Centro de Mujeres Masaya

Location: Masaya / Ciudad Sandino Setting: Urban Established: 1988 Staff: 14

Location: Masaya / Ciudad Sandino Setting: Urban Established: 1988 Staff: 14

 

Subject Areas

Community Development: Community Empowerment, Social Work

Youth and Education: Communication, Social Leadership, Counseling, Development Interventions, Trauma, Teaching

Health: Infectious Diseases, HIV/AIDS, Reproductive Health Care, Family Planning, High-Risk Behavior

Human Rights: Legal Issues, Community Action, Conflict Negotiation, Family Violence

Women’s Empowerment: Gender Equity Strategies, Counseling, Reproductive Rights

Research: Quantitative/Qualitative Program Evaluation, Needs Assessment, Legal Research

 

Organization Objectives

Centro de Mujeres Masaya’s mission is to combat domestic violence by empowering individuals through education and affordable clinical attention. It strives to raise awareness of health and human rights issues through interactive peer and community education, as well as provide the necessary long-term patient care for individuals in need. Its goals are to:

  • Provide reproductive health care, gynecology exams, pre- and post-natal checkups, and family planning services to low-income women and their partners in and around Masaya
  • Elevate women’s quality of life through reproductive health materials and education on sexual rights and reproduction, cervical cancer, breast cancer, HIV/AIDS and STDs, domestic violence, and human rights
  • Contribute to women’s self-empowerment and self-actualization through individual counseling and community action campaigns
  • Promote youth leadership and peer education through youth-led workshops and support groups
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Association for Equitable Economic Development (ALTERNATIVA)

Location: Masaya / Ciudad Sandino Setting: Urban Established: 1999 Staff: 17

Location: Masaya / Ciudad Sandino Setting: Urban Established: 1999 Staff: 17

 

Subject Areas

Community Development: Community Empowerment, Capacity Building

Microfinance: Entrepreneurship, Credit, Strategic Business Development, Community Financial Institutions, Budgeting and Financial Management, Fundraising

Research: Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis, Asset Mapping, Needs Assessment

Youth and Education: Social Leadership, Teaching

 

Organization Objectives

ALTERNATIVA’s mission is to promote entrepreneurship through the development and management of small business loans for men and women. It works to strengthen and expand the financial resources available to all community members, and provides equitable support and services through finance education and economic empowerment. Its goals are to:

  • Provide loans, financial training, and consulting services for small business owners so they can create a solid financial resource base
  • Assist local artisan workers in forming and operating cooperatives that strengthen their market opportunities and promote support in business management
  • Educate youth in microfinance and small business creation, enabling them to create their own businesses and develop real-world job skills
  • Assess the development needs and assets of microenterprises and apply the information toward strategic development techniques for low-income clients
  • Promote and support gender equality and women’s rights through education, services, and lending equity programs
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Escuela Autonómo Nacional Bella Cruz

Escuela Bella Cruz

Location: Ciudad Sandino Setting: Urban Established: 1972 Staff: 49

 

Subject Areas

Community Development: Social Responsibility, Food Security

Youth and Education: Communication, Complimentary Learning, Child and Adolescent Development, Counseling, Social/Moral Development, Teaching

Human Rights: Child Advocacy

Environment: Environmental Education

Women’s Empowerment: Gender Equity Strategies, Reproductive Rights

 

Organization Objectives

Escuela Autonómo Nacional Bella Cruz provides low-cost K-12 education to children from the marginalized areas of Ciudad Sandino. Its goals are to:

  • Provide a strong academic base for children whose families are living in poverty
  • Offer technology training for middle and upper school students
  • Support musical instruction to enhance students’ learning and self-esteem
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Centro Educativo Experimental Enrique Schmidt Cuadra (ESC)

Location: Ciudad Sandino Setting: Urban Established: 1989 Staff: 11

Location: Ciudad Sandino Setting: Urban Established: 1989 Staff: 11

 

Subject Areas

Community Development: Social Responsibility, Social Work

Environment: Environmental Education

Youth and Education: Communication, Social Leadership, Cognitive Development, Complimentary Learning, Child and Adolescent Development, Counseling, Teaching

 

Organization Objectives

ESC is a private school that focuses on providing quality education for its students to both enrich their lives and give them greater job opportunities in the future. It offers a wide variety of skill-specific courses to develop well-rounded, knowledgeable and empowered students. Its goals are to:

  • Focus on local issues to give students an in-depth understanding of their municipality
  • Improve students’ sense of identity and self-esteem
  • Help students become empowered citizens who are better positioned to take action for the development of their communities
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Centro de Comunicación y Educación Popular (CANTERA)

Location: Ciudad Sandino Setting: Urban Established: 1988 Staff: 5

Location: Ciudad Sandino Setting: Urban Established: 1988 Staff: 5

 

Subject Areas

Community Development: Community Empowerment, Social Work, Social Responsibility

Youth and Education: Communication, Child and Adolescent Development, Counseling, Development Interventions

Health: Relaxation Techniques and Spirituality, HIV/AIDS Prevention, Natural Medicine

Human Rights: Legal Issues, Community Action, Conflict Negotiation, Mediation

Environment: Environmental Education, Sanitation, Water Systems Management

Women’s Empowerment: Gender Equity Strategies, Reproductive Rights

 

