Center for Development in Central America

The Center for Development in Central America is a project of the Jubilee House Community (JHC-CDCA) a non-profit working with poor communities in Nicaragua to help them realize their own goals, rather than bringing in "ready-made solutions."

Saturday, November 29, 2014

Top 20 Countdown #2: 100,240 Doctor Visits

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Our first medical volunteers, our good friends Nora Laws and Pam Agner, came in the first months we were in Nicaragua. They stayed three we...

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Top 20 Countdown #4: Grown Organic Co-op to 3,000

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In 1995 the first farmers we worked with planted sesame in a field that was lying fallow. We worked with the 16 farmers who were part o...

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Top 20 Countdown # 5: First 100% Organic & Fair Trade Clothing Line

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Three of our projects were part of the world’s first clothing line certified as fair trade organic from crop to consumer : Fair Trade Zone...

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Top 20 Countdown #6: Hosted THOUSANDS of Volunteers!

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In our twenty years we have had the pleasure of hosting many, many volunteers and delegations. In fact, we have hosted 670 volunteers for s...

Monday, November 24, 2014

Top 20 Countdown #7: Started World's 1st Worker-Owned Free Trade Zone

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After the Hurricane Mitch resettlement camp Nueva Vida was established up the road from us in November 1998, we helped folks in that com...

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