About Us
Our Mission
We are a Not-for-Profit Charitable Organization Helping
With
Immediate Needs of Refugees/Asylum Seekers Waiting at the US Southern Border and beyond
of
ANY Age, Ethnicity, Nationality, Faith, Gender, Orientation
With Water & Electrolytes, Food, Hygiene,
Emergency Clothing & Comfort Kits
Run By Pre-Med Students
To Help Identify
The Most Pressing Medical & Psychological Needs
with
Over-The-Counter Medicine such as lotion for sunburn, ointment for sores, lip balm, band-aids, bandages and wound cleaning, as well as
Ready-to-use Counseling Materials. Crafts and Resources for Trauma.
Our staff & volunteers
Our staff and volunteers is entirely comprised of
- unpaid leaders and helpers
- our leadership is a group of pre-med students
organizing the collection of items, kits making, and distribution.
Pictured on the left is Chairwoman N. Herbots, engineer,
ASU Prof. of Physic, founder of eight US-based Tech Companies,
co-manager at Infinitum BioMed LLC Partnership LLC
at the Desert Banner Medical Campus in Mesa, AZ.
Shown next to her
are typical carrying containers with numbered Zipblock bags for ease of distribution we gave to volunteer immigration lawyers going to difficult-to-access or improvised facilities
at the US border & elsewhere
for immigrants minor children waiting alone for asylum hearing.
Besides the health and hygiene kits,
our generous donors provided toys to keep up the children's spirits, soccer and basket-balls, for outdoor, & indoor bowling play sets,
given the 40+ °C/100+ F temperatures during the Summer.
Physical play & activities relieve stress, creates bonds between children in transit trying to cope with trauma & family separation.
We commit to focus on collecting input and information from refugees, immigrants and asylum seekers within the framework of HIPPPA laws (Privacy Laws) to help identify and provide peer-reviewed research reports on the most pressing medical needs at the SouthWest Border to help NGO and volunteer doctors and health professionals best direct their effort.
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Our CEO, Shreyash Prakash
Shreyash is one of our early founders and our current CEO. He is
- a rising Senior (Class of 2025) at BASIS Phoenix High School, and a distingushied honor roll student (top 5% of grade)
- an Arizona State University Bio-Medical Researcher with Prof. N. Herbots, PhD, in her Class 100/ISO4 Sterile Clean-Room MEI Slab in the ASU Physics Department since 2020
on the ASU Tempe campus, AZ
- the CEO of his own company, SolarGAAS, that conducts solar panel/piezo-electric research
- a bio-medical intern at Infinitum Bio-Med LLC, on the Desert Banner Medical Campus, in Mesa AZ
- a political intern working with the Governors Office to advance education equity amongst Arizonan Youth
- Track and Field Captain at his school
- a co-founder of a non profit that teaches ESL to Bhutanese Refugees.
He is passionate about helping others, especially those who might not get access to the life-, health- and career- building opportunities.
Shreyash is already well-known for his easy outreach to people of all faiths and non-faiths, regardless of national origin or ethnicity.
As an active member in his school community, Shreyash runs his own club where he works with a non-profit to end interpersonal violence in the youth. He is also a member of 4 honor socieities including the Spanish Honor Society of which he is President.
Shreyash started working with SEWA international in 2017 to do volunteering projects in his community including park cleanups, food packing, hygiene/resource drives, and many others.
Our COO, Arya Bhakta
Arya Bhakta is the current Chief Operating Officer for Pueri Hominum. Arya plans and hosts events at Andre House, working together with the team to organize our drives. Additionally, she is
- a rising Freshman at Case Western Reserve in Ohio where she plans to major in Biomedical Engineering on the pre med track
- a graduate of BASIS Phoenix High School (Class of 2024), graduating with honors at the top 5% of her class
- a Medical Intern at Infinitum Bio-Med LLC, since 2024, on the Desert Banner Medical Campus, Mesa, AZ
- Vice-president of her She’s The First (STF) club where she advocates for menstrual equity and fundraisers for feminine hygeine products to donate to local women homeless shelters.
- Part of 2 different honor societies, dedicated to building her school community
Arya is passionate about medicine and helping with the pressing needs of the XXIst century, specifically the worldwide crisis leading to influx refugees and immigrants at the US SouthWest borders.
