Capacitar Inc.

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“Capacitar international provides holistic health and wellness education for people suffering from stress or trauma as a result of civil, domestic and political violence, natural disasters, illness, such as cancer and hiv/aids, and poverty both within the u.s. And internationally. It produces and, where applicable, produces and translates training manuals, dvds and other learning materials.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”