Nicaragua Programs and Projects

Disaster Response

See Presbyterian Disaster Assistance Situation Updates.

Education

The Evangelical Faculty of Theological Study in Managua enrolls more than 500 students in programs that range from the diploma to the master’s degree level.

Health

PROVADENIC (Project of Vaccination and Communal Development of Nicaragua), the rural health program of CEPAD, is a rural community health program that focuses on primary care.

Hunger

In 2006 the Presbyterian Hunger Program made the following grants:

Fundacion RAEME — $4,000
IV Regional Agro-Ecological Conference of Central America and the Carribean 2006
Conference on improved rural agro-ecological development techniques to train rural leaders.

Sano y Salvo—Safe and Sound — $10,000
Processing and Marketing Organic Production
Processing organic lime and cocoa to improve marketability and income for remote farming families.

Fundacion NITCA — $10,000
Community Preschool, Alan Shawn Feinstein "Caritas Alegres"
Feeding program for preschool children and training of their parents on better hygiene, self-esteem.

Self-Development

In 2006 the PC(USA) Self-Development of People program made this grant: