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Testimonial by Edwin Espinoza, a young adult in the CDCB Youthbuild program:

Edwin Espinoza, Age 20

YouthBuild is an educational program that helps young adults change their lives for the better. As young adults, we make bad decisions. It is because of bad decisions that we have dropped out of school. YouthBuild has provided me with a second chance to obtain my G.E.D., leadership training, and a sense of appreciation for what I have. read more »

For the past 13 years, I have shared a passion for a program known as YouthBuild. From the time I was hired to help plan and implement a program that would assist dropout youth with GED classes and housing construction, to its present reality of being part of an international movement with new construction technologies in “green building”, the Community Development Corporation of Brownsville/YouthBuild program continues to move forward in creating a pathway for young people toward success. read more »

Old house gone, waiting for new house materials

On March 17, 2009 at the 30^th anniversary celebration for YouthBuild USA on the Capital Mall in Washington DC, the Community Development Corporation of Brownsville (CDCB) was presented with the beginnings of a house that will soon become a home for a Cameron County family devastated with the destruction of their home by Hurricane Dolly.

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Rios Family Home after Hurricane Dolly

The following is a letter sent to CDCB from Merary Rios after receiving word that she would be donated a new home. Mrs. Rios is a mother of a family that lost everything during Hurricane Dolly.

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