By Steve Inskeep “La Posada Providencia shelter, an unassuming cluster of buildings near the border in San Benito, Texas, has in the past year received people from about 20 countries, such as Albania, Romania, Nepal, India, and China. When we visited, we chatted with men from Somalia and Cuba. And we ran into three Ethiopian …
You have no idea what people will do to reach the United States — until you hear their stories. I heard some at La Posada Providencia shelter. You could live in San Benito, Texas, a long time and never notice it was there. This Catholic shelter welcomes some of the most recent arrivals to the …
By FERNANDO DEL VALLE Valley Morning Star SAN BENITO — A woman who was taken in by a San Benito shelter says she and her 10-year-old son fled El Salvador after extortionists threatened to kill her and her family. Lora is not her real name. She is fearful that her family could be in danger …
By PAULA ANN SOLIS Staff Writer With no end in sight to the overwhelming influx of immigrants from Central America, one shelter, La Posada Providencia in San Benito, has found a source of temporary relief in a $25,000 grant. The gift was awarded by the John G. and Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation based in Corpus …
By David Martin Davies For the immigrant refugees of Honduras their goal is to reach the Texas-Mexico border. But as many discover when they reach the Rio Grande Valley, that’s not the end of their journey. A fortunate few will be able to rest, recover and refocus at La Posada Providencia, an emergency shelter for …
By Nadia Galindo Eduardo Ragolta is a champion chess player and will soon be teaching the game at the San Benito School District. “Everyone from my country is coming here for the American Dream,” he said. Much like the game his life has been a series of calculated moves. He left everything back in Cuba …
As Americans gathered all across the country to celebrate 4th of July, 19 clients representing eight different countries honored their new home with a celebration at La Posada Providencia. Clients gathered in front of the shelter’s flagpole to recite the Pledge of Allegiance before taking part in a traditionally “American BBQ.” “When I stood with …
(San Benito, Texas) La Posada Providencia is proud to announce it has been selected as recipient of a $25,000 grant from the John G. and Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation. La Posada provides safe shelter to poor immigrants, asylees and asylum seekers in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, serving more than 7,000 clients …
Often, immigrants arriving in South Texas are portrayed by the media as mostly arriving from Central and South American countries. At La Posada Providencia, we see, first-hand, that the demographics of arriving immigrants reflect a much broader geography. Did you know that many of our clients come from places as far away as Eritrea, Ethiopia, …
On April 21, 2014, Carmen McCanna, a high school senior from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, arrived at La Posada Providencia to begin a four-week volunteer service program as part of her school’s senior project. Carmen’s goal during this time was to learn about the shelter, its mission and its clients. Fortunately, Carmen …
