Puerto Rico

July 23, 2019

NECHAMA Team Leader – Hannah

Meet our biochemist, firefighter, jigsaw puzzle master, and current team leader Hannah Blanchard! After Hannah graduated from West Virginia University... Read More

July 21, 2019

NECHAMA Volunteer – Barnabus

Born and raised in Ghana, Barnabus moved to the United States just before high school. After serving with both the... Read More

July 18, 2019

Puerto Rico Stories – Lurian

Lurian’s family was hit by both Hurricane Irma and Maria in 2017. When Irma hit first, it took out the... Read More

July 17, 2019

Staff Highlight – Meet Juan

“Life’s going to happen, and you’re either going to prepare for it or it is going to hit you.”  Our... Read More

July 16, 2019

NECHAMA Launches Peer-to-Peer Fundraiser

Today is day ONE of NECHAMA’s 4th SUNY and CUNY cohort for our Puerto Rico summer project. This group has... Read More

July 7, 2019

NECHAMA Volunteer creates artwork in Puerto Rico

In September of 2015, Dosi moved back to the United States to attend college at CUNY, which is how she... Read More

July 5, 2019

NECHAMA Assists Multigenerational Family

A few weeks ago, we were scheduled to repair Yasmilyn’s roof. When we called to schedule the work on her... Read More

June 28, 2019

NECHAMA wraps up Cohort 2 of SUNY & CUNY volunteers

Today is our last day of work with our second group of SUNY and CUNY volunteers! This group was innovative... Read More

June 27, 2019

NECHAMA partners with Caras Con Causa

Last week in Puerto Rico, while our SUNY and CUNY volunteers worked with our partners at Caras Con Causa, they... Read More