WELCOME TO NICARAGUA

picture Mnica Alejandra Gaeta

Anglica Castillo
Montilla
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Nicaragua
Matagalpa
City
Its people

Team 12 suggestions

Other activities

Benefits of TNT projects in Nicaragua

Suggestions for Team 14

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 Nicaragua
Location- Nicaragua

Capital Managua

Climate Tropical in lowlands, cooler in

highlands

Population 5.500.000 ( est. In July 2006) It is

difficult to know exactly how the population of
Nicaragua is, because there is not a trustworthy
census. About all in the most impoverish rural
population because the parents do not register
the children when they born.
Ethnic Groups About 75% are half-breed of
Hispanic origin and indigenous.
10% is made of population of Spanish origin and
European.
A little fraction of the population is indigenous,
and black descended, (specially in the Atlantic
Cost) among these indigenous there are the
miskitos, sumus and ramas, who keep their own
original languages.

It is amazing the highest younger population,

about 70% is under 30 years of age. It is because
the highest birth rate, in due to religious and
cultural reasons, they are reluctant to use birth
control methods.
Languages Spanish ( official) English and
Indigenous dialects in the Atlantic Coast.
The second most poor country in Latinamerica. More
Currency Crdoba. Actual change rate : US$ than 80% live with less than 1$ per day.
1.00 = C$ 18,25.

Natural disasters: volcanoes, earthquakes, and

hurricanes. The most recently was Hurricane
Mitch, also called The Poverty Hurricane, which
left 2500 dead and 800 disappeared.

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The City

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 Matagalpa
Its people

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 Matagalpa
where we worked

MATAGALPA DISTRICT

Located 130 km from

Managua capital.

Main industry: coffee

plantations.

Cold weather, with a

Aqu colocar
temperature between 21C
25C and localized from mapaElde Tuma La Dalia
60 1745 msnm.
matagalpacon los
Population district over:
466,229. lugares indicados
Matagalpa

2 Municipalities are helped:

Matagalpa and El Tuma La
Dalia

It is well known by its black

pottery.

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 Index

Nicaragua

Team 10 suggestions

Projects
Phase I - constructions
Phase II utensils and filters
phase III Formations
Other projects.

Other activitities

Benefits of TNT Projects in Nicaragua

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 Team 12 suggestions

Budget TNT-PMA (US$10,000)

2 Kitchen warehouses
2 Fuel-efficient stoves
2 Multi-purpose kitchen sinks
1 Washing hands sinks
1 Rainwater collection system
2 Potable water filters
1 Classroom
Primero de Mayo
6 Games of material of workshops
3 Trainings on hygiene and healthy habits
2 Set of Kitchen & canteen utensils

Hilipo
Emmanuel Mongalo

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 Index

Nicaragua

Team 12 suggestions

Projects
Phase I Constructions
Phase II Utensils
Phase III Trainings
Other proyects

Other activities

Benefits of TNT projects in Nicaragua

Suggestions for team 13

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 Phase I Constructions

First of all we did meetings with the parents,

teachers and foreman to organize works teams.

Delivery of the materials, with the correspondent

list for check and control.

Once all the materials were in optimal conditions,

they were warehoused and the community had to
take care of it.

The microprojects constructions started on June

5th and ended on July 2th.

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 Phase I Constructions
Primero de Mayo
Located in the town of Tuma La Dalia, situated 36 km from Magalpa.
131 children of multi grade at the school with 3 teachers.
The principal entry producing activity of the zone is: Coffe plantation.
The kindergarden doesnt have a stable place to funtion (classes are
given in a particular house).
It has basis energy service and current water, avaible only during some
hours a day.
To improve the conditions of hygiene in the preparation and consume of
the meals it was necesary a kitchen with ecofogon (ecological fire place)
and molendero (a wooden table used as a pantry). The school didnt
have this instalations. TNT contributed to relieve this urgent necesity BEFORE
and realized the donations for the construccions of the structure.
The limitation is that doesnt exist the disponibility of the water in the
school, necessary for the consume and preparations of the meals, team
13 of TNT-PMA has provided the school with water captors with their
filters.
Initiation from the community: they improve the drainage system of the
school.

Poner una foto de la

obra terminada
primero de ma;y

AFTER

DURING

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 Phase I Constructions
Hilipo

Located in Pueblo Viejo, 29 km from Matagalpa.

145 preschoolers children and primary multi grade with 4 female teachers.
Main activities to generate income is the subsistence agricultural.
They have permanent running water and also the havey electric energy.
The foreman worked very hard among with parents, overcoming all the expectative
because they finished in record time only in 15 days.
The community was very participative and organized.

Poner una foto de

monica y angelica
cabando Poner una foto de la
obra terminada
primero de ma;y

BEFORE DURING AFTER

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 Phase I Constructions
Emmanuel Mongalo

Preschool 178 children and 6 female teacher.

Without running water or electric energy, only

25% they have running water and electric energy.

The communities worked very hard, they were

very organized with a very active community. BEFORE

This has facilitated the communications and the

good knowledge in all the activities.

