Humanitarian Organization Rooted in the Desert Looks Out for Migrants The New York Times
go to original August 3, 2013

The video highlights some of the work that No More Deaths does and some of the inhumane occurrences which have happened on the U.S./Mexico border. (J. Rodriguez)

ARIVACA, Ariz. — Monsoon rains tinge the desert with deceptive hints of green at this time of the year, but migrants crossing illegally from Mexico continue to risk death from thirst and exposure in the blazing heat. A fortunate few who become lost might stumble upon lifesaving gallon jugs of drinking water, scattered by a band of volunteers along makeshift footpaths that have been carved through the mountains and washes.

From a primitive base camp here, volunteers trained by a group called No More Deaths patrol the desert, offering water, food, clothing and medical care to lost, injured and exhausted migrants, no questions asked. The group’s mission is as simple, though not uncontroversial: to end migrant deaths along Arizona’s borderlands.

On average, 144 gallons of water a week are carried out of the camp, where bathrooms are buckets equipped with toilet seats, and bedding is a sleeping bag stretched out on the dirt.

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