YuCha, "you change the world"
YuCha is born from a simple idea : help others by sharing ressources. Whilst travelling in 2010, Yurena Pulido Ramírez and Charles de Croix lived with people from very different cultures. Immersing themselves in their everyday lives, they experienced a complete different reality and are confronted to the inequalities of our world. Since then, they carry on their travels with the will to become actors of change.
SECMOL - India (2013)
In June 2013, in Ladakh (India), they started working in development cooperation and made a documentary film for SECMOL (Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh), an educational and ecological purposes' organisation, about apprenticeships in vernacular architecture and earth building technique. The movie helped SECMOL to obtain a UNESCO chair (earthen architecture, constructive culture and sustainable development).
ALL HANDS VOLUNTEERS - Philippines (2014)
Early January 2014, following the earthquake that hit Bohol Island in October 2013 in the Philippines, they entered the humanitarian world volunteering for All Hands Volunteers (AHV), an American organization.
YUCHA - Philippines (2014)
At the end of their filipino trip, end of April 2014, they launched 2 rebuilding projects financed by Belgian and Spanish private funds whose immediate success encouraged them to move forward in that direction (https://www.youcaring.com/priesthouse_Toril).
ALL HANDS VOLUNTEERS - Nepal (2015)
In May 2015, Yurena and Charles were called by AHV to be part of the "rapid response team" following the masive earthquake occured in Nepal the 25th of April. Their mission was to manage volunteers, clear streets full of rubble, distribute emergency supplies and build emergency shelters.
After this month spent in the urgency of such a natural disaster, they decided to return to Nepal.
After this month spent in the urgency of such a natural disaster, they decided to return to Nepal.
YUCHA - Nepal 2106
Less than a year after the earthquakes in Nepal in 2015, YuCha returned to Nepal to start its first earthbag rebuilding project. Together with its local partner First Steps Himalaya, Yucha built a new earthbag school in the community of Mulkharka (Sindhupalchuk).
In 10 weeks, with 21 volunteers, 21 paid local workers, 84 donors and 18 000€, YuCha built a 6 classrooms school allowing 160 children to carry on their education.
In 10 weeks, with 21 volunteers, 21 paid local workers, 84 donors and 18 000€, YuCha built a 6 classrooms school allowing 160 children to carry on their education.