Poner una foto de la obra

terminada primero mongalo

DURING

AFTER

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 Phase I Constructions

MULTIPORPUSE SINK
WASHING HAND SINK

RAIN WATER COLLECTOR SYSTEM ECO STOVE

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 Phase II - Utensils and Filters
Utensils for the schools
FILTER FOR THE SCHOOLS,
Kitchen and canteen utensils: KITCHEN AND CANTEEN
disserts, spoons, cups.
Other articles for the schools Primero
de Mayo, Hilipo and Emmanuel
Mongalo.
3 Potable water filters: for Primero
de Mayo, Hilipo and Emmanuel
Mongalo.
Posters about hygiene information,
where with easy words and draws
explain to parents and children basic
rules and how to maintenance the
new installations.

CERTIFICATE OF THE POSTERS ABOUT HYGIENE

DONATIONS INFORMATION

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 Fase III Formacin

Using dynamic learning

with marionettes, we
taught to the kids,
personal hygienically
rules and how to take
care the environment.

Thanks to the Pedrito

and the Little drop history
they learnt how to use the
water correctly and the
importance of keeping the
body clean.

Parents also received

their workshop, focus in
the correct use and care
of the maintaining of
the projects to set a
example to their kids.

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 Other activities
ADICIONALS PROJETS V 13

Parallel of the official projects funds were donated to others projects

Painting donation to pint the preschool classroom of Primero de

Mayo, Hilipo and Emmanuel Mongalo. The painting was mostly done
by the communities.

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 Other activities
Donations of tooth brush, tooth paste and
workshop about tooth hygiene

We gave importance to the oral hygiene and after the hygiene capacitations we
donated to each kid from 3 schools, tooth paste and toothbrush.

We explained to the kids how they should wash

their teeth and how important it was to do it
after every meal.

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 Other activities
SMALL REFORESTATIONS OF FRUIT TREES

We did the donations of fruit

trees (aguacates and mangos).
For agregate to the children
alimentation diet.

Our intention was the reforestation, and

also that the kids take care of the little
trees and contribute to the caring of the
enviroment.

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 Aditional activities
Visit to the Recovery Nutrition Center
for Children of Matagalpa

We visited the Recovery Nutrition Center for Children of Matagalpa

offten.

The Center has capacity for 20 children with severe levels of

malnutrition.

We often went there and played with the kids, we gave them food
and made them company overall, and we gave them love; that love
that they need so much.

It was one of the most emotive activities for us and to see the
recovery of the little ones day by day made us feel very happy.

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 Other activities
Drawing contest

We organized a drawing contest in Primero de Mayo School to

know what it meant to them The Schools Alimentation
Programme.

We donated colors and blocks (a white sheet notebook) to each

boy and girl of the school.

It was difficult to chose the winners because all were authentic artists.

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 Other activities

We wanted to integrate ourselves with

the communities and didnt doubt to go
in the kitchen and help the mother to
prepare the meals and give each kids
their portion.

We also made trips with

members of the communities
like the visit the cave of Pueblo
Viejo and El puente Colgante de
San Joaqun.

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 Other activities
Donations the toys for the preeschool and dominos for the rest of the school

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 Activities with children
For us is very important the contact with children, for this reason we expend a lot of time
with them, dancing and playing. We have a very good and funny time.

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Inaugurations

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 Benefits of the TNT Projects - Team 13 in Nicaragua
INVERSION DE PROYECTOS EJECUTADOS POR VOLUNTARIAS DEL GRUPO 13
Benefits for the community ESCUELAS # NIOS PROYECTOS # PROYECTOS COSTO EN USA
Kitchen-warehouse 1 $ 2.921,86

In general improves the quality of life in the Fuel-efficient stoves 1 $ 68,59

communities. Multi-purpose kitchen sinks 1 $ 67,10

Washing hands sinks 1 $ 27,78

Children receive a warm meal and just cooked, Primero de Mayo Kitchen and cantenn utensils 1 $ 473,95
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(Tuma la Dalia)
they feel happier and the attention level is much Water filters 1 $ -

higher. Installation of 1 rainwater filters 1 $ 266,21

Reforestation 1 $ 11,11

Mothers avoid heavy loads of warm food from their Trainings on hygiene and
healthy habits 3 $ -
houses to school and the risk to get respiratory
diseases decreases because the majority of the 11 $ 3.836,60
houses do not have chimneys. Kitchen -warehouse 1 $ 2.921,85
Fuel-efficient stoves 1 $ 68,58

Adequate storage in the kitchen warehouse avoid Emmanuel

Multi-purpose Kitchen sinks 1 $ 67,10

conflict among the members of the community; Mongalo 178 Kitchen and catenn utensils 1 $ 473,94

because before that the food was storage in their (Pueblo Viejo) Water filters 1 $ -
own houses and people use to think the food could Reforestations 1 $ 11,11
be eaten for their own consumption. Trainings on hygiene and
healthy habits 3 $ -

9 $ 3.542,58

Classroom 1 $ 2.606,55
Reforestations 1 $ 11,11

Trainings on hygiene and

Hilipo healthy habits 1 $ -
145
(Tuma la Dalia) Kitchen and catenn utensils 1 $ -
Water filters 1 $ -

Trainings on hygiene and

healthy habits 2 $ -

7 $ 2.617,66
Totales 454 27
TOTAL $ 9.996,84

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 Benefits of the TNT Projects in Nicaragua

Benefits for the comunity

Food will be cooked in better hygienic condition with

major quality control.