Our Spokeswoman, Nila Kathiravan
Nila Kathiravan is the current spokesperson for Pueri Hominum. She is
- A rising sophomore, Class of 2027, at Desert Mountain High School and an honor roll student.
- An Arizona State University Bio-Medical Researcher with Prof. N. Herbots, PhD, in her Class 100/ISO4 Sterile Clean-Room MEI Slab in the ASU Physics Department since 2023
- A biomedical intern at Infinitum Bio-Med LLC, on the Desert Banner Medical Campus, in Mesa AZ
- Vice-President of the Arizona Branch of a non-profit, Create For Kids, aimed to bring ease to hospitalized children.
- The founder and president of Model United Nations at her school.
- A member of her school’s National Honors Society
- Member of Speech and Debate, specifically Public Forum
- The co-founder of Spark Speech, an organization dedicated to providing public-speaking and literacy opportunities to under-privilidged kids.
- A volunteer at Hospice of the Valley
Nila is passionate about bridging the gap between underprivileged populations and opportunities. She has relentlessly worked to provide free resources to those who might not otherwise have access to them. Her dedication to helping others is evident in her extensive volunteer work.
Alumni CEO, Viraj Amin
Viraj Amin is our founding CEO. He is
- a 2022 National Youth in Advanced Medicine and HealthCare
- a 2022 Honor Health Volunteer
- a young rising Senior at BASIS High School Scottsdale, Class of 2023, in Scottsdale, AZ
- an Arizona State University Bio-Medical Researcher with Prof. N. Herbots, PhD, in her Class 100/ISO4 Sterile Clean-Room MEI Slab in the ASU Physics Department since 2021
on the ASU Tempe campus, AZ
- a bio-medical intern at Infinitum Bio-Med LLC, on the Desert Banner Medical Campus, in Mesa AZ
- a 'Summa Cum Laude' Latin Scholar whose motto is 'Labor Omnia Vincit' (Hard Work Overcomes All (hardships)
- a competitive weight lifter.
Viraj is also Co-Founder, Co-Owner, Chief Operational Officer, at InnovaBug LLC, in Tempe, AZ..
Viraj named our non-profit to reach out inclusively to all nationals applying to cross our borders.
Alumni Chief Operating Officer,
Vishesh 'Vi'' Amin, our COO, is the elder brother of Viraj, and a co-founder of Pueri Hominum/Children of Men/Ninos de la Humanidad/Enfants des Hommes.
Vi AMin is
- a pre-Med student with a B.Sc in Neuro-Sciences from University of Southern California, Class of 2023, Los Angeles, CA
- an Arizona State University Bio-Medical Physics Research Volunteer with Prof. N. Herbots, in her ASU Physics MEIS Lab, Tempe, AZ, 2021-2023,
- a Medical Intern at Infinitum Bio-Med LLC, since 2022, on the Desert Banner Medical Campus, Mesa, AZ
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Alumni Spokeswoman
Vidya Desai is Pueri Hominum/Children of Men/Hijos de la Humanized/Enfants des Hommes Spokeswoman
Vidya is
- a pre-Med student pursuing a B.Sc at the University of California Berkeley, Class of 2027, Berkeley, CA
- an Arizona State University Bio-Medical Physics Research Volunteer with Prof. N. Herbots, in her ASU Physics MEIS Lab, Tempe, AZ, 2021-2023,
- a Medical Intern at Infinitum Bio-Med LLC, since 2023, on the Desert Banner Medical Campus, Mesa, AZ
- a Bio-medical R&D researcher at InnovaBug LLC, in Tempe, AZ
Our history
Our team leaders have organized for years hygiene and health kits collection, making and distribution to the homeless, children taken in foster care, for many years.
We started in 2005 with Hurricane Katrina, continued through many Christmas Season conducting drives and making kits for the homeless in Arizona.
We led in May - July 2018 a drive, collection, kit making and distribution to immigrant children when they were taken and separated from their parents/grandparents and guardians at the US South West border, coordinating at that time with volunteer immigration lawyers and pre-law interns in Phoenix, AZ.