"CHANGE FOR CHANGE"
LIDER PROJECT
2020-2021
"CHANGE FOR CHANGE" LIDER PROJECT 2020-2021
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It’s my privilege to share my Lider project initiative with you. It is through the Compassion and Mercy Associates (CAMA) that we have been able to provide food and shelter for 200 Venezuelan refugees in the year 2020. It is my mission to continue aiding those effected in Venezuela driven by the need and met with great intention. Below you’ll find more information about the Lider project and how you can help!
LIDER AWARD
The Joseph A. Unanue Latino Institute's Lider Award combines financial aid with a stipend for students to complete a community service project.
About the Latino Institute:
Inspired by the legacy of Joseph A. Unanue, the Latino Institute at Seton Hall University advances, educates and transforms students into the next generation of servant leaders in our ever-changing global society. With the Institute's support and guidance, students can fulfill their potential as servant leaders through cultural programming, designed to build stronger linkages to their heritage, and academic scholarship, mentorship, skill development and critical thinking.
Scholar: Carina M. Castagna
Carina chose to focus on the humanitarian crisis affecting refugees and homeless in Venezuela. By partnering with CAMA, a Christian Alliance that would help aid families of refugee, this project was able to get one of a kind shelters designed for families so that they will not be separated. The project has made impact for two Alliance churches in Colombia to prepare meals for Venezuelan refugees and the homeless. Partnering with the churches, the project was able to put together a plan for feeding 200 families for three months. Each family receives two meals a day (one hot, one cold) and sanitation supplies.
"Throughout the project, I learned how connected everyone is. For anyone who is nervous because he/she does not know how to implement a project, my suggestion is to branch out and network, and fairly quickly you will find some of the dots connecting. It was an exciting journey in effecting change," Carina says when she was asked about what this project has taught her.
2020 Statement
ABOUT ME
Ever since I can remember I have been passionate about helping people. My heart goes out to those suffering and it is through the resources of organizations such as CAMA that we, as global citizens and children of God, can help those in need. I believe the human person needs to be tended to psychically, mentally, and spiritually. It is for these reasons I have partnered with CAMA to serve those effected in Venezuela.
My Background
I am a first generation college student currently in my senior year at Seton Hall University. I am double majoring in Communication and Catholic Studies with a certificate of business. In addition to starting graduate school for the 3+2 M.P.A program with a concentration in nonprofit management.
I am a friendly, outgoing individual that has a calling to create and substantiate a positive and effective impact.
I hope you’ll prayerfully consider donating to help the people of Venezuela. If at this time you are unable to financially donate please know you can still make a difference. Please offer your prayers.
