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Casita para la Vida was awarded in july 2015 first place in the #MissionResponsible competition of the Alumniportal Deutschland, which invited Germany-Alumni to showcase their commitment to social and ecological issues. Explore our recent news and updates to know what we’ve been up to and what’s coming up next.
Keine Armut -
Wie sich Alumni in der Dominikanischen Republik engagieren
December 25, 2018
I want to thank Alumniportal Deutschland for preparing this online brochure including our story.
The Alumniportal Deutschland have put together some of the results of 2030 Agenda-activities by Germany-Alumni in an eBook entitled THE GLOBAL GOALS – powered by Alumni (in German only)!
Häuser reparieren in der Dominikanischen Republik
December 5, 2016
My interview for the annual report of the Alumniportal Deutschland portal: https://www.alumniportal-deutschland.org/fileadmin/dokumente/ueber-das-alumniportal/alumniportal-jahresbericht-2015-web.pdf
January 15, 2016
Rosaleda Reynoso hat in Deutschland Architektur studiert. Mit ihrem Projekt „Casita para la vida“ schafft sie in ihrer Heimat, der Dominikanischen Republik, dringend benötigten Wohnraum für benachteiligte Familien.
January 15, 2016
Rosaleda Reynoso estudou Arquitetura na Alemanha. Seu projeto “Casita para la vida” cria espaços habitacionais urgentíssimos para famílias desfavorecidas na sua pátria, a República Dominicana.
January 15, 2016
Rosaleda Reynoso estudió arquitectura en Alemania. Con su proyecto “Casita para la vida” crea en su tierra natal, la República Dominicana, indispensables viviendas para familias desfavorecidas.
December 15, 2015
Each year, the ‘International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development’ is held on 5 December. To mark the occasion, we take a look back at our participatory campaign #MissionResponsible which showcased the voluntary work of Germany-Alumni around the world.
December 15, 2015
Am 5. Dezember eines jeden Jahres findet der „Internationale Tag der freiwilligen Helfer für die wirtschaftliche und soziale Entwicklung“ statt. Wir blicken aus diesem Anlass zurück auf unsere Mitmachaktion #MissionResponsible, die freiwilliges Engagement von Deutschland-Alumni weltweit zeigt.
August 18, 2015
Rosaleda Reynoso is an architect. Between 2003 and 2013 she studied urban design, town planning and urban sociology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Stuttgart. She now lives in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.
In the #MissionResponsible competition Rosaleda Reynoso was awarded first place with ‘Casita para la Vida’. She firmly believes that everyone has a right to decent living conditions.
August 18, 2015
Rosaleda Reynoso ist Architektin. Von 2003 bis 2013 studierte sie Städtebau, Stadtsoziologie und Stadtplanung am Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) und an der Universität Stuttgart. Heute lebt sie in Santo Domingo in der Dominikanischen Republik.
Bei der Alumniportal-Mitmachaktion #MissionResponsible belegte Rosaleda Reynoso mit ihrem Projekt „Casita para la Vida“ den ersten Platz. Ihr Motto lautet: „Jeder hat ein Recht auf menschenwürdiges Wohnen!“
July 21, 2015
Im Rahmen des Schwerpunktthemas „initiieren.mitmachen.verändern.“ haben wir mit unserer Mitmachaktion #MissionResponsible Deutschland-Alumni aufgerufen, ihr Engagement für ein besseres Miteinander und eine nachhaltigere Zukunft auf dem Alumniportal vorzustellen.
July 21, 2015
As part of our focus topic ‘initiate.participate.change.’, our #MissionResponsible competition invited Germany-Alumni to showcase their commitment to better cooperation and a more sustainable future on the Alumniportal.
Comments on the project:
Volunteering as motor of social change
Casita para la Vida's kitchen project in Bateye Yabacao
Small video recorded by Gloriannie Villar Leonardo during the construction of a kitchen in Batey Yabacao.
Recent Projects
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House in Batey Yabacao
January 25, 2015
Casita para la Vida began in 2015 with the construction of a house in the Batey Yabacao for a family of single mothers with 7 members.
Batey Yabacao, a community for cane cutters located more than 44 km away from Santo Domingo city,
House in Batey Yabacao
August 14, 2015
Our team only bought and installed five windows. One of the windows on the main façade has been donated to the family.
Building a kitchen in Batey Yabacao
Octubre 13, 2015
In the #MissionResponsible competition our project ‘Casita para la Vida’ was awarded first place. Casita para la Vida is an initiative that aims to provide the mothers with a safe roof over their heads. With the prize money, we decided to buy building materials and some tools to build a small kitchen with walls of concrete blocks, with a concrete top, cement floor and a tin roof. The kitchen could serve as refuge for the family in case of hurricane.
Repairing a roof in Nigua
February 20, 2016
We are creating suitable living environments for the families affected, either by building new structures or by carrying out repairs.
In Nigua we had just build die roof structure and exchange old sheets for new ones.
Visiting the Local of the Community Organization of Los Alcarrizos and two completed Projects
March 5, 2018
In addition to our work with communities in rural areas, we’re now teaming up with grassroots organizations in informal settlements of Santo Domingo. We are giving technical advice in the construction of houses with the participation of the community, in the collection of data and obtaining building materials. That is the case of Movimiento Integral Los Alcarrizos, a communal organization of the municipality of Los Alcarrizos.
95 Dry Toilets project - right to sanitation
April 15, 2019
95 Toilets for Batey Mata Los Indios is a project of Casita para la Vida to tackle the issue of sanitation and open defecation which is linked to malnutrition, stunting and increased diarrheal disease, and risk of rape and sexual assault, particularly for women and girls, because of the lack of privacy.
Empowering people and communities
CASITA PARA LA VIDA’s 95 Dry Toilets project
Currently, two billion people (25 million of them in Latin America) have to deal daily with the lack of safe toilets and withstand the indignity of defecating in the open air. Soon we will start with the pilot project in the area of Mata Los Indios and Yabacao, where more than 200 families face this problem. These families may have access to ecological toilets and health education. The lack of sanitary facilities is a health problem that affects us all.
As soon as the project start, we'll share photos on facebook
