marzo 2024

During the second week of September, the Decentralized Autonomous Government (GAD) of Atacames carried out graveling works on several streets in the Nueva Esperanza neighborhood. This was achieved thanks to a commitment made by Mayor Freddy Saldarriaga, who also announced the paving of two main streets in the neighborhood. The Rulon International company, which has […]

On Tuesday, September 8, 2020, the Raíz Foundation Ecuador received an important donation from Soles 4 Souls, an organization that donates shoes and clothing to people in extreme poverty in the United States and around the world. 420 pairs of shoes were donated to the residents of the Nueva Esperanza neighborhood in the Atacames canton

On Friday, August 28, 2020, it was a day of joy and excitement in the Atacames canton, thanks to a generous donation from the 2003 graduating class of the Colegio Americano de Quito. The beneficiaries received two new bamboo houses in the Súa parish and in the Nueva Esperanza ‘La Trece’ neighborhood of Atacames. In

The CAEMBA project – Bamboo emergency houses – will be very active during March, the month of women. The neighborhood of Nueva Esperanza, known as ‘La Trece,’ in the Atacames canton of Esmeraldas, will be the place where 27 bamboo houses will be built for 26 single mothers and one single father. The beneficiaries will

The Raíz Foundation, through the CAEMBA project of emergency bamboo houses, has partnered with Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito in the campaign ‘Goals in Bamboo,’ aiming to make the team an ambassador for CAEMBA. The primary objective of this campaign is for Liga to raise awareness among its fans about the reality of extreme poverty,

During the month of October, CAEMBA built 11 bamboo houses for families affected by the earthquake in the rural community of La Magdalena, in the Muisne Canton. La Magdalena is a community located on the banks of the El Sucio River, a paradisiacal and fertile place situated in the buffer zone of the Mache Chindul

Thanks to the efforts of Andrea Vallejo, a prominent athlete in the country, CAEMBA is constructing two semi-elevated houses, with a floor raised 70 cm above ground level, to prevent flooding issues. One house is in Playa Prieta and the other in Rio Chico, both communities near Porto Viejo. This way, two families transition from

Why progressive CAEMBA houses? Would it be responsible to disable and treat the earthquake-affected population as victims, or to inspire and motivate them? The earthquake victims receive a sturdy structure made of strong material such as giant bamboo, with a spacious 35 m2 area and earthquake-resistant features. It’s a permanent house structure with a minimum

CAEMBA arrives at the indigenous Chachi community of Balzar. The Chachi are an indigenous people who inhabit the Northern Coast of Ecuador, within the Province of Esmeraldas. The Balzar community is located on the boundary of the Mache Chindul Reserve, one of the last bastions of the Chocó forest, the most biodiverse ecosystem and rich