Mexico holds 36 UNESCO World Heritage sites, 194 open archaeological zones and hundreds of museums. Yet for millions of families living in poverty, the cost of a bus ride, an entrance fee and a meal simply doesn't fit in the budget. A child can grow up an hour from the Pyramids of Teotihuacán — built by their own ancestors — and never once stand before them. Entire generations grow up cut off from where they come from.
We organize completely free group visits for families and communities who could never make the journey on their own. We cover everything.
We work with public schools, community centers, social services and parishes in the poorest areas of Mexico City and the State of Mexico to reach families who have never visited a cultural site.
We cover round-trip transport, entrance fees, meals, educational materials and trained cultural guides. Beneficiaries pay nothing.
Every visit reconnects people with their history and identity. We document the impact with surveys, photos and testimonies to report back to our donors.
We're in our first stage. Before we can operate at scale, this campaign funds the essentials to begin — with order and transparency. Here's exactly where your gift goes today, not in theory.
And the big numbers? A second phase will require a fund on the order of $550,000 USD (10 million pesos) to operate for a full year and bring thousands of people to their heritage. That capital will not come from crowdfunding — it will be raised from institutions, foundations and corporate partners, which is precisely why constituting the nonprofit comes first: it is what makes that kind of funding legally possible. What you give today builds the foundation that unlocks it.
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Every visit is documented. As a donor, you receive photos and video of the experience you made possible — a direct testimony from the people who walked the path thanks to you. No middlemen, no vague promises: the proof, in images.
A gallery from each outing: the families at the site, the faces, the moments your support made possible.
A short video with the journey and the words of those who lived it — often for the very first time.
How many people, to which site, and the testimony gathered — sent straight to your inbox.
All documentation is shared with the consent of the beneficiaries and with full respect for their privacy — with special care taken to protect the identity of children.
We begin in the areas with the highest concentration of poverty in Mexico City and the State of Mexico. More than 4.2 million people living in poverty call these communities home.
Mexico City
State of Mexico
Municipal poverty figures: CONEVAL, 2020 municipal measurement (latest available at municipal level).
The City of the Gods. The Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, one hour from Mexico City — our first pilot.
The Aztec Sun Stone, the Maya and Mexica halls. The most important museum in Latin America.
The Plaza of the Three Cultures — an archaeological site, colonial history and modern Mexico in one place.
The National Museum of History in Chapultepec Park. Free for Mexicans on Sundays.
Senderos Ancestrales begins in Mexico City, but our vision is national. Every state in Mexico holds extraordinary heritage — and communities that need a way in.
With your gift, a child who has never left their neighborhood can stand before Teotihuacán for the first time. A family can discover Palenque. A young person can walk through the National Museum of Anthropology and feel that this history is theirs, too.
An initiative by Alfredo Olivares — a Mexican travel and cultural-outreach professional.
Questions? Write to us at liveworldspirit@gmail.com