Discover FEMAP Foundation

Located in El Paso, TX on the U.S./Mexican border, the FEMAP Foundation along with FEMAP in Ciudad Juarez provides links between the two cities and countries in order to address mutual economic and public health concerns.

Health Quality

Health Quality

For 47 years, FEMAP’s goal has been to ensure the community has access to integrated high quality medical care, education, health care prevention and social development.

Medical Units

FEMAP provides the community with general and specialty consultations, Bio Laboratory and Imaging, Emergency Room and an OR, the Dr. Heydemann Specialty Clinic Wing for Pediatric Orthopedics and a Craniofacial Clinic focused on cleft lips and palates.

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Higher Education

Higher Education

In its 28 years, the FEMAP School of Nursing has graduated 1,750+ nurses.(to date)

Since 1990, the FEMAP School of Nursing has provided opportunities for low-income individuals to study and become healthcare professionals. The school offers two nursing career paths and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Graduates are guaranteed well-paying jobs upon completion while serving a desperately under-served region.

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Community Outreach

Community Outreach

FEMAP has created educational programs for Health Prevention, Children's Workshops, Youth Development and a Women's Clinic, 47 years of Experience.

FEMAP provides the community with Health Education and Prevention Programs, a Women's Clinic and organizing Arts, Self-Awareness and Development Programs for Children and Teens.

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Get Involved

There are many ways to support our mission.

Donate Now

To continue to meet the growing needs of our bi-national region, we are committing to grow our reach.

Corporate Sponsor

Join our roster of current sponsors and transform the lives in the FEMAP community.

Doctors Volunteering

Be part of the movement! Donate your knowledge and skills that we greatly need.

Volunteer

Discover how you can make an impact on FEMAP.

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Our Leadership

Guadalupe De la Vega

Guadalupe Arizpe De la Vega

Founder

FEMAP/SADEC’s founder, Guadalupe Arizpe De la Vega, has been recognized internationally. She was chosen as one of CNN’s Top 10 Heroes in 2010 and was awarded the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service in 2013.

Adair Margo

Adair Margo

Founder

The FEMAP Foundation, founded by Adair Margo, is a U.S. based public charity, chartered as a Texas nonprofit corporation on July 13, 1992.

Guadalupe Canales

Guadalupe Canales

President

Taking on the flame of hope and community awareness, Guadalupe Canales with her leadership and guidance, has brought FEMAP to a new level to benefit the disadvantaged.

Our Blog

Read the stories and learn how FEMAP is impacting and changing the community for the better of all.

CRANIOFACIAL CLINIC AND ITS IMPORTANCE

CRANIOFACIAL CLINIC AND ITS IMPORTANCE

AUGUST 8, 2019 BY FEMAP FOUNDATION

Dr. David Yates gives us an exclusive interview explaining why the Craniofacial Clinic is so necessary and how it was created with the eternal love for community that these fine group of doctors have. How Dr. Yates personally, is driven by his undeniable want to help those he can and the reason he went into medicine.

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FEMAP SERVES AS RELIEVE HOSPITAL FOR COVID19 PANDEMIC

FEMAP SERVES AS RELIEVE HOSPITAL FOR COVID19 PANDEMIC

AUGUST 10, 2020 BY FEMAP FOUNDATION

The Hospital de la Familia is proud to operate as the extension for Hospitals in Cd. Juarez to tend to regular health care needs for the public, this includes; birth deliveries, emergency trauma treatment, ICU care and surgery, post-operative recovery, Imaging and Laboratory services as well as outpatient services..

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Latest updates and announcements from FEMAP Foundation.

Aug 16, 2026

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Aug 16, 2024

Friends Of FEMAP

FEMAP’s pilot program, Vinculación Juvenil en la Comunidad de Villa del Campo en Cd. Juarez (Bringing Youth together in the Villa del Campo Community in Cd. Juarez) was created in 2013 to contribute to addressing the “disconnected youth” problem in marginalized areas in Cd. Juarez. In its first year the program provided after-school activities and meals to 180 children and youth and kept them connected to their families and communities. In its second year the program expanded its reach to 290 children and youngsters.

Jun 16, 2024

Mobile Medical Unit

A local production focused on cancer research in the Paso Del Norte region, and cancer disparities among Hispanic populations choose FEMAP's Mobile Medical Unit (which does early detection and treatment of cervical and uterine cancer amongst women living in marginalized communities of the Ciudad Juárez) to showcase it as a 'best practice’.

Aug 16, 2023

Capital Campaign

With Health and Education Comes Opportunity.To continue to meet the growing needs of our bi-national region, FEMAP Foundation made a commitment to expand Hospital de la Familia and build a new School of Nursing.A five-year commitment allows us to help a greater number of our neighbours.

Aug 09, 2022

Scholarships

To continue to meet the growing needs of our bi-national region, FEMAP Foundation made a commitment to expand Hospital de la Familia and build a new School of Nursing. WHY? Education and access to health care can make a huge difference in opening doors, widening horizons and giving people the chance to change their lives for the better. All too often, those who stand to benefit most are held back by poverty or lack of opportunity. Education helps disadvantaged people fundamentally and permanently. That's why we've made it our mission to give anyone in our region equal access to higher education and medical care, whatever their circumstances.