About
M Mexico Official Name Estados Unidos Mexicanos / Mexican United States Capital City Ciudad de México/Mexico City President Enrique Peña Nieto Independence Declared September 16, 1810 Consummated September 27, 1821 Religion Roman Catholic 89%
A country rich in history, tradition and culture, Mexico is the third largest country in Latin America and has one of the largest populations —more than 100 million— making it the home of more Spanish speakers than any other nation in the world. Despite the political and social changes that have occurred over the centuries, evidence of past cultures and events are apparent everywhere in Mexico. Many of Mexico’s rural areas are still inhabited by indigenous people whose lifestyles are quite similar to those of their ancestors. In addition, many pre-Columbian ruins still exist throughout Mexico, including the ancient city of Teotihuacán and the Mayan pyramids at Chichén Itzá and Tulum. National Cathedral
Language Spanish control of Mexico led to the dominance of Spanish, the oďŹƒcial language. As many as 100 Native American languages are still spoken in Mexico, but no single alternative language prevails. Eighty percent of those Mexicans who speak an indigenous language also speak Spanish. The most important of the Native American languages is Nahuatl. It is the primary language of more than a million Mexicans and is spoken by nearly one-fourth of all Native Americans in the country. This is followed by Maya, used by 14 percent of Native Americans, and Mixteco and Zapoteco, each spoken by about seven percent of Native Americans. No other indigenous language is spoken by more than ďŹ ve percent of Mexico's Native Americans.
National Palace
Mexican food Mexican cuisine is primarily a fusion of indigenous Mesoamerican cooking with European, especially Spanish, elements added after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in the 16th century Over the centuries, this resulted in regional cuisines based on local conditions, such as those in Oaxaca, Veracruz and the Yucatรกn Peninsula. Mexican cuisine is an important aspect of the culture, social structure and popular traditions of Mexico. The most important example of this connection is the use of mole for special occasions and holidays, particularly in the South and Center regions of the country. For this reason and others, Mexican cuisine was inscribed in 2010 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
In order for AIESEC in Mexico to contribute towards building a better country, we recognized the importance of aligning our incoming Global Citizen projects to The Global Goals. Por Mexico is our national program developed in order to address the needs and issues within Mexico, with each speciďŹ c project addressing one Global Goal. We aim to provide tangible solutions and actions towards these issues. Through our projects, we strive to empower youth, communities and government to act with a sense of urgency in building a better Mexico.
Our Projects
Quality Education Project focused on helping students from all levels develop and increase the use of one or more languages working with a structure agenda based in human development, cultural diversity, social impact, leadership, business, entrepreneurship and globalization. The levels given will be basic, intermediate and advanced. The volunteers must be able to create their own agenda according to student’s needs and they must be evaluated during and after the course.
Life on Land Project that will be catering general awareness about environmental problems, waste management, recycling and ultimately to make our surroundings more eco-friendly through various platforms, events and activities in order to eradicate pollution, promoting energy conservation and making the Earth a greener place.
Gender Equality Project aiming to support Organizations that have the mission of helping Mexican Women through workshops that seek their empowerment and motivation for Problems they are facing at home, work, personal relationships at any given moment every single day. The main issues will be young mothers, family violence and women empowerment.
Good Health Project focused on creating awareness about health and genetic diseases by conducting awareness educational and dynamic workshops (including sexual education, obesity, drug/alcohol use and hygiene). These activities will be created by the volunteer and they will be participatory, non-judgemental, culturally sensitive and accessible to all ages, levels of education and cultural backgrounds. All of this will be to increase health education, create more awareness about this issue and promote healthy behaviours to live a better and healthier life.
Climate Action Project focused on generating awareness about our climate and the importance of natural resources. It establishes the sense of urgency to act in order to combat climate change. In particular, the project will focus speciďŹ cally on activating people to create solutions for addressing pollution, water and sound contamination.
Peace and Justice Project focused on creating workshops and sessions about ethics and citizenship Which will include ideas, attitudes, expectations and opinions that form a person of all ages within the law. The project is an immediate source of ethical and legal change which will make all audience change behaviours towards this issue and know the importance of being a citizen with values and proper ideals to be the best citizens they can be while taking the right decisions in their life.
Reduced Inequalities ELDERLY Project aiming to support Organizations that have the mission of helping Mexican Elders through diverse activities that help them have a healthier self esteem, achievements, self development and motivation/empowerment. YOUTH Project aiming to help underprivileged Mexican Youth by creating impactful and powerful activities to generate a healthier mindset and perspective by teaching life skills in school, personal life and work with topics such as teamwork, global mindset, diversity, health, leadership, social responsibility, etc.
Partnership for the Goals Project focused on working with relevant partners that are also committed to contributing to one or more of The Global Goals. The volunteer roles can vary, but are all centered around entrepreneurial tasks and activities that will contribute towards NGO development or the growth of social start-ups.
The logo not only represents the name of our country, the letter X stands as a central element, represents not only a letter, also it represents the mark that this project will leave in our country; in our country the letter X also can be used to express the word "For", so we wanted to combine these two meanings in the logo, interpreting the letter X as "For" and the entire logo as "Mexico".
Font
Use Lato font typography and all the family. Download here bit.ly/PorMexicoTypo
Colors
Each program mach the color of the attended SDG.
Logos
You have to use only the AIESEC and SDGs logos in a stripe from the color according to the global goal attended at the bottom of the design, for instance:
Available
M Materials Entity booklet Projects booklet Product sheet per project Facebook post pictures
Find them all here!
bit.ly/MexicoEntityMaterials
Mariana Peralta MCVP iGCDP mperalta@aiesec.org.mx Searchtool: bit.ly/searchtoolMx