In order to attract neighbors to know and buy the products that were for sale made by the entrepreneurs, a race called: Carrera Ch´orti´ 10K with the slogan: "Hey! This country is yours!" was held.
The delivery of the seed capital is part of an overall economic strengthening component for the population of 12 municipalities in the Northern Triangle Trifinio of Central America, and is aimed at young people who are at risk of migrating due to the lack of income-generating opportunities and those with entrepreneurial ideas and desires.
For ASB, the GPDRR provides an opportunity to engage in an exchange with international decision-makers in the field of disaster risk reduction and to present ASB's approaches, for example with regard to the identification and empowerment of particularly vulnerable population groups.
The construction and monitoring of Early Warning Systems can help mitigate the effects of drought by providing timely climate information and, consequently, creating opportunities to implement adapted agricultural practices.
The Central American region is extremely vulnerable to climate change-related problems such as droughts and floods. The countries that make up the region are also adversely affected by the impact of the current climate crisis and are disproportionately affected by extreme weather events.
ASB foreign aid celebrates its 100th anniversary today, November 4. Exactly a century ago, the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund's first foreign mission began: ASB was involved in delivering emergency supplies and sending paramedics to Russia, where famine was spreading in 1921 and diseases such as cholera were on the rise.
Wednesday, October 20, 2021. Social organizations of the Central American region launched the campaign called "Resilience: looking back, making it better".
The southern province of Haiti has been massively affected by the earthquake. In particular, in the municipality of Saint Louis du Sud, where ASB has been working with its partner organization CAPSL (Coopérative Agricole de Saint Louis du Sud) since 2016
The Chortí culture is an indigenous group that inhabits the territory of what today belongs to Honduras and Guatemala. They are considered descendants of the Maya, more closely related to the Maya of Yucatan, Belize and northern Guatemala. And relatives of the Choles who inhabit Chiapas, Mexico.
The Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB) is continuously on call in North Rhine-Westfalen and Rheinland-Pfalz to help deal with the damage caused by the extreme flooding. Currently, some 1,000 ASB emergency workers are providing assistance in the municipalities affected by the floods.
Fundada en 1888, el Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB) es una organización sin fines de lucro, no gubernamental, apolítica y aconfesional. Es una de las principales organizaciones de protección civil y beneficiencia de Alemania. En América Latina, ASB cuenta con una oficina regional ubicada en Managua, Nicaragua, desde la que se apoyan proyectos de desarrollo y ayuda humanitaria en la región.
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