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http://www.natividadfoundation.org/el-encargo/

On the Central Coast:

• 27,000 indigenous people from Central and South America live and work in the Salinas Valley.
• The South Salinas Valley has the highest percentage of families living in poverty in California.

  

At Natividad Medical Center:

• 70% of patients work in the agriculture or service industries
• More than 50% of patients have limited English proficiency
• 4 of the top 10 most commonly spoken languages at Natividad are indigenous languages from Mexico (Mixteco, Zapotec, Triqui and Chatino)
• 70% of patients are women and children
• 1 in 3 patients has low literacy in their native language

http://www.natividadfoundation.org/why-we-need-you/