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Children celebrate their birthdays with “Daddy God”

A total of 18,790 children and adolescents participated in the Birthday Celebration activity that World Vision Nicaragua implements from its Sponsorship program in the Area Programs funded by the support office World Vision USA.

This celebration included activities of the methodology “With Tenderness We Learn to Pray Playing”, named in the communities as “Daddy God”, with the objective that the children, adolescents and their parents could know the power of prayer for their lives and reflect on the meaning of the prayer “Our Daddy God, who art in heaven and hallowed be thy name”.

The children and adolescents carried out different activities according to their age. The children between 0-5 years old were given coloring sheets and with the help of their parents they would complete a sentence of the Lord’s Prayer; the range between 6-14 years old received a blank sheet of paper on which the children drew their hands and, on each finger, they would place the name of a person for whom they would like to pray. For adolescents 14 years and older, the activity of drawing a tree on a piece of paper and writing what they would like to offer to improve their relationship with their family and the people they relate to most in their communities was added.

“These activities were carried out in the Area Programs of Limay, Oyanca, San Nicolás, Tipitapa, San Ramón, Matiguás and Pantasma. . During the celebration, gifts were handed out and piñatas were broken so that the children could have a special moment to celebrate their birthdays,” said Miriam Diaz, Interim Sponsorship Program Manager of World Vision Nicaragua.

Joao Diniz, Regional Director of World Vision, visits vulnerable communities in Tipitapa

The World Vision Nicaragua office had the visit of Joao Diniz, World Vision Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, in mid-May. During his stay in the country, During his stay in the country, where he learned about the context of the area, the incidence of Sponsorship in the lives of children and the technical programs in favor of the sustainable development of communities. As well as the impact of non-sponsorship programs in fragile contexts.

“These communities are still very deprived, but after almost 9 years of work, a transformation is seen so that boys and girls are more protected, communities mobilize to solve their problems and include the participation of churches to benefit and bless the community, for me it was impressive”, shared Joao Diniz.

Similarly, he shared with community leaders, youth change agents, and faith leaders. In these spaces there was an exchange of experiences, learning and the recognition of the influence of World Vision Nicaragua in the change of community mentality in favor of the tender protection of children. As well as the importance of community volunteers in the execution of organizational projects focused on protection, education, resilience, emergency situations and spirituality.“

“I saw impressive experiences in Parenting with Tenderness, Celebrating Family, Reading clubs, Youth

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Ready, which are indeed making a difference in the lives of children, adolescents and youth”, he expressed.

During his visit to the country, Joao Diniz was accompanied by Rigoberto Shelevy, Country Program Director of World Vision Nicaragua and Vittoria Peñalba Córdova, Director of Sustainability for the CA4 Block. In addition, he was able to share with the organization’s leadership and members of the Advisory Council.

World Vision celebrates the results of the orange “Our Voice”

World Vision celebrated the annual results of “Our Voice”, an internal survey that allows employees of the orange family to express their opinions on various aspects of the organizational environment.

World Vision Nicaragua obtained a general average of 92 percent as a result of the evaluations in the areas of Effectiveness, Agility, and Organizational Culture, as well as in Commitment with the Personnel and Development and Identity of the Personnel. The country office had an increase of one percent compared to the previous year.

The Our Voice survey is carried out by area, individually and voluntarily. The answers given by the collaborators are anonymous in order to obtain sincere feedback that allows the organization’s leadership to develop articulated strategies to contribute to a better work environment, work-life balance and a greater commitment of the personnel in the service to the most vulnerable children, adolescents and communities.

World Vision Nicaragua staff trained on the access pathway to justice

Staff from World Vision Nicaragua were trained on the access pathway justice, with the purpose of providing comprehensive support to children, adolescents and families in the communities where the organization has a presence.

The training was developed by staff from the Ministry of the Family (MIFAN) and 23 World Vision Nicaragua staff who work closely with children and their families in the communities in it: three area supervisors; a coordinator and three specialists from Safeguarding and 16 Focal Point Development Facilitators.

The training covered the topics of:

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Legal framework that supports the protection of children: Penal Code, Code for Children and Adolescents and the Family Code.

Mechanisms for inter-institutional coordination in the care of girls, boys and adolescents who are victims of sexual violence

Institutional responsibilities, according to the Comprehensive Care protocol for girls, boys and adolescents who are victims of sexual violence.

Access pathway to comprehensive care for children and adolescents

Information and guidance lines, managed by the Ministry of the Family

“This knowledge has a positive impact on the families whom we accompany through the different programs and projects of World Vision Nicaragua. Sharing updated and relevant information will allow families to carry out their agile and timely procedures, making correct use of the access pathway to justice. This makes them the protagonists in the demand for their rights, which mitigates greater risks towards children, guarantees sustainability of the processes in the different communities that are accompanied and contributes to community empowerment”, shared Lilliam Cárdenas, Safeguarding Coordinator for World Vision Nicaragua.

