More activities in October of the ICES Program addressing domestic violence

This month the ICES program finished the course coordinated with the local campus of the National Autonomous University, Boston University and the Family Institute. also of Boston, on Psychosocial interventions with a multidisciplinary and therapeutic focus. The course finished with two workshops involving 35 students. The program continued its outreach activities in local rural communities. In the San Nicolás municipality, the ICES team visited the communities of Salmerón, Rodeo Grande and the municipal health center. In the municipality of Estelí, the team visited Puertas Azules and in the municipality of La Trinidad, the team visited the Special Needs Center in the town of La Trinidad. Altogether in October, the ICES team gave 6 workshops to a total of 116 participants. The program included 3 art classes enhancing social awareness and personal development for a total of 78 children. The team’s psychologist and social worker gave counseling and guidance to a total of 31 people including 14 receiving attention on the team’s community visits and 17 in the ICES program offices in Estelí.