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| La Esperanza Housing & Development EH&D,November 2009 |
| To help the families of La Prusia to fight poverty is the main objective of La Esperanza Housing & Development / Casas de la Esperanza |
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| NICARAGUA |
| The Guardabarranco, the national bird of Nicaragua |
- Nicaragua has a particularly harsh recent history,
with dictatorships, revolutions, multiple foreign
interventions, civil wars and natural catastrophes. It
also suffers unbearable social and economic
differences.
- Nicaragua lacks all types of resources. The
pressure of external debt and the priorities of
political economy often imposed from outside hardly
permit the country to develop. Around 79% of the
population lives on less than $2 per day. Almost half
the population lives below the poverty line, $1 per
day .
- A large number of Nicaraguans suffer economically,
have no regular jobs and they live in houses built
with cast-off materials on land that is not their own.
The present housing deficit is estimated to be
around 500,000 units.
- About 27% of Nicaraguans have insufficient food
(the average in Latin America is at 10,2%). This
means hunger and inappropriate development are
rampant.
La Esperanza Housing & Development Casas de la Esperanza (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 |
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Money for education is very limited. There is a notable disadvantage in the education field in comparison with the
average of Latin American countries. Just 80% of Nicaraguan children go to primary school, and only 41% go through
to secondary school. The IMF plan for Nicaragua has frozen the budget of the Ministry of Education (just a 3% of the
GDP) at the level of the year 2000 at least until 2010. Schools are insufficient. The salary of the teachers is extremely
low.
The situation is very similar in the area of health.
average of Latin American countries. Just 80% of Nicaraguan children go to primary school, and only 41% go through
to secondary school. The IMF plan for Nicaragua has frozen the budget of the Ministry of Education (just a 3% of the
GDP) at the level of the year 2000 at least until 2010. Schools are insufficient. The salary of the teachers is extremely
low.
The situation is very similar in the area of health.
Fighting poverty in Nicaragua is an urgent task for everybody. Living conditions of this people
need to be improved, there is extreme poverty and hunger that should be eradicated.
Education and technical training for adults is prioritary to help them to get better labor
conditions and a brighter future for their whole family. Small business should be created for
originating jobs.
need to be improved, there is extreme poverty and hunger that should be eradicated.
Education and technical training for adults is prioritary to help them to get better labor
conditions and a brighter future for their whole family. Small business should be created for
originating jobs.
Nicaragua is also a very poor country. It has over 5.5 million inhabitants and it is the second poorest
country in the whole American continent after Haiti. Nicaragua is rated the 127th country according to
the gross domestic product (PPP) per capita (in 2007, $2.600, while the USA has $45.800).
country in the whole American continent after Haiti. Nicaragua is rated the 127th country according to
the gross domestic product (PPP) per capita (in 2007, $2.600, while the USA has $45.800).