FOUNDER'S INSTITUTIONAL LETTER
By Jorge Aurelio Riffo
Founder of Con Salud y Educación 360 Más e.V.
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Jorge Aurelio Riffo
- •Founder and President — Con Salud y Educación 360 Más e.V. (Berlin, Germany)
- •Founder — Consorcio Nacional ConSalud (Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico)
- •Founder — 360 Global Alliance & Certification Group UG (Berlin, Germany)
- •Director — 360 Global Alliance Academy (Berlin, Germany)
- •Director — Press media: La Voz de Chile from Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
My social commitment was not born from theory or behind a desk, but from the realities I witnessed and experienced over decades: encounters that profoundly shaped my understanding of inequality, human dignity, and above all, the responsibility to act.
Over the years, I was a direct witness to how dictatorships and systems of social exclusion denied millions of human beings access to healthcare, education, well-being, and essential public services. Public schools, hospitals, universities, and social welfare programs were progressively dismantled or defunded, turning these fundamental rights into luxuries and privileges concentrated in the hands of a few economic elites.
I witnessed the forced closure of public schools, the silencing of critical voices, and the systematic abandonment of entire communities, condemned to survive in the shadow of an indifferent system.
Exclusion, neglect, structural poverty, institutional abandonment.
While a few concentrated wealth and opportunities, millions of people were left trapped in conditions of inequality, structural abandonment, and exclusion, deprived of fundamental rights, dignity, and real possibilities to build a future.
For many of them, migration ceased to be a choice and became a necessity. It meant leaving behind their land, their home, their customs, their roots, their language, and often their own families, to face the uncertainty of starting anew in an unfamiliar place.
Why do people migrate?
Because for millions of people, staying can mean continuing to live under violence, insecurity, unemployment, poverty, addiction, lack of opportunities, and institutional neglect. Behind every displacement there is a human story: separated families, fractured identities, lost bonds, and people forced to rebuild their lives far from where they belonged.
Migration cannot be understood solely through statistics, borders, or immigration policies. Behind every person who crosses a border is a story, a family, a loss, a hope, and the right to be treated with dignity.
More than three decades walking alongside communities
Through more than 35 years of social and community work, and active involvement in media, I came to know firsthand realities deeply marked by inequality, exclusion, and neglect.
I witnessed some of its most painful expressions: mothers and entire families faced with the anguish of being unable to cover basic needs; children, youth, and seniors without adequate access to healthcare or education; and entire communities marked by institutional abandonment.
I saw it in my home country and across different nations of Latin America. I came to understand that inequality does not cause only material deprivation: it also leaves deep emotional, familial, and social consequences, eroding trust, autonomy, and expectations for the future.
Yet I also bore witness to the resilience, solidarity, and capacity of people to rebuild their lives even in the most adverse circumstances.
From these deep inequalities and social injustices was born my commitment to those who needed it most: to be present, to listen, to accompany, and to act.
A commitment that meant not remaining an observer, but taking action; not watching from a distance, but being present.
Where others built walls, we raised bridges.
Where others silenced voices, we opened spaces to be heard.
Where others normalized exclusion, we worked to restore dignity and build opportunities.
From international experience to action: Latin America, the United States, and Europe
My social and community journey took shape over decades across Latin America, the United States, and Europe, bridging different cultures, societies, and human realities. From my experiences in Germany during the 1990s to the work developed later across Latin America, each chapter expanded my understanding of inequality, migration, integration, and the vital need to generate genuine opportunities.
Over time, I came to realize something fundamental: borders change, languages change, and cultures differ, but fundamental human needs remain the same: health, education, protection, opportunity, and dignity.
It was in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, right across from San Diego, United States, where all of that experience began to consolidate institutionally with the creation and development of Consorcio Nacional ConSalud.
Along one of the most dynamic and complex borders in the world, shaped by migration and the ongoing convergence of cultures alongside deep social divides, we united education, preventive healthcare, training, and community action within a single project.
Tijuana was not the beginning of my social commitment; it was the place where years of experience, learning, and conviction were transformed into an organized structure at the service of the community.
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OUR HISTORY · OUR MANIFESTO
By Jorge Aurelio Riffo
“My social commitment was not born from theory or behind a desk, but from the realities I witnessed and lived through for decades: experiences that deeply shaped how I understand inequality, human dignity, and above all, the responsibility to act.”
It was not an office project.
It was not born at a desk, nor was it the result of an institutional strategy.
It emerged from abandonment. From the broken and unfulfilled promises of politicians who only appear during campaigns, offering health, education, and welfare... and then disappear. It was born from the despair sown by systems that turned rights into favors and dignity into merchandise.
From closed schools, empty hospitals, and communities condemned to neglect. It was born from collective pain, from forced migration, and from the struggle to survive amid abandonment. We were witnesses.
We were part of that forgotten community. We saw how inequality became the norm and institutional indifference became customary. We traveled through Latin America, Central America, Mexico, and the United States.
