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ICCO in Nicaragua

  • Managua, Nicaragua
    Villa Fontana Sur, del Club Terraza, 2c al Oeste,
    2c. al Sur, 75 vrs. al Oeste. #150.

  • (505) 2227-0722
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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.

Down to Zero: Building Back Better

Project started:
  • 2019
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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 ...

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  • 2018
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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 ...

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  • 2018
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¡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 ...

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  • 2018
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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 ...

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  • 2018
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Forest Governance Project: Miskitu People, Nicaragua

The Forest Governance Project, financed by the European Union, is developed in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, by ...

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  • 2017
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Forest Governance Project: MAPF

The Forest Governance Project, funded by the European Union, is developed in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, by ...

Project started:
  • 2017
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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, ...

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  • 2018
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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, ...

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  • 2018
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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 ...

Project started:
  • 2017
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Forest Governance Project: Chorotega People, Nicaragua

The Forest Governance Project, financed by the European Union, is developed in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, by ...

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  • 2017
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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 ...

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  • 2016
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Violence Prevention in Miskitu Communities

This project contributes to the prevention of violence in Waspam and two communities along the Coco River (Nicaraguan ...

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  • 2017
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Sutiaba Youth Empowerment

This project builds capacities in young people to strengthen youth organizations and generate skills and abilities to carry ...

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  • 2017
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Art for Good Living

The project encourages adolescents to appropriate public spaces in Alamikangba (Northern Caribeaan Coast, Nicaragua), to make their voices ...

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  • 2017
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Young Afro Entrepreneurs Promoting Economic Rights

Adolescents and young people from the Northern Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua develop technical and practical skills to implement ...

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  • 2017
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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 ...

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  • 2017
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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 ...

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  • 2017
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Regional project: Our Land, Our Forest

This project will help strengthen the institutional platform of AMPB and to implement key regional actions to consolidate ...

Project started:
  • 2015
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Down to Zero Nicaragua

The Down to Zero (DtZ) program includes preventative and protective measures that focus on actual child victims and ...

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  • 2016
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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, ...

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  • 2016
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Indigenous communities living without violence

The project aims to contribute to prevent violence in Waspam and 2 communities on the shore of Rio Coco (...

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  • 2016
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Afrodescendent youth preventing violence in Nicaragua

The aims to strengthen indigenous and afrosdescendent adolescents' social leadership to prevent violence in Puerto Cabezas, Waspam and ...

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  • 2016
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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 ...

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  • 2016
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Youth leadership in indigenous communities

The project aims to promote indigenous youth empowerment in 15 Sutiaba communities in León. With this project proposal ...

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  • 2016
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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), ...

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  • 2015
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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 ...

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  • 2017
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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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As of 1st January 2021 ICCO has joined forces with Cordaid and continues as one organization under the name Cordaid.

ICCO’s international website will remain online for the time being and can be visited here or go to Cordaid: www.cordaid.org