Project of Human Development (PHD) 2003 to 2007

The PHD program is a five-year program of cooperative empowerment that the Institute of John XXIII and the Quest for Peace have been carrying out for four years with 15 poor rural communities in two areas about an hour north and south of Managua.

Education in Nicaragua Rocks!
So ... Clean Your Desk for Nicaraguan Kids

Education for every Nicaraguan child is a priority of the new Sandinista Government.  "Voluntary" fees for school attendance are being abolished.  President Ortega is urging every child in the country to be there when the opening bell announces the new school year in February.  A true democracy can only be built if the people have an education.

ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE

The Alliance for Responsible Trade (ART) is a diverse coalition of U.S. based organizations working together to oppose the current corporate led trade model (CAFTA and FTAA) which is aggressively promoted by the United States and to propose fair and just trade alternatives.  We work in partnership with the Hemispheric Social Alliance, an alliance of networks and social movements through out the hemisphere working together to envision and enact new trade policies based on principals of economic cooperation, mutuality, commitment to the poor and the environment.

On January 10, 2007 Daniel Ortega was inaugurated as President of Nicaragua, an outcome the US fought long and hard to prevent.  In the context of unanimous praise for the electoral process on the part of observers, and a massive shift to the Democrats in the U.S. elections, the U.S. government has, at least for the moment, felt obliged to acknowledge the results and legitimacy of the Nicaraguan elections.