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- NGO I am affiliated with or field of interest:
- Bend Firefighters Foundation - ERSLA
- What I do or wish to do:
- Recently we have started a program through the Bend (Oregon) Firefighers Foundation called ERSLA "Emergency Response Services for Latin America. The objective is to work with other NGO's and individuals to find ways to enhance efforts working towards effective and sustainable emergency response, medical, and infrastructure systems.
- Where I live:
- Managua
- What I would like to get from this group is:
- More contacts either working or with interest in development in Nicaragua
- Where I work or wish to work in Nicaragua:
- Throughout Nicaragua
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Gracias por connectarme pero siento no poder verte a ti en Granada. Voy a estar en Finlandia durante los meses de verano hasta el octubre. Claro que quisiera visitar a mis amigos en Nicaragua otra vez.
Mis mejores saludes y buena suerte!
Kaija
I'm not sure if you remember but I was part of your PC training group in Estelí in 2002. I ended up going home right after training for multiple reasons. I'm still very involved in Nicaragua and will be there again next week through the end of May. I'll be in Managua April 30 and May 1. If you are around I would love to meet up with you to hear about your PC experience and your current involvement in Nicaragua. I'm very interested in Microfinance.
Hope to connect with you!
Jessica
I used to work with the Santa Fe Workshops teaching Photoshop workshops for many years, but now the Santa Fe Digital Darkroom Workshops are my own entity providing customized individual AND small group workshops. My background is in social work however and I have started several non-profits associated with photography , i.e. free programs for marginalized youth populations ( gang diversion) collecting donated cameras and giving them to other organizations in need, and a new one working to promote grassroots NGO efforts around the world. SEE:
http://www.santafedigitaldarkroom.com/outreach.php
I made a trip to Nicaragua and helped initiate a photography program with Empowerment International and have been supplying cameras. I love Nicaragua and hope to return and build some workshops in partnership with EI and other NGO's in the region.
Hope this answers your question.
WIth every good wish
Leslie
We've looked at Esteli as a site for a future clinic. Right now we are working in a barrio on the outskirts of Managua. I will be in Managua on Sunday nite. If you wish to connect there, email me directly at sherry@aspennaturals.com. Looking forward to meeting you down there!
BTW, there are some great Fair Trade and Micro Finance groups. One is called Opportunity International.
aalex@mktact.com
Right now I have no specific agenda or project in NICA. I will ahve some work up here.....about 60%I can do on the net or phone and the rest I will need to travel back to do. As I get settled there I will look around and see what develops.
On the environmental side I want to take look at the big Tilapia farm in the lake and see for myself if it is a boon or a threat. I worked on both the salmon and tilapia dialogues with WWF and remain interested.
Closure to you side of the business, I have though about the possibility of some type of coop with locals to raise vegetables for the high end market that is developing in Granada and SJDS...maybe at altitude to allow for more temperate species to be grown. That is still just a thought at this point.
alex