After the training, 16 replicas led by the Focal Point Development Facilitators were carried out, aimed at the staff of the Area Program to which they belong, thus reaching 50 Development Facilitators in eight municipalities of the country.

“Our organization has as a fundamental principle the protection of children and adolescents, for this reason it is essential that the field team consolidate knowledge that allows them to provide relevant support to families on the pathway of comprehensive care for children, according to the national legal framework”, concluded Lilliam Cárdenas.

World Vision CA4 Block

World Vision CA4 aims “Towards an Inclusive Leadership”

World Vision CA4, in recognition of the importance of female leadership for the fulfillment of the organizational promise ‘‘Brighter Futures for the Most Vulnerable Children”, developed the Leadership Journey Program: Towards Inclusive Leadership, with which leadership skills were strengthened in 34 Central American collaborators.

The Leadership Program lasted four months and was developed together with the professional and qualified guidance of Newfield Consulting, world specialists in ontological coaching. During the training process, the leaders held group and individual sessions to create conversational networks, gain selfawareness, and enhance their capabilities from the position and area to which they belong.

Among the topics that were addressed in the Leadership Journey: Towards an Inclusive Leadership were “Conversation Domains, Emotionality and its Influence, Speech Modalities, Judgments, Coordination Activities, among others. Also, the issue of creating healthy and sustainable conversations was addressed.

The participating leaders are members of World Vision Country Offices in Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. As part of their training commitment, they had replication sessions with their teams, in order to enhance leadership skills in a greater number of people and influence the workplace, family and faith.

“As World Vision, we thank and congratulate each selected leader for their participation with encouragement and responsibility in these months full of learning. We invite you to continue with the continuous improvement and cultural transformation of our organization, which is crucial in our vision for the future.

The development of our leaders and the strengthening of Diversity and Inclusion are essential. The latter is a priority, since our women leaders contribute a complementarity of thought in the decisions we make and enrich the points of view, promoting results”, assured Rigoberto Shelevy, Country Program Director of World Vision Nicaragua.

World Vision CA4 leadership refines strategies in favor of Central American children

As a strategy to visualize the future work of the World Vision offices in the CA4 subregion and establish actions in favor of the comprehensive well-being of Central American children, the work day Anticipating the Future – Refinement of the Strategic Framework of the CA4 Block was held.

The work session took place between June 19th and 21st in Antigua, Guatemala and was led by Jorge Galeano, Binational Director of Guatemala and Honduras, likewise, it included the participation of the Country Program Directors, CA4 Block Directors and leadership team of each country.

In this session, the importance of knowing and reflecting on the progress, results and strategic alignments that allow the adaptation of organizational work in the various contexts where World Vision is present was enhanced, with the aim of working as a single CA4 body and achieving the promise to build Brighter Futures for the most vulnerable children and adolescents in Central America

The World Vision CA4 Subregional Block is made up of the country offices of Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. In recent years, joint activities have been carried out to cover a greater number of beneficiary families.

World Vision CA4 and Mexico agree to GREEN the Dry Corridor by 2030

• El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua y México agreed to mobilize at least US$100 million and impact 10 million people

World Vision Leaders and technical team of the CA4 Subregion and Mexico agreed on the Copán, ugh which they sealed the commitment to green the Central American Dry Corridor before the year 2030 and impact the lives of at least 10 million people who live along the length and width of the area.

The declaration was agreed within the framework of the Climate Action Summit in Copán Ruinas, Honduras, which took place from May 22nd to the 26th.The goal was to establish a joint strategy to deal with climate problems in the Dry Corridor, a geographical area that crosses the five countries.

The initiative arises after verifying that the Dry Corridor has a population of at least 22 million inhabitants along 1,600 kilometers, who due to climatic variations are vulnerable to suffering from food insecurity, low agricultural yields, prolonged dry seasons, fires forests, population density, migration, and challenges to access water resources, among others.

Among the actions included in the declaration,the dream of Greening the Dry Corridor by 2030 stands out, which will add to the billion hectares that the World Vision partnership plans to restore in its new commitment to climate action.

Jorge Galeano, Binational Director of World Vision

Honduras and Guatemala, optimistically pointed out that this is a sample of the passion and love for the same

cause of the countries, which is to help the most vulnerable girls and boys in Central America and Mexico, “we are believing God because we know that it is a great challenge and with this attempt we will show the world that together we can do more”, he said; adding that they will also require the support of private companies, cooperation, academia, local and national governments, among others, to achieve it.

World Visionidentified that close to 200,000 girls and boys are sponsored by the organization in this corridor and for them the summit concluded with the declaration, ua document that confirms the commitment of the organization in the five countries; Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Mexico, to impact the lives of at least 10 million inhabitants.

