NICARAGUA Save the Children works in Nicaragua promoting the rights of children and adolescents to education, to health and to a life without violence. Our approach is based on the participation of children and adolescents, their families and communities in their own development.
AREAS OF INTERVENTION
OUR WORK Education: we work to ensure that children have access to quality educational services, encourage inclusive education for children with disabilities, promote intercultural bilingual education and work with adolescents in technicalproductive educational programs. In addition, we promote community and school participation in disaster risk reduction. Child Rights Governance: we work in coordination with national and local governments to improve accountability in compliance with children’s rights conventions. We encourage active participation of children and adolescents in the development of laws and policies that affect them and advocate for their views to be heard.
JINOTEGA REGIÓN AUTÓNOMA ATLÁNTICO NORTE (RAAN) MATAGALPA LEON MANAGUA
Protection: we strengthen child protection systems so children can live in a violence and exploitation free environment. We promote the elimination of all forms of violence against children and adolescents, gender equity and the development of positive masculinity. We encourage positive parenting and proper care. Poverty Reduction: we implement programs with a focus on livelihoods for families to improve their quality of life and invest in education, health and child protection. We encourage adolescents to develop skills for a successful transition to adulthood. Health & Nutrition: we work to eliminate infant and neonatal mortality from preventable causes, promoting equitable access to health care and nutrition for children in vulnerable conditions and access to sexual and reproductive health.
2016 OUTREACH 2,841,443 people; 1,165,335 children and 1,676,107 adults Outreach by program area:
67,151 Protection
348,948 Emergencies
253,857 Education
1,977,585
CROSS-CUTTING THEMES Gender, resilience, multiculturalism and active participation of children and adolescents.
Health & Nutrition
BUDGET 3,561,446
305,607 Child Rights Governance
4,380
Child Poverty
SUCCESS STORY
Kenya Vanessa Hernandez Richardson, primary teacher at the Flor de Pino School in Alamikangbam participating in a professionalization course developed by Save the Children
OUR DONORS Miskito is very important for me because there are mestizos in the school and it is important to know how to teach this language. Before the course, I was not handling my classes in a bilingual form. Now I have noticed differences as result of the methodologies
• Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation • Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. • Save the Children Norway • USAID - United States Agency for International Development • Bezos Family Foundation • Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development of Canada
#EveryLastChild Social Exclusion We are campaigning with children and adolescents who live in rural areas and face poverty, to support and ensure public policies and investment in quality education, health and protection.
OUR FUNDING NEEDS AN EXCELLENT CUP OF COFFEE WITH YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS.
EVERY LAST CHILD CAMPAIGN
GOAL
GOAL
To increase opportunities and build skills among poor rural children by advocating for a greater public investment in quality basic services to ensure their survival, protection and development.
To develop skills and resources in young farmers to increase their income and resilience, in order to guarantee coffee production as their main livelihood.
IMPACT
IMPACT 525 young people ages 14-25 (210 women and 315 men) from rural coffee growing communities
By 2018: National and local governments have increased investment in quality public services (mainly in education, health and protection) in rural areas The causes of social exclusion and rural child poverty have been addressed in the social, institutional and media agendas, parallel to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 and the Human Development National Plan 2012-2016. 50% of the children reached by our programs participated in the campaign and in accountability processes on the quality of public services offered to rural poor children at local and national level.
AREAS OF INTEREST
PERIOD
national level
2 years
$
New generation of coffee-farmers with an increased income and decent livelihoods. Young girls and men with skills and assets to make informed decisions and with access to sustainable livelihoods, making them resilient to shocks.
PERIOD
AREAS OF INTEREST 47 communities in 4 municipalities from Matagalpa and Jinotenga departments.
INVESTMENT
2 years $
INVESTMENT USD$ 600,000
USD$ 67,500
NATIONAL CHILD PROTECTION PROGRAM TO PROTECT THE NICARAGUAN CHILDREN FROM ALL FORMS OF VIOLENCE
COMMUNITY CASE MANAGEMENT IN NICARAGUA: REACHING THE MOST EXCLUDED WITH BASIC HEALTH SERVICES
GOAL GOAL To reduce violence against children and adolescents in three municipalities with the highest rate of violence against children by strengthening the capacities of child led organizations, families, schools and the community on the prevention of violence.
IMPACT 9,000 children and adolescents reached directly. 1,000 parents and teachers reached directly. Children and adolescents, their families and communities are protected against violence using self-protection mechanisms
AREAS OF INTEREST Matagalpa, Jinotenga and Prinzapolka
CONTACT:
PERIOD 2 years
http://nicaragua.savethechildren.net
$
INVESTMENT USD$ 174,406
Ensure that excluded boys and girls have access to basic health services and that these are of quality. We also hope to replicate and escalate this model to public policy level in Nicaragua.
IMPACT Reduce child mortality due to prevalent diseases in 641 communities with difficult access to health services in Jinotenga, Matagalpa and Leรณn. Expand community cases management in 33 municipalities of Jinotenga, Matagalpa and Leรณn. Increase the capacity of 1923 community health workers to provide community basic health services.
PERIOD 3 years
savethechildrennicaragua
$
INVESTMENT USD$ 1,000,000
@scennicaragua