Monday, July 21, 2008

CPDH – July 15, 2008



Marcos Carmona Riveria the Executive Director and Denis Darce Solis are the leaders from CPDH, a non-governmental organization that was established to defend human rights. Like the Human Rights Commission, this organization works to ensure citizens are treated fairly and are education about their rights. One project the CPDH talked specifically about was human trafficking. Each year approximately 6,000 kids are victims. CPDH has a program to teach kids in the schools the risks of human trafficking and how to stay safe. They are also doing a radio campaign in Granada to raise awareness about the human trafficking risk some tourists pose to kids. The funding for this project is coming from international grants from Switzerland and Taiwan.

Pictured left to right: Marianne, Antonio, Joe, Josh, Marshand, Valerie, and Adam.