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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Hospital Ciudad Sandino

Location: Ciudad Sandino Setting: Urban Established: 1960 Staff: 130

Location: Ciudad Sandino Setting: Urban Established: 1960 Staff: 130

 

Subject Areas

Health: Public Health, Infectious Diseases, Parasitic Diseases, HIV/AIDS, Epidemiology, Nutrition, Reproductive Health Care, Mental Health, Social Work, Prevention

Youth and Education: Child and Adolescent Development, Development Interventions

Environment: Environmental Education, Sanitation

Human Rights: Child Advocacy, Mediation

 

Organization Objectives

Hospital Ciudad Sandino strives to give all people living in Ciudad Sandino access to quality health services. Its goals are to:

  • Provide medical care and treatment, including women’s reproductive health, child and adolescent care, and psychology
  • Conduct health education and community outreach through rural visits and health posts
  • Promote preventative measures
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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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Colegio El Molino

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Location: Cochabamba Setting: Urban Established: 1998

Staff: 24 teachers, 5 administrators

 

Subject Areas

Environment: Environmental Education

Youth and Education: Complimentary Learning, Teaching, Child and Adolescent Development

 

Organization Objectives

El Molino is a school that provides basic, primary, and secondary education. In addition to following national education standards, El Molino aims to develop students’ awareness of social, cultural and gender equality. Their goals are to:

  • Guide the development of students’ academic and personal potential
  • Facilitate activities to elevate students’ self-esteem
  • Prepare students to meet the demands of a changing country and world by providing education on the preservation of natural and cultural resources
  • Teach the values of justice, ethnic parity, and social equality among men and women
  • Prepare and encourage students to pursue advanced studies
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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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