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WINNER 2024 "Best Youth Leadership & Community Development Initiative"
We at Reto Juvenil Internacional
are honored to have been chosen amongst hundreds NGOs for this award.
“Best Youth Leadership & Community Development Initiative 2024”
By Acquisition International
The voice of modern business, dedicated to delivering vital updates and analysis of the largest corporations in the world. Acquisition International magazine's annual awards have been highlighting the amazing work done by firms and individuals. With a focus on those committed to a ceaseless dedication to innovation, customer care and the continued growth and improvement of their businesses.
Reto Juvenil Internacional Award Reflects our Compromise with :
- Innovation: Innovation: Develop an innovative approach adapted to new technology to solve urgent needs.
- Leadership and Community Empowerment: Demonstrating leadership in inspiring change while addressing specific community needs.
- Impact: Tracking and documenting results that show a positive, tangible and sustainable impact.
- Partnerships: Developing innovative partnerships including private-public initiatives and with other nonprofit organizations.
- Transferability: Sharing and transferring knowledge, expertise and experience through networking and learning.
- Transparency: Promote transparency, accountability and integrity.
Gracias por ser parte de esa experiencia.
Gracias a todos ustedes: Voluntarios, Líderes Comunitarios, Escuelas y Universidades, Donantes, Organizaciones Públicas y Privadas, Socios, Colaboradores, Asociados y a nuestros miembros de la Junta Directiva.
En Reto juvenil Internacional nos sentimos honrados de haber sido elegidos entre cientos de ONGs para este premio. Su apoyo y ayuda jugaron un papel fundamental para obtener el premio como:
“Mejor Iniciativa de Liderazgo Juvenil e Iniciativa de Desarrollo Comunitario 2024”
By Acquisition International
La voz de los negocios modernos. Dedicada a brindar actualizaciones y análisis vitales de las corporaciones más grandes del mundo a lectores corporativos. Los premios anuales de la revista Acquisition International destacan el increíble trabajo realizado por empresas e individuos, se enfocan en aquellos comprometidos con una dedicación incesante a la innovación, la atención al cliente y el crecimiento y mejora continua de sus negocios.
Este Reconocimiento a Reto Juvenil Internacional Refleja nuestro Compromiso con:
- Innovación: Desarrollar un enfoque innovador adaptado al uso de la nueva tecnología para trabajar y resolver necesidades urgentes.
- Liderazgo y empoderamiento comunitario: demostrar liderazgo para inspirar cambios y al mismo tiempo abordar necesidades comunitarias específicas.
- Impacto: Seguimiento y documentación de resultados que muestren un impacto positivo, tangible y sostenible.
- Asociaciones: Desarrollar asociaciones innovadoras que incluyan iniciativas público-privadas y con otras organizaciones sin fines de lucro.
- Transferibilidad: compartir y transferir conocimientos, conocimientos y experiencia a través de redes y aprendizaje.
- Transparencia: Promover la transparencia, la rendición de cuentas y la integridad.
NICARAGUA & COSTA RICA Food Program "Winds of Change" 2025
Comedor El Pantanal benefits directly 220 primary school students from 5 to 13 years old and supports around 200 families. This wonderful program serve a daily plate of food for the kids (rice and beans mainly) provided thanks to casual donors.
Cerro Azul Indigenous Primary School
Building a brighter future in cerro azul indigenous Primary School - Maintaining a healthy, diverse, and balanced diet is critical for children, as proper nutrition supports physical, social, and cognitive development.
Today thanks to Winds Of Change, Canada - We can support both programs for another year with food donations, transforming El Comedor and Cerro Azul Indigenous Primary School in a Healthy food environments that ensures adequate nutritious food for the Kids at social disadvantage, inequitable distribution of resources and opportunites.
Thank you very Much
Mr. John Shoust
Winds of Change
Outstanding CAPSTONE PROJECTS 2025
CAPSTONE PROJECTS
Thanks University Of Toronto | Winds Of Change
Project 1. Solar Water Heater and water Pump - Texcoco México CNF
Project 2. Solar Water Heater - Ajusco México San Vicente
Project 3. Technical and professional support to improve the Typha grass process to make paper.Bagaces, Costa Rica
Thanks to University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering and Winds Of Change 2 Students groups RJI 1 and RJI 2 from University of Toronto, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering in collaboration with Winds Of Change worked to design 2 different water heater systems and 1 water pump with solar powering for a semester, they worked the idea generation process, design energy requirements and alternative design solutions to implement the best option to support orphan and kids at social risk in Texoco and Ajusco Mexico.
A third group RJI 3 also collaborated with Technical and professional support to improve the Typha grass process to make paper. Improving the quality of life of the families and children and also our planet at Palo Verde National Park in Costa Rica, home to one of the most densely populated areas in Central America of migratory birds and aquatic species.
Demonstrated the students academic and intellectual growth, were innovative, interdisciplinary, and children and community improving quality of live -focused
CAPSTONE PROJECTS MEXICO 2024 - 2025
Thanks to University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering and Winds Of Change
Reto Juvenil Internaciona identified the lack of water supply that Casa Hogar CNF, an orphanage in Texcoco and Casa Hogar San Vicente in Ajusco, Mexico has access to. In order to provide a sufficient amount of water to the orphanage, Reto Juvenil Internacional is looking for a solution via a solar water heater to save on gas heating costs. As a secondary task, Reto Juvenil Internacional is looking for a solution to convert the electrical water pump and other building needs at Hogar CNF to solar power, to reduce electricity costs and be able to buy more water.
Students from University of Toronto, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering in collaboration with Winds Of Change are working together to desing and set up a solar water heater and potential solar powering, They are working the idea generation process, design energy requirements and alternative design solutions, to implement the best option to support the orphan kids at social risK.
CAPSTONE PROJECT COSTA RICA 2024 - 2025
CAPSTONE PROJECT COSTA RICA 2024 - 2025
Thanks to University of Toronto - Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering and Winds Of Change
The wetlands of Palo Verde National Park in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, is home to Typha dominguensis, an invasive plant species. A group of local women from the Bagatzi community nearby, has previously used this plant to produce large sheets of handmade paper.
They helped to mitigate its spread while generating income for their families and community. However, recent economic challenges, including a reduction in tourism and increased operational costs due to Covid, had forced operations to be suspended due to a lack of profitability. Reto Juvenil Internacional, on behalf of the Bagatzi community, has reached out to the University of Toronto Capstone Program for assistance in resuming paper manufacturing operations.
The goal of this capstone project is to improve the papermaking business resulting in an increase in profits and the possibility of reducing energy costs during the process through the installation of a photovoltaic solar array.
