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Project Felix

Emergency water and sanitation relief work following Hurricane Felix

Location:  California, El Black, Las Breñas and other communities, Rosita, RAAN

Duration:  September – November 2007

Beneficiaries:  2000

Project cost:  $15,824

Donors:  Peace and Hope Trust, UK; Llantwit Major Community Church, UK; St Aldate's Church, Oxford,    UK; other private donors

Gracias a Dios

Rainwater harvesting for a community at the foot of Volcán Telica

Location:  Gracias a Dios, San Jacinto, Telica

Duration:  July 2007 – present

Beneficiaries:  108

Project cost:  $25,000

Donors:  Olive Branch Mennonite Missions, USA; St Paul’s and St George’s Church, Edinburgh, UK;

   World Vision, Nicaragua

Libro amigo

A pilot project to promote reading in an impoverished rural community

Location: San Jacinto, Telica

Duration: February – December 2007

Beneficiaries: 1020

Project cost: $8,882

Donors: Oxford-León Trust, UK; Troutman Foundation, USA; other private donors

A house by the lake

A housing project for displaced islanders by Lake Cocibolca (design and technical support)

Location: Asese Peninsula, Granada

Duration: October 2006 – present

Beneficiaries: 400

Project cost: $4,000

Donor: Seed International Fund Trust, UK

Mountain rain

Rainwater harvesting, improvements to access and agricultural diversification in the Maribios volcanoes

Location: Volcán Telica, Cerro Rota, Telica

Duration:  September 2006 – present

Beneficiaries:  2000

Project cost:  approximately $600,000

Donors:  Georg Fischer Clean Water Foundation, Switzerland; New Hope Llantwit Major, UK

La Palmerita housing

Housing for displaced coffee workers

Location:  La Palmerita, Malpaisillo

Duration:  January 2005 – present

Beneficiaries:  900

Project cost:  $356,619

Donors:  Peace and Hope Trust, UK; FOSOVI, Nicaragua; American Nicaraguan Foundation, Nicaragua

La Palmerita water and sanitation

Latrines and water supply system for displaced coffee workers

Location:  La Palmerita, Malpaisillo

Duration:  January 2005 – present

Beneficiaries:  900

Project cost:  $150,000

Donors:  Llantwit Major Community Church, UK; Project HOPE, USA  

El Ojochal school

Rainwater harvesting and school improvements for a remote hillside community

Location: El Ojochal del Listón, Telica

Duration: November 2005 – present

Beneficiaries: 76

Project cost: $12,940

Donors: New Hope Llantwit Major, UK; Peace and Hope Trust, UK; other private donors

Churches unite to catch the rain

A project building cooperation between churches through construction of rainwater harvesting systems

Location: Four churches in San Jacinto, Telica

Duration: January – December 2006

Beneficiaries: 350

Project cost: $24,949

Donors: The Bishop of Oxford, UK; St Paul’s and St George’s Church, Edinburgh, UK; Mendlesham    Christian Fellowship, UK; Emmanuel Church, Bicester, UK; other private donors

Catching the rain

Rainwater harvesting, health promotion and reforestation

Location:  San Jacinto, Telica

Duration:  January – October 2005

Beneficiaries:  2382

Project cost:  $86,301

Donor:  Georg Fischer, Switzerland

Garbage to greens

Schools organic gardening project

Location:  León and San Jacinto, Telica

Duration:  February – August 2005

Beneficiaries:  240

Project cost:  $8,012

Donors:  Headington School Oxford, UK; Countryside and Victory United Methodist Churches, New York,    USA; other private donors

Buen provecho!

Education in nutrition

Location:  Troilo, León

Duration:  August 2004 – June 2005

Beneficiaries:  90

Project cost (January – June 2005):  $7,638

Donors:  Private donors