House Shelter), which provides short-term food, shelter, medical services and legal services to migrants passing through the city of Celaya. The shelter sits near an important crossroads of freight train lines used by many indigent migrants to travel through Mexico.
• Raising  money for the construction of a new shelter, the Cultural Center for Human Rights / Centro Cultural de Derechos Humanos. The CCHR / CCDH will provide shelter and services to longer-term migrants who require more intensive services—including amputees who have lost limbs after falling from the train, and including persons who seek asylum and legal residence in Mexico.  The CCHR / CCDH will also provide services and training opportunities to residents of the local community.

• Establishing a Deportation Response Team to meet the needs of deportees from the United States