INTRODUCTION
Ajxíimbalo'on works at the crossroad between our two paths: community action and dissemination of information on human movility topics and the consequences for immigrants, their families and communities; and the current context of internal and external displacement.
Therefore, when reflecting about immigrants, the word wayfarer arises, which describes the person who moves from one place to another, be it near or far their place of origin or home, be it temporarily o permanently, be it willingly or under forced displacement.
Given that the trails we walk are in Yucatan, in order for us to increase interactions, as well as, as a cultural translation, we turn to the Mayan language for our name: Ajxíimbalo'on which means we are wayfarers.
Working Collectively
our mission
Nuestra misión consiste en fortalecer la conexión y participación de la persona migrante que arriba o retorna al Estado de Yucatán con la comunidad local que la recibe, y también de la gente de esta comunidad con quien llega, promoviendo así una mejor vida comunitaria.
Our mission is to strengthen the connection and participation of immigrants arriving or returning to Yucatán with the local community and/or indigenous people they reach, and vice versa, promoting a better life within the community.
our goal
The organization's goal is to promote meaningful dialogue, strengthen understanding and empathy within daily interactions between arriving immigrants and the communities to which they arrive or return.
Our Vision
We choose to work collectively, we learn together, we mutually share rich and diverse life experiences and knowledge, building opportunities to overcome the consequences of human movility, as a group, given that we have the firm notion that we all have been, we are or will be immigrants on different paths and communities.
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If you're interested in learning more about Ajxíimbalo'on or how you can get involved, please don't hesitate to contact us.
the tEAM
Who we are
Who we are
We are immigrants who met on the same path. Each of us highlights a different migration: those who move from an indigenous village to their state capital, those who move from another state within the same country and those who arrive from another country. Now we all walk together.
Our Story
Who we are
Ajxíimbalo'on was born and dreamt of in 2023 from two friends having coffee chats on the urgent need to address the issue of human mobility/migration in Yucatán.
On the road
We develop our work maingly in rural and urban communities outside of Mérida.
At work
We belong to several networks
"Engaging Dialogue Circles on Migration" Organized by CODHEY Valladolid, Valladolid University and Ajxíimbalo’on.
Other events
We belong to several networks
We belong to several networks
We were part of the "Second International Summit Redefining the Impossible," organized by THP Mexico.
We belong to several networks
We belong to several networks
We belong to several networks
To address this growing and worrying reality, we need allies. That's why we build networks, share experiences, and work together.
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Fundación Senda Común, A.C. E-mail: Contacto@fscong.org
extended team
Ioana Navarrete Pellicer
Augusto Marcos Fagundes Oliveira
Augusto Marcos Fagundes Oliveira
A specialist on Mexico-United States Immigration issues, with more than 25-year experience on promoting, protecting, defending the human and civil rights of the Mexican immigrants abroad- as a member of the Mexican Foreign Service. Ioana was born in Mexico City. An immigrant by profession, in now in Chicxulub Pueblo, Yucatan by choice.
A specialist on Mexico-United States Immigration issues, with more than 25-year experience on promoting, protecting, defending the human and civil rights of the Mexican immigrants abroad- as a member of the Mexican Foreign Service. Ioana was born in Mexico City. An immigrant by profession, in now in Chicxulub Pueblo, Yucatan by choice. She is cofounder of Ajxíimbalo’on. With this organization, she hopes to contribute to the visibility of the migrant person´s reality and its convergence with the Yucatan indigenous communities, striving for a positive interconnection, focusing on their human rights. Ioana is currently studying the Mayan Language at the Institute for the Development of the Mayan Culture in the State of Yucatan (INDEMAYA) as a means for a better understanding with the indigenous communities. She completed several studies on: Human Rights of Indigenous Communities; Forced Internal Displacement; Mediation; Transitional Justice; Human Rights of the Incarcerated and Liberty of Expression, by the National Commission on Human Rights in Mexico (CNDH). She earned a post-grad degree in Compared US-Mexican Law Studies by the University of New Mexico School of Law and studied Law at the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico (ITAM).
