Centro Indigena de Capitacion Integral or the Center for Indigenous Training: (CIDECI)

Located in San Cristobal de las Casas, the Center for Indigenous Training offers a wide variety of educational services for the indigenous population of Chiapas. CIDECI is open to people who are sponsored by a community organization, such as a church, as someone who would benefit from training in a specific trade, and who would then return to the community to assist in creating sustainable local economies. CIDECI has been a vital organization during the last ten years in providing an alternative to the violence and increasing migration out of Chiapas.

CIDECI: Curriculum Center for Indigenous Training

Young people who come to the Center for Indigenous Training are taught for a period of 9 months in specific trades of their choice. Students may learn a full range of skills from woodworking to computer operation. Other opportunities include: farming, baking, driving/mechanics, cooking, electronics, welding/metalworking, music, weaving, sewing, typing, and basic health instruction. Students come to CIDECI for periods of time and when living on the campus follow basic rules of the school, including the contribution to assisting with the growing of the campus food.