As part of our new project “Initiative Community”, CADENA, the humanitarian arm of the Jewish Community of Guatemala, carried out several humanitarian interventions during the month of December, with the objective of promoting the personal and professional growth of the winners of the CADENA Initiative program.
Recently, the formal ceremony for the delivery of the Accreditation and Certification of the CADENA Initiative Program was held with great enthusiasm at the Ministry of Education of Guatemala. This event marks an important milestone in the path towards the continuous improvement of educational and training processes in Guatemalan communities, consolidating the effort to generate… Continue reading Delivery of Accreditation and Certification of the CADENA Initiative Program at the Ministry of Education of Guatemala.
Axis: Academic Development Office: CADENA USA During the 2023 school year, CADENA USA continued with the implementation of the program Tutors for a Cause (Tutors with a Cause). This program provides tutoring to migrant children who have recently arrived in the United States, facilitating their integration into formal education. Our tutors are high school… Continue reading Tutors for a Cause 2023
Axis: Academic Development Office: CADENA USA During the 2023-2024 school year, we are conducting the Regeneration program on an international scale. This program is designed for students, who acquire the information and tools necessary to become humanitarian agents. In this edition of Regeneration, schools from the United States, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala,… Continue reading ReGeneration Program
Axis: Academic Development Office: CADENA USA CADENA Initiative offers students a unique opportunity to develop projects that generate a significant change in their communities. On this occasion, we had the international competition, in which 13 countries, 19 cities and 43 students participated with their humanitarian innovation projects. After the competition via Zoom, we organized… Continue reading CADENA Initiative: International Competition
Axis: Academic Development Office: CADENA USA In August 2023, CADENA USA began its annual edition of CADENA Club. This project seeks to train and integrate high school students in community service activities, promoting leadership and the humanitarian values of our organization. The goal is to motivate students to organize activities that support vulnerable communities… Continue reading CADENA Club
Axis: Rescue and Immediate Response Office: International On February 6, 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck southern Turkey near the northern border of Syria, followed by a magnitude 6.7 aftershock eleven minutes later. CADENA International responded to this disaster by deploying our first response team: Go Team. Durante esta primera fase, utilizamos una cédula… Continue reading First response in Turkey
Axis: Rescue and Immediate Response Office: Venezuela From January 15 to 19, CADENA Venezuela deployed a humanitarian intervention in Zea in the state of Merida. This humanitarian intervention was aimed at responding to a community affected by torrential rains in the region. The community of Zea was highly neglected as the local authorities did… Continue reading Humanitarian intervention, Zea
Axis: Rescue and Immediate Response Office: Costa Rica In July 2023, we responded to a call from the Costa Rican Ministry of Health indicating an outbreak of leptospirosis in Altos de San Antonio in the Puntarenas region. According to the Pan American Health Organization, leptospirosis is a disease with epidemic potential, caused by a bacterium… Continue reading Agua YA: Altos de San Antonio
Axis: Rescue and Immediate Response Office: Mexico In the early morning of October 25, Hurricane Otis made landfall. One of the worst disasters we have experienced as a country and the first category V hurricane to hit the Mexican Pacific coast, causing damage to hundreds of thousands of people. From CADENA Mexico, we deployed… Continue reading First response: hurricane Otis
