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Managua, Nicaragua
Villa Fontana Sur, del Club Terraza, 2c al Oeste,
2c. al Sur, 75 vrs. al Oeste. #150. - (505) 2227-0722
Nicaragua
ICCO in Nicaragua
ICCO in Nicaragua
In Nicaragua, ICCO promotes opportunities for youth and women by supporting educational initiatives; it economically empowers young people in areas vulnerable to violence and strengthens technical abilities of small farmers in order to improve their access to inclusive markets.
What we do
Because Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, ICCO´s work in this nation is mainly focused on economic empowerment. One of ICCO´s star programs, Building Protection by Empowering People, supports young men and women so that they can be trained on how to start their own businesses and on how to become more competitive for the labor market.
ICCO also works closely with small farmers cooperatives by paving the way for their access to inclusive markets.
In Nicaragua, ICCO has also developed an innovative line of work with the private sector, promoting knowledge and building capacities on Business and Human Rights, in order to engage private companies more actively in the nation´s quest for sustainable development.
Rights and opportunities for adolescent and youth in Nicaragua
The current project builds on the accomplishments from previous projects that have received support from Kerk in Actie ...
- 2018
Youths from the Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast empowered Red Afro 2
Red Afro is a network that carries out advocacy work on behalf of Afrodescendant, Latin American, Caribbean and ...
- 2018
¡Yamni iwaia natka nani! (Art for good living)
Cooperativa de Arte CEIBO R.L. (CEIBO) was founded in 1999 as a Multidisciplinary Art Company, devoted to artistic ...
- 2018
Sutiaba indigenous youth lead actions that promote good living
The current project builds on the accomplishments from previous projects that have received support from Kerk in Actie ...
- 2018
Forest Governance Project: Miskitu People, Nicaragua
The Forest Governance Project, financed by the European Union, is developed in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, by ...
- 2017
Forest Governance Project: MAPF
The Forest Governance Project, funded by the European Union, is developed in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, by ...
- 2017
Rights and Opportunities for Indigenous Adolescents and Youth
Christian Medical Action or AMC (for its acronym in Spanish) has been ICCOs partner for a long time, ...
- 2018
Vuela Libre Movement in Nicaragua Tawa Tawa - Tesis
Four types of CSEC modalities have been identified in Nicaragua, those are: a) sexual activity through money payment, ...
- 2018
Leadership and capacity development program (MESOLIDER School)
This project supports the first implementation year of MESOLIDER, a leadership school for indigenous leaders, developed by organizations ...
- 2017
Forest Governance Project: Chorotega People, Nicaragua
The Forest Governance Project, financed by the European Union, is developed in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, by ...
- 2017
Rights of Indigenous Forest People of Mesoamerica
The Mesoamerican Alliance of People and Forests is one of the most important land rights platform of indigenous ...
- 2016
Violence Prevention in Miskitu Communities
This project contributes to the prevention of violence in Waspam and two communities along the Coco River (Nicaraguan ...
- 2017
Sutiaba Youth Empowerment
This project builds capacities in young people to strengthen youth organizations and generate skills and abilities to carry ...
- 2017
Art for Good Living
The project encourages adolescents to appropriate public spaces in Alamikangba (Northern Caribeaan Coast, Nicaragua), to make their voices ...
- 2017
Young Afro Entrepreneurs Promoting Economic Rights
Adolescents and young people from the Northern Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua develop technical and practical skills to implement ...
- 2017
Rights and Opportunities for Multiethnic Youths in Bilwi
Indigenous and afrodescendant youths strengthen their social leadership and multiply knowledge with their peers, while generating synergies with ...
- 2017
Yamni iwaia natka nani (Art for good living)
The project will encourage adolescents to appropriate the few pubic spaces in Alamikangba; especially will encourage them to ...
- 2017
Regional project: Our Land, Our Forest
This project will help strengthen the institutional platform of AMPB and to implement key regional actions to consolidate ...
- 2015
Down to Zero Nicaragua
The Down to Zero (DtZ) program includes preventative and protective measures that focus on actual child victims and ...
- 2016
Rights and opportunities for youth in Bilwi, Nicaragua
The project proposal was implemented in Puerto Cabezas-Bilwi, where TESIS focused their actions in three communities: Barrio Waulalaya, ...
- 2016
Indigenous communities living without violence
The project aims to contribute to prevent violence in Waspam and 2 communities on the shore of Rio Coco (...
- 2016
Afrodescendent youth preventing violence in Nicaragua
The aims to strengthen indigenous and afrosdescendent adolescents' social leadership to prevent violence in Puerto Cabezas, Waspam and ...
- 2016
Art for good living (Yamni iwaia natka nani)
The current project proposal is named Art for good living (Yamni iwaia natka nani! in miskito) that aims ...
- 2016
Youth leadership in indigenous communities
The project aims to promote indigenous youth empowerment in 15 Sutiaba communities in León. With this project proposal ...
- 2016
Land Rights and Sustainability for the Miskitu People
This project is part of a broad program implemented with the Mesoamerican Alliance of People and Forests (MAPF), ...
- 2015
Land Rights and Sustainability for the Mayangna People
Nation Mayangna Government, (Northern Caribbean Coast, Nicaragua) is constituted by 75 communities, 9 territories and over 35 thousand inhabitants. It is ...
- 2017
Down to Zero: many achievements, but fight against sexual exploitation remains urgent
The Down to Zero programme aims to end the sexual exploitation of children and young people in ...
FEPROAH Conducts “Community Forest Management” Workshop
The Federation of Agroforestry Producers of Honduras (FEPROAH in Spanish) developed a workshop on Community Forest Management. ...
Strengthening Cooperation Ties in Nicaragua and Central America
In her recent visit to Central America, Conny Toornstra met with representatives of ICCO’s partner organizations ...
Call for Peace and for All Repression to End in Nicaragua
Along with 10 organizations of the Act Alliance Forum Nicaragua, ICCO Cooperation signed a statement reaffirming its rejection ...
Young Afro Entrepreneurs promoting economic rights in Nicaragua
How to promote entrepreneurship among afro youth that have been second-class citizens in their country for a ...
Women territorial leaders from Mesoamerica advocate for the benefit of their communities
Between November 20th and 23rd, 2018, indigenous leaders from Mesoamerica gathered in Panama to advance on their agenda ...
MESOLIDER: An Itinerant School for Indigenous Leaders of Mesoamerica
In Mesoamerican countries, indigenous communities have been historically excluded from formal education processes, as the academic systems ...