Augusto, Larry, Marta, Silvia and Silvio the teachers of the public Scool of La Prusia |
| Health Clinic Thanks to Patricia, a medicine student, we have an agreement with the Palmira Clinic, which is in charge of La Prusia, and once a week a doctor and nurses of the Nicaraguan Public Health System come to our model-house (now Health clinic) to attend patients; sometimes they bring free drugs for the most common needs. Other volunteers from Spain, doctors like Jose Luis, Alejandro, Luisa, or nurses like Sabina, Eva, have done also great work detecting the health problems of the families and helping them in multiple ways. They have also given talks on first aid, accident prevention and the use of contraceptives. LA PRUSIA NEEDS MORE DOCTORS AND NURSES. |
| Casas de La Esperanza La Esperanza Hausing & Development EH&D |
| Adult Education, English and Computer Classes We have co-organized with the Ministry of Education courses of literacy for adults and teenagers, with materials and a television facilitated by the Ministry (the program “Yo sí puedo”). Some adults are learning to read and to write, and some young people improve their knowledge. For the most advanced students, we also offer English and computer classes. |
Casas de la Esperanza, La Esperanza Housing & Development (EH&D) is a non denominational, non political NGO, tax exempt: 501 (c) (3). It develops housing and provides technical education to families who are currently squatters, living on the outskirts of Granada, Nicaragua. admin@casas-de-la-esperanza.org |
POLICY EH&D does not have administration expenses. It depends exclusively on the unpaid voluntary work of its promoters, on site volunteers, and on the collaboration of the Nicaraguan families that participate in its PROJECTS. All the revenues of EH&D come from the DONATIONS of institutions, private entities, and people. All the donations are used entirely for the EH&D PROJECTS. EH&D thanks all donors and certifies and informs them personally regarding the destination of their donation. We thank institutions and private entities for their generosity, but we appreciate in a very special way small personal donations. They make us aware of individuals' personal support and appreciation for our work. EH&D gives remunerated work only to the local responsible person of La Prusia, and to local professionals (bricklayers, electricians... etc,) |
Houses
of our volunteers and micro-credits 36 families have built their homes, about 420 sq. ft on plots of about 1700 sq. ft. The families are living in their new homes. The common areas have been finished and are being used for the needs of the community. The three first classrooms of the School-workshop are being used for activities in favor of the sustainable development of the community: courses, meetings, etc. In a second building we are teaching welding to young members of the community. The model house is being used as clinic. There are also green spaces and a playground for the children. The Neighborhood association is already operating. They are responsible for the coexistence, upkeep and maintenance of the common zones. Hay espacios verdes y sitios de juego para los niños. La Comunidad de vecinos está ya constituida. Ellos son los responsables de la convivencia, mantenimiento y buen estado de las zonas comunes. |
| Casas de La Esperanza provides homes, micro-loans, medical care, education, job creation, hope and dignity to the slum dwellers of La Prusia, Nicaragua. This is our practical way to work for eradicating extreme poverty and hunger (UN Millennium Development Goals # 1) |
| Casas de la Esperanza La Esperanza Housing & Development EH&D, March 2011 |
Micro-credits for small business projects Giving some micro-credits we are helping the residents to create several new micro-enterprises: textiles for a group of women, a moto-taxi, a small cafeteria, etc. |
| Work done by Casas de la Esperanza Although we are a young organization (we started in 2006), we and our volunteers have been very active in the district of La Prusia. But the promoters of change are the inhabitants of La Prusia themselves. We just support them. These are some of the concrete actions that we have carried out in the district: |
| We are starting in our second plot, EH&D2, 80 more houses, with help of The PARC Foundation, La Caixa, Microsoft, Desi and other friends, under the direction of Architect Teddy Cruz, Quilian Riano, César Fabela and other architects. |
| COMMUNITY BUILDINGS: THREE CLASSROOMS FOR ADULT EDUCATION, AFTER SCHOOL WORK WITH KIDS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES |
| The Welding, Mechanics & Carpentry School |
| Thank you Patricia, José Luis, Luisa, Alejandro, Eva, Sabina |
Micro-enterprise: Empresa de Servicios La Prusia One of the most urgent problems of the quarter is the lack of jobs. Many residents have to leave and search for some work in Costa Rica. ACE and The Parc Foundation have signed an agreement for starting the first micro-enterprise, "Servicios La Prusia", with two excavators and a truck for repairing roads and paths. Oscar and Arantxa have organized this enterprise that is creating jobs for some families of La Prusia. |
COMMUNITY CENTER OF LA PRUSIA. THE GROUP OF ANONYM ALCOHOLICS OF THE QUARTER HAS ITS MEETING EVERY EVENING. WE USE IT ALSO FOR LECTURES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. |
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| The school schedule is very reduced and insufficient;we help the teachers at the school, and after the school time our volunteers help the schoolchildren in our School-workshop. Throughout the week they help them with their homework and preparation for examinations, etc. We also organize other activities with the children, like sport, movies, short trips, etc. |
This project was started in Cambridge, MA (USA) by several people from USA, Spain and Nicaragua. The executive officers are: Angel Sáenz-Badillos and Judit Targarona, Professors of the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, who from the beginning promoted this project. The supporters of EH&D are: in USA, Prof. David Kennedy, Director of the Institute for Global Law and Policy of Harvard Law School, Prof. Tony Gomez-Ibañez, Prof. Brad Epps, Eleanor and Miles Shore, Prof. Luis Girón Negrón, Prof. M. Gaylord, Prof. Merilee Grindle, from Harvard University. Teresa (Guillén) Gilman, Teresa Márquez, Doug Laidlaw, Angel Ramon Sáenz-Badillos, Teddy Cruz, Matías Irigoyen and David del Villar. In Spain, Rafael Myro, President, Pilar Saquero, Josefina García, Mercedes López Salvá, Octavio Ruiz-Manjón Cabeza, M. Carmen González Landa and Julia Mendoza, professors of the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, Raquel Galindo and , Raquel Galindo and Santos Ruesga, Professors of the Universidad Autónoma of Madrid, Anselmo MartíAutónoma of Madrid, Anselmo Martínez Cañellas (UIB), Oscar Martínez (Madrid), Arantxa Lozano (Málaga), Dácil Pérez (Tenerife), and Manuel Ortega (Sevilla). In Nicaragua, María Auxiliadora Martínez, lawyer, Rosalía Carmen Castillo Sevilla, former Mayor of the city of Granada, Angélica Rivas, a resident of the quarter of La Prusia, Manuel Arana Rochar, Hazel Almanza Hernández, Julia Cano and Carlos Arana Alvarado, from the Ministry of Education.
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EH&D is a better future for all of them |
| What is EH&D? |
EHD has two programs: "After the Schol" and "Summer Schol" |