Organization Objectives

CANTERA’s mission is to empower individuals and to improve their quality of life within the community. It offers free educational and extracurricular programs and acts as a networking agency to address Ciudad Sandino’s socioeconomic needs. Its goals are to:

  • Develop supplemental and extracurricular education for children and youth in a safe and supportive atmosphere
  • Promote reflection on and analysis of the philosophy and practice of Paulo Freire’s popular education model
  • Strengthen and support local people, groups, and organizations (with an emphasis on gender equality) to improve their economic, political, and social conditions
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Asociación de Mujeres para la Integración de la Familia en Nicaragua (AMIFANIC)

Location: Ciudad Sandino Setting: Urban Established: 2000 Staff: 7

Location: Ciudad Sandino Setting: Urban Established: 2000 Staff: 7

 

Subject Areas

Community Development: Community Empowerment, Social Work

Health: Infectious Diseases, HIV/AIDS, Reproductive Health Care, Family Planning, Mental Health, Prevention of High-Risk Behavior

Human Rights: Child Advocacy, Social Justice, Legal Assistance, Mediation, Family Violence

Women’s Empowerment: Reproductive Rights, Gender Equity Strategies

Youth and Education: Counseling, Trauma, Development Interventions

 

Organization Objectives

AMIFANIC is a women’s human rights group striving to improve the lives of people who are victims of domestic/sexual violence and gender inequality. It attempts to surmount the prevalence of gender-based violence by providing free and low-cost legal services, as well as a holistic web of support that includes vocational training, counseling services, and educational workshops to build knowledge, awareness, and self-esteem. Its goals are to:

  • Improve the living conditions of families in and around Ciudad Sandino by providing programs that focus on the fundamental rights of health, education, a sustainable natural environment, civic participation, equality, and the empowerment of all people as subjects of their own development
  • Provide education in vocational work, academics, technology, and research essential for human development
  • Foster community leaders in health, human rights, education, environment, gender equity, housing, civic participation, and small/medium businesses
  • Elevate vocational and academic achievement levels for women and children by promoting their participation in education
  • Reduce the prevalence of drugs, STDs and HIV/AIDS, and domestic violence through public awareness campaigns, workshops, festivals, and school visits
  • Assist persons living with drug addictions, STDs and HIV/AIDS, and domestic violence through: self-help groups, referrals to specialists and centers, psychiatric counseling and workshops, academic scholarships, rehabilitation activities (e.g. artisan and handicrafts), and access to judicial and legal assistance
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CADEPIA

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Location: Cochabamba Setting: Urban Established: 1985

Staff: 7 full time employees, 7 board members

 

Subject Areas

Microfinance: Entrepreneurship, Strategic Management, Marketing, Strategic Business Development, Managing Financial Resources, Social Entrepreneurship, New Enterprises, Community Financial Institutions, Budgeting and Financial Management, Business and the Environment, Fundraising

Community Development: Community Empowerment, Social Capital

Women’s Empowerment: Women’s Business Support

Education: Capacity Building, Training Courses, General Business Courses

 

Organization Objectives

CADEPIA provides local entrepreneurs with educational and technical support to help them develop and expand their small businesses; in addition, it helps them to expand into new markets to sustain their businesses’ growth and success. CADEPIA’s main objectives are to:

  • Provide small business development courses in Food Services, Textiles, Furniture, Jewelry Work, Artisans, Leather and Metalwork
  • Offer capacity building workshops in marketing, international and national business development, accounting, general business, and management strategies
  • Seek out funds for new businesses to use in their development
  • Help entrepreneurs to expand their current businesses domestically and internationally
  • Improve clients’ methods of quality control and sound financial management
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Centro Integral WARMI

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Location: Cochabamba Setting: Urban Established: 1982 Staff: 12 Website: www.centrowarmi.org

 

Subject Areas

Community Development: Community Empowerment, Building Social Capital, Social Work, Social Responsibility

Youth and Education: Social Leadership, Cognitive Development, Teaching, Scholarship Programs, Child and Adolescent Development, Complimentary Learning

Human Rights: Community Action, Social Justice, Child Advocacy, Equality

Research: Quantitative/Qualitative Analysis and Program Evaluation, Funding, Needs Assessment

Women’s Empowerment: Gender Equity Strategies, Counseling

 

Organization Objectives

WARMI is a small non-profit community center that provides multifaceted social services for a neighborhood on the outskirts of Cochabamba. Its mission is to offer support to working women and their children, as well as promote the sustainability of healthy families and a healthy community. Its goals are to:

  • Provide educational and other support for women, children, and adolescents
  • Assist women emigrating from rural areas as they integrate into the city by helping them attain economic stability and providing affordable daycare, support groups, and educational workshops
  • Provide health insurance and meals to children who would not have access without the support of WARMI
  • Run a small cooperatively-run soap factory to help financially sustain the organization’s community programs
  • Offer workshops on legal advice, hygiene and nutrition
  • Organize women’s empowerment groups to provide a safe space for women to gather and share knowledge
  • Offer daycare services for infants and children, including development activities, meals, and general caretaking
  • Support students in the community by providing tutoring programs, a library, extracurricular activities, clubs, and a scholarship program for the older students pursuing degrees
  • Provide affordable health insurance to Center participants that do not already have insurance
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