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Environmental health

and environmental justice

Centro de Apoyo Familiar (CAF) works in collaboration with community organizations and faith-based organizations including its CAF’s Connectors Network members to implement its very successful train the trainer model in which members from the different communities are trained by CAF to become ECO-Promoters (community health workers). Once trained, CAF’s ECO promoters, engage communities and provide bilingual and bicultural environmental health educational workshops in their communities.

Programs:

– Indoor/Outdoor Air Quality: The purpose of this program is to create healthy homes and neighborhoods by improving the quality of air and empowering the community with information and resources about environmental and/or public health issues through educational workshops, community cleaning events and Asthmas prevention health fairs at targeted neighborhoods.
– Climate Change & Clean Energy: Thought out this Programs, CAF has successfully train community leaders and organizers to increase their capacity to engage, educate, organize, and mobilize their communities to increase their knowledge on climate change and clean energy adoption strategies. 
– Water Management: This Program allows CAF to train and educate members of the community about stormwater and available reimbursement programs by training families and youth with a strong connection to the environmental health movement.
– Recycling: The purpose of this program is to educate about the benefits of recycling and promote practical ways to do it at home in the communities we serve as a way to reduce the amount of waste going to landfills and contribute to air quality. 

– Composting: Trains, educates and empowers participants on composting issues. CAF’s ECO-Promoters emphasized the importance of these practices for communities, providing detailed information on available composting resources and amenities available in the participating Counties. The participants actively engage in the workshop, asking questions and sharing how the program impacts their understanding of composting. 

 

– ​Leadership Development: This program includes a set of activities that prepare current and future leaders to effectively play their role in environmental conservation. Currently, CAF conducts programs to train Youth ECO-Promoters, who acquire the tools necessary to lead the emerging generation on climate change issues.