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.”

“International program: in 2018 capacitar international teams facilitated over 140 workshops in 25 countries and in 4 states in the us with over 3,200 participants: in the united states,(california, texas, ohio and arizona), canada, uganda, tanzania, dr congo, south sudan, kenya, haiti, japan, indonesia, israel, palestine, scotland, england, wales, ireland, northern ireland, germany, mexico, guatemala, nicaragua, el salvador, panama, rwanda, the philippines. 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. New trainings were offered in aachen, germany, sponsored by missio for those doing outreach with refugees. Publication and translation of materials: capacitar' 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 german, french, arabic, hebrew, dari, japanese, korean, haitian creole, indonesian and spanish. There are now over 40 short videos of capacitar practices on youtube.”

“General program: in 2018 capacitar programs nationally and internationally served over 3,200 people from 24 countries and 4 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. In august, a global conference held in los angeles, ca, included 75 participants from 20 countries who are members of capacitar teams in their region. Participants gave workshops and keynote presentations, as well as exchanged methods, learning and experiences regarding application of capacitar in their respenctive world areas. 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, with workshops for women, families and children dealing with the trauma. In african countries-dr congo, rwanda, tanzania, south sudan 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. Trainings in refugee accompaniment were offered in the us-in cleveland, oh; in tucson, az and at the texas, mexico border in el paso and ciudad juarez. Gender violence healing: in african countries-dr congo, rwanda, nigeria and uganda and kenya-trauma healing trainings were offered to women and youth who are dealing with trauma and gender violence. Trainings at the barbara ford peace center in quiche', guatemala, continued focusing on formation of mayan health promoters working in their communitiers 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.”

“National program: califonia: in 2018 capacitar offered the following programs in california. With the destruction by mud slides and closing of la casa de maria, trainings were relocated to holy spirit retreat center, encino, ca, with participants coming from local organizations, work with the elderly and disabled, 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, wellness works (serving veterans) in glendale, and at oakwood in atherton. 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. An advanced training was offered 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 accompaniment: 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 have also been held in tucson, az for those working with refugee outreach and in detention centers. New trainings were offered in cleveland, ohio, for the association of social workers doing refugee outreach. The refugee accompaniment manual, based on the experience of team members from capacitar en la frontera, is now in german, french, spanish, english and arabic, for use many countries.”

“A global conference held in los angeles, ca, included 75 participants from 20 countries who are members of capacitar teams in their regions. Participants gave workshops and keynote presentations, as well as exchanged methods, learning and experiences regarding application of capacitar in their respective world areas. Education and training materials: advanced training materials continue to be developed and translated for work in many countries. Capacitar methods continue to be incorporated in human rights self-care manuals, and materials for caregivers.”

“Correction of prior-year deferred 0 revenue -3,280 unrealized loss on investments -2,708 total -5,988”