Burnings in children are problem in any part of the world. In Mexico it is not different. Worried about the future of these small victims, 21 clubs of Rotary of Mexican Districts 4160, 4170, 4180 and 4190, the Rotary Club of Oak Bay (District 5020 - Canada) and the Rotary Club of San Antonio (District 5840 - United States) had made partnership in project of Matching Grants in the value of 72 thousand dollars. The project included surgery, physiotherapy and psychological to support the 120 children burnt and their families, beyond intense advertising campaign of orientation to the communities as how to prevent accidents with fire. To all, they had been 18 interviews of radio, five interviews in local and national net of television, 158 interventions in radio senders, 5000 posters of high quality, protected against the water, 225 billboards in the cities of Aguascalientes, zone metropolitan of the City of Mexico, Federal District, Celaya, Guadalajara, Monterrey and Cancun. Also it had speeches in primary, secondary schools and with people in small communities, where the incidence of the problem is bigger. Of the partnership also to the state federal governments and of Mexico and the Mexican Federacy of Triathlon participate

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