A Preventive Education School for Parents
Strong parents build strong families.
EJAD equips parents, mothers, and caregivers with the tools to raise children with communication, discipline, and love — starting in Guatemala, built to scale anywhere.
Why This Matters
Family breakdown, a lack of parenting tools, low parental involvement, and rising risk behavior among children and teens are intensifying social, emotional, and behavioral challenges across communities. EJAD responds with structured educational strategies for parents, mothers, and caregivers — strengthening how they accompany their children, promoting positive parenting, and contributing to the wellbeing of the next generation.
The Name EJAD
EJAD (Hebrew: אֶחָד, echad) means "one" or "first" — a unity made of many parts joined in a single purpose, as in the Shema of Deuteronomy 6:4. For this program, the name also stands for its mission:
Educar (Educate), Juntos (Together), Aprender (Learn), Disciplina (Discipline).
What We Do
General objective: Strengthen families through structured educational programs for parents, mothers, and caregivers.
Family Communication
Building the tools for honest, healthy dialogue at home.
Positive Parenting
Replacing punishment-driven habits with guided, values-based discipline.
Prevention
Reducing violence and risk behavior in children and adolescents before it starts.
Emotional & Spiritual Growth
Supporting the whole family's development, not just the household's rules.
How It Works
EJAD runs participatory workshops, case-study discussion, and community accompaniment, delivered in-person and virtually — designed from day one to be replicable across cultural and religious contexts.
Program phases
- 1
Design & Establishment
curriculum and partnerships
- 2
Institutional Approval
alignment with local education authorities
- 3
Pilot Implementation
first cohort of families
- 4
Full Execution & Scale
expansion to new communities
What's next
this site is EJAD's starting point. The roadmap includes a full digital education platform — self-paced modules, progress tracking, and community support for parents wherever they are.
Impact Goals
+30%
increase in parent participation
-20%
reduction in child/adolescent risk behaviors
80%
satisfaction rate across workshops
Tracked continuously: families served, workshop attendance, behavioral improvement, community engagement
About Me
Johana Jimenez
Teacher and missionary with more than 30 years of experience in education and ministry service. She holds a Master of Arts in Leadership from Life Pacific University, California.
Teaching & Training Background
She has trained adults in Bible institutes, missionary schools, and parent centers within the California School District. She has also been a speaker at conferences on education, leadership, and missions.
Missionary Experience
Her missionary work in India strengthened her commitment to faith, education, and family accompaniment.
Featured Project
EJAD — The Preventive School for Parents — is one of her most ambitious projects, focused on strengthening family unity and providing practical tools for parents.
Partner With Us
EJAD is built to be scalable, culturally adaptable, and ready for strategic partnership — whether that's funding, curriculum expertise, mission-field distribution, or institutional alignment. We're a young organization (NGO registration in progress) looking for partners who want to help design the next chapter with us.
For churches & mission organizations
a ready-made tool for community outreach and family ministry.
For foundations & NGOs
an evidence-based, low-cost, replicable family-strengthening model.
For individual donors
direct support for a program with clear, measurable outcomes.