Every kid will have his own dishes, spoon and cup.

One meal a day will be guaranteed.

These constructions are the buildings with the best

infrastructure and equipments of all the community. They
have washing hands sinks, latrines, running water,
drainage to avoid floods and infectious focus. All of these
incentive the children to want to assist to class and their
parents to enroll them because they encounter beautiful
environment, clean and with major possibilities than in
their own houses.

Rainwater
Trainings and Warehouse Multi purspouse Washing TOTAL N0
Municipio No Schools Benefited Classroom Eco Stoves collection Filters Reforestation Utensils
materials Kitchen sink hands sink PROYECTS
System

Pueblo Emmanuel
Viejo 1 Mongalo 178 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 9

Primero de
El Tuma 2 Mayo 131 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11
El Tuma 3 Hilipo 145 3 1 1 1 1 7

TOTAL 454 9 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 3 3 27

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 Benefits of TNT Proyects in Nicaragua
BENEFITS TO PMA IN NICARAGUA

Thanks to the money donated by TNT supported structures in School

Feeding Programme have been created, fortifying the main aims of
this organization: decrease hunger, increase the daily school
assistance, decrease absenteeism rates and improve hygiene
conditions.

It also contribute to reach one of the millennium aim: taking care the
environment, building structures that protect the nature.

Whit the Eco stoves the excessive wood consume is decreasing,

above all in open spaces, and they maintenance better the heat.

Latrines help to a not contaminated environment.

Drainage systems in the washing hand sinks prevent infection

focus.

Volunteers give new ideas and motivate to the community in a well

use and sustainability of the projects. They create social
conscience.

We are the best TNT projects ambassadors in our respective

countries, telling to donors all the benefits of their money.

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Suggestions for Team 14
2 Kitchen warehouse with their
respective eco waves and washing
hands sinks in the schools
Emmanuel Mongalo (San Joaquin)
and La Caada (San Dionisio).

1 Preschooler classroom in Los Vera

Paz (Tuma La Dalia).

1 Rainwater collector system in the

School Los Cuarenta.

9 Filters, 3 for each involved school.

3 Sets of kitchen and canteen

utensils.

9 Trainings with theirs respective

materials.

Reforestation fruit trees.

Total: 31 projects, 317 children

involved and a estimated
amount of $10,726.38

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 Suggestions for Team 14
Proyectos Oficiales Sugeridos para el Grupo 14
ESCUELAS # NIOS PROYECTOS # PROYECTOS COSTO EN USA
Kichen warehouse 1 $ 2.921,86
Fuel- efficient stoves 1 $ 68,59
Multi-purpose kitchen sinks 1 $ 67,10

Emmanuel Mongalo Washing hands sinks 1 $ 27,78

(San 167 Kitchen and canteen utensils 1 $ 473,95
Joaquin)
Filters 3 $ -
Reforestation 1 $ 11,11
Training on hygiene and healthy
habits 3 $ -
12 $ 3.570,39
Kichen warehouse 1 $ 2.921,86
Fuel-efficient stoves 1 $ 68,59
Multi-purpose kitchen sinks 1 $ 67,10
Washing hands sinks 1 $ 27,78
La Caada
120 Kitchen and canteen utensils 1 $ 473,95
(San Dionisio)
Filters 1 $ -
Reforestation 1 $ 11,11
Training on hygiene and healthy
habits 3 $ -
10 $ 3.570,39
Classroom 1 $ 2.606,55
Filters 3 $ -
Los Cuarenta Rainwater collection system 1 $ 266,21
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(Tuma La alia)
Reforestation 1 $ 11,11
Kitchen and canteen utensils
3 $ -
9 $ 2.883,87
TOTALES 317 31 $ 10.024,65
IMPREVISTOS 7% $ 701,73
TOTAL $ 10.726,38 30
 Recomendations

Monitoring the projects

implemented by V.13

Construccion of preescolar
clasrrom with the rain water
collection system of Los
Cuarenta with the money left
for the voluntaries of Team
13.

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 Acknowledgements
Many specially to Liz Maria Ubeda, because we could not have had a better coordinator. Many thanks for your patient, love, comprehension, support and your knowledge. For you, our best regard!

TNT Espaa and TNT Argentina

Alex Stukenberg

Annmarie Isler

Maria Victoria Ta-Asan

Scarlet Lanzas

WFP in Matagalpa

WFP in Managua

To the rest of WFP staff and volunteers of another countries of Team 12, it have been an authentic privilege sharing our experiences with yours.

People of Matagalpa

We must not forget our families, friends colleagues in our country because of their support since the first moment we applied for the programme.

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THANK YOU !!!

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