Teletón

In 1997 a thirty something director of the Mexico Unido Foundation was thinking big: to gather the efforts of many television and radio networks, with the support of some newspapers and commercial enterprises to launch the yearly broadcast of Teleton: a show with the best production values that raises awareness of the dreams and needs of handicapped kids and invites the audience to contribute and reach the amount of money needed to build a children's rehabilitation center every year and provide the attention in them by doctors and therapists. More than 20 years later more than 20 buildings are already built all over Mexico and working thanks to it. The help has been real and many stories of success in the development of children has given them better abilities and self-esteem. It has also helped handicapped boys and girls to be better understood and reduce labeling, awkward attitudes and bullying from those who interact with them.