Augusto Marcos Fagundes Oliveira
Augusto Marcos Fagundes Oliveira
Augusto Marcos Fagundes Oliveira
Born in Ubaitaba, Bahia, Brazil, he has lived in Mérida, Yucatán since August 2019. He is currently co-director of Ajxíimbalo’on - Fundación Senda Común A.C. in Yucatán. He studied Social Sciences at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) in Brazil; a master’s degree in education at the same university; a PhD. in Social Anthropology at
Born in Ubaitaba, Bahia, Brazil, he has lived in Mérida, Yucatán since August 2019. He is currently co-director of Ajxíimbalo’on - Fundación Senda Común A.C. in Yucatán. He studied Social Sciences at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) in Brazil; a master’s degree in education at the same university; a PhD. in Social Anthropology at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) in Brazil. He was a professor at the State University of Santa Cruz (UESC/ Bahia - Brazil) between August/1990 and August/2019. He has developed studies and collaborations with indigenous communities, institutions and social movements (Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Uruguay), focusing on social projects on human rights, interculturality, education, theater (with emphasis on the Theater of the Oppressed). He has co-authored several publications in Brazil, the United States and Canada, in addition to other publications for symposiums and scientific magazines. He has also been studying Mayan Language.
Eduardo René Chablé May
Augusto Marcos Fagundes Oliveira
-ADVISOR- Hilda Pérez Chávez
Native Mayan speaker, born in the Municipality of Mama in Yucatan. He emigrated from his community to study a Philosophy at the Autonomous University of Sinaloa and Psychology at the Autonomous University of Yucatán in Mérida. He has several studies on “Gender, Health and Interculturality within a Human Rights Framework” by the Autonomo
Native Mayan speaker, born in the Municipality of Mama in Yucatan. He emigrated from his community to study a Philosophy at the Autonomous University of Sinaloa and Psychology at the Autonomous University of Yucatán in Mérida. He has several studies on “Gender, Health and Interculturality within a Human Rights Framework” by the Autonomous University of Mexico (UAM acronym in Spanish) and on “Family Therapy: from an endemic perspective” by the Autonomous University of Yucatán (UADY). He was a professor at the Yucatan State Highschool - Colegio de Bachilleres de Yucatan (COBAY) in Teabo. Eduardo worked for the Institute of Gender Equity of the State of Yucatan (IEGY), he was Health Services Coordinator for Migrant Families at the Institute for the Development of the Mayan Culture in the State of Yucatan (INDEMAYA) and worked at the Mental Health Department for the Mayan Indigenous Communities at the Secretariat of Health Services of Yucatan (SSY). Since 2020 he has been assigned to the 800 YUCATAN and 911 SUICIDE lines, at the Public Safety Secretariat of Yucatan (SSP). He was collaborated since 2008 with the civil organization Casa de la Cultura Maya of Los Angeles in California, U.S.A. Since 2024 he serves as the Advisory Committee Coordinator for Ajxíimbalo’on.
-ADVISOR- Hilda Pérez Chávez
-ADVISOR- Hilda Pérez Chávez
-ADVISOR- Hilda Pérez Chávez
A Mexico City native, she emigrated to the State of Yucatán given the rising insecurity. She studied to be a chemist, but she is by vocation and conviction a social activist for women and youth´s human rights. With a steady trajectory, based on knowledge, experience, hard work and resistance to achieve a decent life for historically vul
A Mexico City native, she emigrated to the State of Yucatán given the rising insecurity. She studied to be a chemist, but she is by vocation and conviction a social activist for women and youth´s human rights. With a steady trajectory, based on knowledge, experience, hard work and resistance to achieve a decent life for historically vulnerable groups. She has worked in collaboration with: the Integral Family Development System (DIF) of Yucatan in Mérida; Self-Managed and For the People Research and Education Civil Association (IEPAAC); Ibero-American University (IBERO) on a Studies Program for Teachers in Mayan Communities project; National Institute for Indigenous Communities (INPI/Yucatan) in Mayan women projects; Sexual and Reproductive Health and Human Services (SHSSR); Psychological, Sexual and Education for Personal Development Attention Unit civil association(UNASSE). Presently she is a member of the Advisory Board of Ajxíimbalo’on.
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-ADVISOR- Hilda Pérez Chávez
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