Responsibility
Supporting children's education in Tijuana, Mexico, and Matagalpa, Nicaragua for 35+ years. However, miracles can and are happening at this school.
Also funds the Mafubira Child OutReach Centre, an orphanage in Uganda. www.responsibilityonline.org @4Responsiblity US 501(c)(3) Nonprofit (FIN: 33-0437290) For decades, generations of people known as pepenadores have earned a living in Tijuana's oldest municipal dump, only miles from the San Diego border, picking through tons of trash for recyclable goods. Children, as young as two were involved
01/30/2023
From the President of the Board of Directors of Responsibility: It is with a heavy heart that I share the passing of our founder and CEO David Lynch. David dedicated his life to helping what Mother Theresa called 'the poorest of the poor.' Under David's guidance we have built and maintained schools for families who live in the Tijuana and Nicaragua's Municipal Dumps, and children who live in Uganda's orphanages. David's spirit will live on in the thousands of children who received an education at one of our Responsibility schools.
Here is a Q & A that David wrote on our Responsibility web page:
David Lynch Why have you chosen this work – and what keeps you here? The injustice of the lives these people endure annoys me a great deal. And the need remains tremendous. We’re demonstrating the critical requirement for education – and the vast lifestyle improvement that’s possible when you have it. I strongly believe the axiom, “Feed them a fish and they’ll east for a day; teach them how to fish and they’ll eat for a lifetime.”
Devastating poverty often drains those around you. Why does it energize you? When a young student is asked to complete a difficult task, he or she tries to excel. When the child is finished, the teacher offers praise for a job well done, and that same simple praise reenergizes the child for the next project. I am the same way. While some tasks are very draining, after I hear a simple “thank you,” I ask, “What’s next?”
Why did you choose to help the children and make this your life calling? I was fortunate to grow up with a handicapped brother who introduced me to a world where people aren’t given all the gifts God bestows on most of us. In the handicapped, I saw a common trait, the gift of compassion for all human beings, and the ability to openly share love and help those in need. I saw that this is where they found their happiness. It is now here I find mine.
What is your greatest reward? In 1980, I photographed a nine-year-old boy named Felipe. He worked full time salvaging glass at the dump. In 1983, I opened an ESL school and Felipe attended for six years. In 1989, Responsibility gave Felipe a scholarship for an unlimited length of time to the school of his choice. In 1992 Felipe accepted a position as an English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) teacher in a private institution in Tijuana, Mexico. Today he is our preschool teacher – Professor Felipe Quirez. Seeing results is my greatest reward.
You can read about David’s work in the children’s book: Armando and the Blue Tarp School. There is also a musical based on this book.
Rest in peace Professor David C Lynch.
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