The International Community Foundation and Fundación Internacional de la Comunidad, members of the US-Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership, were recognized with an award for a video they co-produced on border health issues that affect the San Diego/Tijuana region.

The film: “Fragile Lives: Blurring Lines: Addressing the Critical Health Challenges in the San Diego-Baja California border region” was selected as a Silver Award recipient for the 2008 Wilmer Shields Rich Award for Excellence in Communications in the category of Public Information Campaigns by the Council on Foundations. The award was presented at a luncheon on May 5, 2008, at the Council on Foundation's Philanthropic Leadership Summit, in Washington, D.C.

This video may be of interest to border health partners and others in the United States – México border region.

To view the approximately 12-minute video, click here.

Or click on this link: http://www.icfdn.org/campaigns/borderhealth/index.php.

To link to the International Community Foundation, click here.

To link to the US-Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership, click here.

For more information on the activities of the United States-México Border Health Commission, please visit our website.

United States-Mexico Border Health Commission