NMD’s spring-break program draws volunteers to the desert to walk where migrants tread

Student volunteers from United World College in New Mexico rest after hiking in an area where migrants try to cross the desert near Arivaca. The group participated in the first week of No More Deaths’s spring-break program. The spring volunteer program was three weeks long, March 5 to 26, and participants stayed for one week each. We had 17 volunteers for week 1, 20 for week 2, and 21 for week 3. Volunteers were based out of Byrd Camp in Arivaca and in Ajo. As spring break wraps up, the year-round volunteer program continues to provide humanitarian aid. Photo: Tara Trudell.