Among the techniques discussed, Daniel Wordsworth, CEO of World Vision Australia, presented FMNR, Farmer

Managed Natural Regeneration, which seeks the natural regeneration of the land. For his part, Buck Bradshaw, Director of Quality and impact of food security and livelihood programs at WVUS, shared the White Paper Overview proposal, which aims to inform public and private donors about the funding priorities of the response to climate change and attract interest in investing funds in climate action through their office.

For her part, Yukiko Yamada, Technical Director of the Environment and Climate Action of the Global Center, was happy with the results of the day, and emphasized that the most important thing is that the girls and boys receive the best. Yukiko promised to be a spokesperson for this initiative and believes that the management of 100 million dollars is feasible to fulfill the dream.

The event also had the presence of Joao Diniz, Regional Director of World Vision LACRO; Eilidh MacDonald, also from the Australia office; Michael Messenger, CEO of World Vision Canada; Jason Garrett, from the UK Support Office; and Susana Oliver, from the support office in Spain.

National Congress of Churches, Children and Adolescents in favor of of good treatment in families

World Vision Nicaragua held the National Congress of Churches, Children and Adolescents, on May 5th, with the purpose of promoting a culture of peace in Nicaraguan homes and good treatment of children and adolescents.

The congress addressed issues such as the rights of children and adolescents, adolescent leadership training in churches, stages of spirituality in children and adolescents, pastoral counseling for children and adolescents, recognition of sexual abuse in children, effects of domestic violence in children, digital life in adolescents, post-pandemic mental health in adolescents, parenting with tenderness in churches and the church as a school of peace, among other topics

“The involvement of the churches is extremely important, since many patterns of violence are justified by the Bible, so it is essential to make pastors aware that violence is not God’s plan for families and that, on the other hand, churches be promoters of good treatment for children,” shared Jaime Tercero, Faith and Development Specialist at World Vision Nicaragua.

Specialists in theology, positive parenting, faith leaders and youth were the speakers at the congress, in which 30 members of the National Council of Pastors of Nicaragua participated, 20 representatives of the Global Network of Religions for Children, 15 of the Baptist Convention of Nicaragua, 5 specialists from World Vision Nicaragua and 10 participants from partner organizations.

“What one teaches from the pulpit is what they hear and what families take ownership on, so it is important to recognize that pastors need tools to address the issue of child protection and strengthening family relationships from a biblical foundation,” expressed Marvin

Avellán,

Pastor of the Monte de los Olivos Church.

Youth leadership for the protection of children

“The fact that youth are entrusted with a leadership position causes a very positive impact on society, churches are one of the spaces to which we as adolescents and youth have access and our leadership will cause a positive and very strong movement in the community. Also, it will attract adults to be part of these ecclesiastical communities and even more to other youth and adolescents, it will inspire them to reach that same leadership as well”, commented Geisha Castro, 16 years old, youth leader and Minister of Praise in her community of faith.

The congress placed special emphasis on strengthening leadership skills in adolescents and youth within the churches, in order to train a generation of leaders committed to the comprehensive well-being of children and the formation of healthy family relationships.

“It is important to include youth in child protection, gender and leadership training from a biblical and spiritual perspective because they are the ones who will model the examples for future generations. With them begins a stage of deconstruction of bad practices in parenting and the opportunity to form families that model the love of Christ”, concluded Marvin Avellán.

World Vision Nicaragua and Assemblies of God

inaugurate Learning and Innovation Unit in Boaco

benefit 36 youth from various communities in Santa Lucía, participants in World Vision Nicaragua’s Digital Empowerment project. Subsequently, they will take on the role of mentors to other youth who join the project. The Unit will oversee leaders of the congregation to ensure the proper care and use of the tools.

“I have been participating in the Digital Empowerment workshops and they have been of great help to carry out my entrepreneurship and have encouraged me to get ahead. These teams and the space that they have provided us will be very helpful, since we will learn more about the use of social media as allied tools in advertising our products, as well as in the recognition of our brand”, shared Cindy, 19 years old, youth beneficiary.

Youth from Santa Lucía, Boaco, have had technological resources since May 15th that allow them to continue their academic training and enhance their knowledge on Digital Marketing. This, thanks to the Learning and Innovation Unit created in partnership by World Vision Nicaragua and the Assemblies of God.

This Learning and Innovation Unit will initially

From the Digital Empowerment project,World Vision Nicaragua contributed by donating 10 laptops, 10 headphones, 10 folding chairs, five tables, three filing cabinets, two desks, two desk chairs, two whiteboards, and a printer. For its part, the Tabernáculo Belén Church of the Assemblies of God contributed with a meeting room and unlimited internet connectivity, so

that youth have a safe space to carry out their studies and research.

