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On February 23, 2021, the Director of the Social Action Unit of the Municipality of Atacames, Elicenia Vélez de Saldarriaga, visited the site donated by the Council to CAEMBA for the construction of a Child Development Center (CIBV). Maritza Orellana, CAEMBA’s field technician, also attended the visit. We will be responsible for the construction of […]

As part of the comprehensive work we are conducting in the Atacames canton to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, on February 12, 2021, we delivered 1,000 PCR tests for COVID-19 detection to the Atacames – Muisne health district. Additionally, a screening process will be carried out with quantitative tests to verify the percentage of the population

On January 18, 2021, we received an anonymous donation from an Ecuadorian fruit producer. That day, we distributed apples from the ‘Ana’ brand to 72 families in Nueva Esperanza, Atacames, and the Rulon neighborhood in Tonsupa. We will soon be working with this apple brand on new entrepreneurship projects based on the production of preserves

On January 19, 2021, CAEMBA worked intensively in the Las Cañitas sector, in the Nueva Esperanza neighborhood, in Atacames. Two houses were built thanks to the financing from the Caseres Town Council in Catalonia, Spain. The management was carried out by the organization Paz y Desarrollo, our permanent ally contributing to the comprehensive work we

Resilience is the characteristic that stands out in the 20 women who received the professional certificate in esthetics and beauty. On Monday, January 18th, 2021, the graduation ceremony for this course took place at the Women’s Entrepreneurship House in Nueva Esperanza, Atacames Canton. The Caseres Town Council in Catalonia, Spain funded the realization of this

The weekend of January 2nd and 3rd, 2021 was very active for CAEMBA as three houses were built in the «Las Cañitas» area in the Nueva Esperanza neighborhood, in Atacames. This construction is part of the «Bamboo Dreams» campaign. On January 2nd, a house was built for Grey Mercedes Oliva. The donor remains anonymous. On

Between December 18th and 19th, 2020, several CAEMBA collaborators, along with volunteer families, built two CAEMBA houses for families living in extreme vulnerability and poverty. These additions join two other recently constructed homes. The construction took place in the El Aguacate area of Pedernales Canton in Manabí. The family of Gladys Quiñonez and her five

On Monday, December 14, 2020, was a very important day for the Raíz Foundation and CAEMBA, as well as for the 15 women who graduated from the textile tailoring course. The course took place at the Women’s Entrepreneurship House in Nueva Esperanza, Atacames. It was taught by the Social Group of the Ecuadorian Fund for

Between December 10th and 15th, 2020, the construction of a new health center was completed in the community of San Salvador, in the Muisne canton of Esmeraldas. Members of the Chachi indigenous nationality reside in this village, located on the border of the Mache Chindul Ecological Reserve. The objective is to provide adequate health infrastructure

Thanks to coordinated efforts between the Atacames Health District, the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador, Esmeraldas Campus (PUCESE), and the Casitas Emergentes de Bambú (CAEMBA) project, the Atacames – Muisne District recorded a low positivity rate (7.4%) in the results of Covid-19 PCR tests in October. This makes it the district with the fewest positive