MOU’s signed between CVJHP and three Municipalities where cemetaries are located.

Successful Fundraising Dinner at Portuguese Ambassador’s Residence honoring Congressman Barney Frank, D, Massachusetts for his commitment to the Project and Portuguese and Cape Verdean Communities in his District

2009

Kickoff Reception at residence of H.E. Aziz Mekouar, ambassador of Morocco to U.S.

2008

Creation of original website.

2007

Letter endorsing project from Cape Verdean Prime Minister, Jose Maria Neves.

Cape Verde Jewish Heritage Project, Inc. receives tax-exempt status.

2003

Two Insider Embassy Nights at the Cape Verde Embassy in Washington for the DC Jewish Community Center when Project was highlighted. For more information, click here.

2002

Interviews with more than a dozen descendants of Jews of Cape Verde in Lisbon. Documentation of memory continues and will culminate in a book by Carol Castiel based on archives and oral histories of descendants.

Radio program for the Voice of America on the Jews of Cape Verde. Click here for more.

1999

Initial restoration of the Penha Da Franca Cemetary, Santo Antao.

Presentation of Project objectives by Carol Castiel at World Bank Symposium, “Historic Cities and Sacred Sites.”

1998

Meeting between Carlose Alberto Wahnon de Carvalho Veiga, then Prime Minister of Cape Verde, and Vice President of B’nai B’rith International, Daniel Mariaschin. Click here for more.

Two Insider Embassy Nights at the Cape Verde Embassy in Washington for the DC Jewish Community Center when Project was highlighted. For more information, click here.

1997

Formation of grass-roots group of Jewish Cape Verdeans in Lisbon, Portugal under the direction of Pedro Benros.

1996

Visits of Carol Castiel to H.E. Andre Azoulay, Advisor to the King of Morocco, and the Jewish Community of Casablanca to establish Moroccan linkages for the Project.