By Cindy Ocasio | AmeriCorps VISTA
Dear friends and supporters,
Each and every day, we’re wowed by your generosity. Words can’t quite express how much your compassion means to all of us at Jóvenes de Puerto Rico en Riesgo Inc., but from the bottom of our hearts: thank you!
We want to let you know that our youth participants have completed their community leadership program “Tiboco III”, where participated 10 youngers. Some of them are high school students and others are college students
Through the experience of this project youth learned about community needs, spoke with community leaders, visited some communities and learned about community self-management projects. With your support this was possible!
We are happy to share that our youth in the TIBOCO project were able to visit communities in Puerto Rico, such as Caño Martin Peña. They have been able to learn about community needs, speak with community leaders, visit a community garden and enjoy a bike tour! Also, our youth from Juncos visited Casa Pueblo where they learned more about Puerto Rico's rich culture. Casa pueblo is a community self-management project that is dedicated to appreciating and protecting natural, cultural and human resources. And, in the past year more of our youth have successfully completed four virtual and face-to-face workshops about: Social Activism, Human Rights, Creative Writing and Community Leadership.
As the great closure of our project we had a virtual celebration, where all of the participants received a certification that they can use to their curriculum vitae. In this event we had the opportunity to share with one of Puerto Rico politicians, Lic. José Bernardo Márquez.
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for helping to realize successful projects for our youth to grow as leaders. Let 's celebrate our new young leaders!
We are all thankful for all your support!
With gratitude,
Jóvenes de Puerto Rico en Riesgo Team
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