Capacitar Inc

Programs: International program: in 2017 capacitar international teams facilitated over 140 workshops in 25 countries and in 3 states in the us with over 3,100 participants: in the united states,(california, texas and arizona) canada, uganda, tanzania, dr congo, south sudan, kenya,haiti, japan, korea, israel, palestine, lebanon, afghanistan, scotland, england, wales, ireland, northern ireland, mexico, guatemala, nicaragua, el salvador, panama, and hoduras. Participants are either grassroots leaders or professionals who work with communities and organizations who are committed to healing and transforming people who are impacted by stress, political and domestic violence, natural disasters, trauma and illness (cancer, hiv/aids, and disabilities). Manuals, dvds, and training materials have been produced, published and translated. Publication and translation of materials: capacitar's manual, refugee accompaniment, for use with refugees and those who walk with them, focuses on trauma healing and self-care methods, along with the application of practices in different settings. The refugee manual has been translated into french, arabic, spanish, and now in german for international work to respond to the growing need of refugees. Other advanced training materials have been translated into french, arabic, hebrew, dari, japanese, korean, haitian creole, indonesian and spanish. The capacitar for children manual in japanese has been published, along with a japanese dvd of basic practices. There are now over 40 short videos of capacitar practices on youtube.

general program: in 2017, capacitar programs nationally and internationally served over 3,200 people from 25 countries and 3 us states. Because of the popular education methodology and multiplier impact, many thousands more received the benefit of learning the capacitar practices in all of the countries served. Disaster response and gender violence healing: trauma trainings continued in haiti with mentoring of locals to continue outreach. Work in japan continued in areas impacted by the tsunami and fukushima, including ishinomaki, sendai, and fukushima prefecture with workshops for women, families and children dealing with the trauma. Work continued with trainings for women and youth impacted by ongoing violence, suicide bombings and trauma in kabul, afghanistan. In african countries-dr congo, rwanda, nigeria and uganda-trauma healing trainings were offered to women and youth who are dealing with trauma and gender violence. Trainings with the barbara ford peace center in quiche', guatemala, focused on formation of mayan health promoters working in their communities to heal gender violence. In juarez and chihuahua, mexico, trainings continued with community leaders working with people impacted by human rights abuse, gender violence and with families of the disappeared. Site visits were held in okinawa, japan, to develop workshops for women dealing with gender abuse.

national program: califonia: in 2017 capacitar offered the following programs in california. Trainings continued at la casa de maria, santa barbara with participants coming from hospice, work with the elderly and disabled, work with the military, schools, teachers, mental health programs, women's groups, youth at risk, work with refugees and indigenous people, and outreach to the needy in southern california. Workshopes were also offered at villa maria del mar in santa cruz. Trainings continued at the us/mexico border (el paso/juarez) coordinated by capacitar en la frontera for persons working to heal the violence and trauma of the region, work in detention centers and with refugees. A training was completed in tucson az, sponsored by catalina rotary focused on people and health care professionals working with children and youth at risk. Study groups continue to meet and do outreach in tucson. Refugee and detention center response: in el paso and ciudad juarez, teams continue to be trained to respond to the growing needs of churches, community groups and centers dealing with refugee relief and support. Ongoing regular workshops are offered to men and women detainees at the el paso processing and detention center. Trainings are also given at centro san vicente, a community health center serving poor latinos. Trainings have also been held in tucson, az for those working with refugee outreach and in detention centers. The refugee accompaniment manual, based on the experience of team members from capacitar en la frontera, is now in french, spanish and arabic, for use in european countries including england, scotland, ireland, luxembourg, greece and italy

education and training materials: advanced training materials continue to be developed and translated for work in many countries-israel, palestine, ireland, england, scotland, wales, african countries, mexico, guatemala, nicaragua, korea, japan, indonesia. Capacitar methods continue to be incorporated in human rights self-care manuals, and materials for caregivers. Mentoring of international team and study groups: in japan local teams and groups are being mentored in 5 study groups in 4 prefectures including: tokyo, sendai, ishinomaki (miyagi), yamanashi.