Campesinos Sin Fronteras offers migration help and back-to-school support

Campesinos Sin Fronteras’ July 17 gathering paired immigration-related paperwork help with back-to-school support for Yuma families. The event was tied to Radio Sin Fronteras 99.9 FM and partners, fitting the nonprofit’s long-running role as a bilingual support hub for farmworker households in Yuma County.

A practical stop for families under deadline pressure

The event was framed around “procesos migratorios” and back-to-school needs, which makes it different from a ceremonial outreach appearance or a general community fair. For families who are juggling work schedules, child-care responsibilities, school enrollment tasks and immigration questions at the same time, it lets them collapse multiple errands into one visit.

Campesinos Sin Fronteras has built its name on meeting agricultural families where they are, and a program that connects migration help with school readiness reduces the number of separate trips, appointments and phone calls a household has to manage before the school year begins.

Who Campesinos Sin Fronteras serves

Campesinos Sin Fronteras was established in 1999 and operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving the binational farmworker community between Yuma County and Mexico. Its mission is to promote the overall well-being of agricultural families and low- to moderate-income individuals, and the Yuma County Chamber of Commerce describes that mission as promoting the self-sustainability of agricultural workers and low- to moderate-income people.

A 2023 report said the organization has worked with the agriculture community in Yuma for more than 20 years, with offices in San Luis, Gadsden and Somerton, and estimated that about 40,000 farmworkers work in Yuma each year.

Campesinos Sin Fronteras also offers a wide service mix beyond this single event. The organization provides 15 health education programs in English and Spanish, including topics such as women’s health, diabetes education, behavioral health and environmental health. It is also HUD-certified to help low- and very low-income families with self-help housing rehabilitation, adding housing to the list of pressures it is built to absorb.

Why the back-to-school piece matters right now

Back-to-school season can become another deadline-heavy stretch for families already managing immigration paperwork. July is when parents start lining up school supplies, organizing forms and trying to make sure children are ready when classes begin, and a bilingual event can lower the barrier for parents who need help understanding next steps.

Campesinos Sin Fronteras’ events page lists an “Evento de Regreso a Clases,” and the organization’s Instagram account has also promoted a Yuma back-to-school rodeo, showing that school readiness is a recurring part of its community outreach. The city’s Back to School Rodeo was held July 11 at the Yuma Civic Center, 1440 W. Desert Hills Dr., from 9 a.m. to noon, and the first 2,000 students were set to receive a free backpack.

Radio Sin Fronteras gives the effort a wider reach

The partnership with Radio Sin Fronteras 99.9 FM is part of what makes the event especially useful in western Yuma County. The station reaches workers and families in rural and isolated communities, and a station description for KYMZ 99.9 FM lists an audience of more than 500,000 radio listeners across two nations and four states.

In farmworker communities, schedules can change quickly and families may be spread across work sites and neighborhoods. The collaboration uses a familiar community channel rather than a formal office setting first.

A broader safety-net role in Yuma County

The July 17 event fits into a larger service network that Campesinos Sin Fronteras has spent years building. In 2023, the National Institutes of Health awarded the nonprofit a $1 million grant to address healthcare barriers for farmworkers. In Yuma’s agricultural workforce, health access, transportation, paperwork and family stability often overlap.

The Yuma County Chamber of Commerce honored Campesinos Sin Fronteras with a 2025 Chamber Champion Award, which reflects how deeply rooted the organization has become in local civic life.