“We are very pleased with this space that we are providing to the community. As a church we must be a benchmark for helping others and that is what we are doing with World Vision, joining efforts to support youth from the communities close to our congregation to have better life opportunities”, shared Santiago Canales, Pastor of the Tabernáculo Belen church.

The Digital Empowerment project accompanies a total of 100 youth in the municipalities of San Rafael del Sur, San Lorenzo and Santa Lucía, training them in areas of marketing, entrepreneurship and employability, distributed in three modules:

Modules:

Digital Market

• Digital Marketing Fundamentals

• Social media for digital marketing

• Advertising content design

• Marketing plan

Entrepreneurship:

• Opportunity mapping

• Canvas model

• The positioning of the company

• Market share plan

Innovation Lab Program:

• Management and promotion of innovation

• Development of new technologies

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• Realization, production and edition of promotional videos

• Online sales

“World Vision Nicaragua celebrates sustainability and academic self-training in adolescents and youth committed to their own future, it is a blessing for us to contribute to the strengthening of their capacities and skills in entrepreneurship, digital empowerment and employability”, concluded Viafra Palacios, Entrepreneurship. Specialist.

Gildan and World Vision Nicaragua strengthen economic and socio- emotional skills of 2,000 Nicaraguan women

• Gildan and World Vision Nicaragua signed a collaboration agreement to train the workers of the Gildan plants in San Marcos and Rivas

• This agreement also covers Honduras and the Dominican Republic and the World Vision offices in those countries.

The Gildan company and World Vision Nicaragua firmaron un signed a cooperation agreement for the implementation of the Women’s Empowerment project in factories, which provides training to 2,000 women within Gildan factories. in Nicaragua, in socio-emotional skills, leadership and entrepreneurial vision.

The Project will last two years and will implement the Empodera methodology, developed by World Vision. This focuses on issues such as financial management, gender and entrepreneurship, in order to promote their personal empowerment, financial security and economic autonomy.

This initiative covers three countries: Nicaragua, Honduras and the Dominican Republic and the World

Vision offices in those countries, accompanying a total of 4,100 women: 2,000 women in Nicaragua, 1,350 women in Honduras and 750 women in the Dominican Republic.

“At Gildan, we firmly believe that true progress is achieved when we provide equal opportunities for all people, and this agreement is a significant step towards that goal. We are committed to offering inclusive and equitable opportunities, where all women have the chance to develop their potential and achieve their professional goals.

I am convinced that the empowerment of women is a key driver for the growth and sustainability of our communities”, said Josué Gamboa, Director of Manufacturing for Central America at Gildan.

The Empodera methodology collects theoretical and practical information from different leading specialists in neuroscience and integrates training content from institutions specialized in transformative development.

Through this transformative development the workers are empowered, finding themselves trained to carry out an entrepreneurship, and at the same time serve as agents of change to empower and strengthen their families and their communities. In

addition, at the end of the training, each participating collaborator is expected to improve her self-esteem, trusting in her courage and ability to achieve her goals and manage stress and anxiety more effectively.

On the other hand, it is expected that they achieve a higher level of job satisfaction and have greater motivation to achieve their goals, are more prone to teamwork, and establish healthy interpersonal relationships with their coworkers and immediate bosses.

The various World Vision methodologies aim to create protective and loving family and community environments so that children and adolescents grow up free of any type of violence.

International Partnering

The work in partnership between both entities dates back to 2012 between World Vision Honduras and Gildan, with the execution of the Healthy School and Home project in communities in the north of that country.

Comprehensive scope

The project aims to have a social and family impact, because with the comprehensive transformation, which encompasses socio-emotional and economic aspects of women, who are mostly heads of household, there is hope that they will replicate in these environments the lessons learned to build healthy, loving and respectful relationships.

“This project will directly impact the quality of life of the daughters and sons of the women participating in the project, who come from environments where there are different levels and manifestations of vulnerability as mothers and caregivers. or this reason, it is important to monitor their behavior changes in their family environments and, in this way, objectively measure and tangibly demonstrate the positive impact on the children of the families of the participating women,” said Rigoberto Shelevy, Director of Country Programs at World Vision Nicaragua.

For us, over the years, World Vision has become a strategic partner, with which we can successfully influence sustainable development topics in favor of society,” said Josué Gamboa.

In this new agreement, work will be done with the plants that Gildan has in San Marcos, department of Carazo, and in Rivas. “The business sector, in addition to the churches, has been a preferential partner for us in our Mission as World Vision. This partnership reaffirms that both actors recognize that we are part of the contribution to improving the quality of life of the most vulnerable children and their families”, concluded Rigoberto Shelevy.

Thanks to the generous contribution of our support offices and their sponsors we have benefited

34,309 children in 500 Communities and neighborhoods in Nicaragua

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Contacto: Vittoria Peñalba - Director of Sustainability CA4 vittoria_penalba@wvi.org