In all those territories, the same pattern repeated: empty promises, failed policies, and structural exclusion. Peoples forced to migrate, to leave their roots, their lands, their language, and their customs; driven by hunger, violence, unemployment, addiction, and neglect. Condemned to emotional exile, uprooting, and fractured families. And it was right there that we chose to act.
From Experience to a Way of Working
Over more than 35 years of social and community work, along with active involvement in the media, I witnessed firsthand realities deeply scarred by inequality, exclusion, and abandonment.
I witnessed some of its most painful expressions: mothers and entire families grappling with the anguish of not being able to cover basic needs; children, youth, and the elderly without adequate access to health or education; and entire communities marked by institutional neglect.
I saw it in my own country and across diverse nations in Latin America. I came to understand that inequality creates more than material hardship: it also leaves profound emotional, familial, and social scars, undermining trust, self-reliance, and future aspirations.
Yet I also bore witness to the resilience, solidarity, and courage of people rebuilding their lives even under the most adverse circumstances.
From these profound inequalities and social injustices arose our commitment to those who needed it most: to be present, listen, accompany, and act.
Tijuana: When Experience Became an Organization
It was in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, right across from San Diego, United States, where all that experience began to take institutional shape through the founding and development of Consorcio Nacional ConSalud.
At one of the world's most dynamic and complex borders, shaped by migration, cultural convergence, and stark social disparities, we brought together education, preventive healthcare, training, and community action within a single project.
Tijuana was not the beginning of my social commitment; it was the place where years of experience, learning, and conviction crystallized into an organized structure serving the community.
From Latin America to Berlin
The imperative to expand this model and build international bridges led us to establish Con Salud y Educación 360 Más e.V. in Berlin, Germany.
From the heart of Europe, we forge cooperation partnerships, training programs, certification, and human development initiatives to transfer resources, methodologies, and direct impact to the communities that need it most.
Why 360?
Because health and education cannot be understood in isolation or in fragments. A 360 approach embraces individuals across all dimensions: physical health, emotional and preventive health, continuing education, community development, human rights, and social integration.
A holistic perspective that uplifts families and transforms environments in a lasting, sustainable way.
Our Manifesto
We were an answer. We were social action. We were emotional support, community mentorship, and real human presence.
We were education, health, psychological care, teacher training, and support for children, migrants, and vulnerable populations.
Because we were not born to make promises: we were born to act.
With commitment, conscience, and ethics.
With health, education, and dignity.
With the people, everything. Without the people, nothing.
What Began as Commitment Continues as Responsibility
Our accumulated experience taught us that real transformation demands consistency, technical rigor, and deep respect for the identity and dignity of every community.
We do not view assistance as a passive gesture, but as an instrument of empowerment, skill-building, and collective autonomy.
Join Our Story
We invite you to walk beside us. Because we refuse to see more generations condemned to neglect.
We seek healthcare that embraces, education that awakens, and well-being that leaves no one out. We demand greater dignity for every forgotten community.
Together, we can. With more education, better health, greater social justice, and deeper humanity, we build the world our children deserve.
Join us. This is not charity: it is justice.
“A story that began alongside communities and today continues building bridges from Berlin to the world.”
Volunteering with soul: where solidarity
becomes true presence
A tribute to every person who turned their time into hope and their commitment into dignity. Thank you to every face, every gesture, every step taken out of love for the community.
Here there were no promises: there was dedication.
Here there was no protocol: there was humanity.
Where hope is born:
our commitment in every corner
Every image you see here is more than a record of activities: it is a living testimony of restored dignity, outstretched hands, and a rebuilt community.
From the most overlooked neighborhoods of Tijuana, Mexico, to faces marked by exile and neglect, our work was more than assistance: it was genuine human connection.
Where schools were lacking, we offered workshops.
Where pain was silence, we brought a listening ear.
Where healthcare was a privilege, we built prevention.
Where institutions did not reach, we stepped in: through volunteering, empathy, and action.
We did not give handouts. We offered humanity.
We knocked on doors in every neighborhood, creating spaces for education, emotional support, prevention, and comprehensive care.
We never asked about faith, nationality, or status. We asked only one question: "What do you need?" And together we answered: with commitment, with community.
We supported single mothers, children with learning challenges, deported migrants without shelter, and exhausted teachers who had been abandoned by the system.
We built bridges where there was once only abandonment.
And all of this was made possible thanks to volunteers who gave their time, heart, and conviction, asking for nothing in return.
Here there were no empty speeches. There were actions.
Here there were no campaign promises. There was genuine presence.
This work, born in Tijuana, Mexico, is now a seed in Berlin and a model for the world.
Where there is abandonment, there must be a response.
Where there is exclusion, there must be justice.
Where oblivion threatens, we must be memory.
Thank you to every person, every face, and every story that made this journey possible.
We move forward — and we sow the future.
With health. With education. With dignity.
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