Cederista: word derives from CDR to name the members of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR)
The Committees for the Defense of the Revolution is an organization created by Commander in Chief Fidel Castro on September 28, 1960 in every neighborhood of Cuba to stop the wave of sabotage carried out by the enemies of the Cuban Revolution supported by the United States government.
The organization works with all the people in the neighborhood, to maintain citizen tranquility, and the protection of community property. To promote blood donations, which allowed to achieve a blood donation for every 20 inhabitants since 1997, a proposal made by the World Health Organization (WHO), to be achieved in 2000.
They work in cleaning and beautification of the environment, planting trees, promoting self-sufficiency areas, medicinal plant gardens and family aquaculture, participation in agricultural tasks prioritized as sugar, tobacco or coffee harvests.
For the ideological formation of the population with the realization of neighborhood debates on different issues ranging from draft laws and / or legislative amendments to sex, social or child education and other issues of national or international interests, in cultural and sports activities.
In the collection of raw materials for recycling, which in addition to the collective benefit, educates the youngest in the importance of not throwing waste on public roads, on the contrary collaborate with hygiene. With the children in games as a recreational option and in the formation of values.
In the family-community link, in the social commissions, in the creation of neighborhood museums, literary contests, and many other innovative initiatives capable of surprising for their boldness and freshness.