2010 AACC Fundraisers
We are currently planning a fundraising event for March, 2010. If you come, you will hear about AACC's work during 2009 and our plans for 2010, including our representative leaving for Jalapa in January and plans to build a vocational school for the street kids in Jalapa. Who knows, after dining and getting to know people who have joined one of our delegations you may be interested in joining one too! Please stay tuned for more details!
Vocational school for street children of Jalapa, Nicaragua
Vocational school for the street children of Jalapa
This year AACC in conjunction with PIEAT will construct a vocational school for the street children of Jalapa. AACC has a representative leaving on January 10th, 2010 who will live in Jalapa for seven months and coordinate its construction and development.
2010 Delegations
2010 AACC Delegations:
- You are invited to take part in our next delegation going to Nicaragua March 14 to March 28, 2010.
- Please contact us soon if you are interested as planning will start in early January.
- Our fall/winter newsletter will be available the week of November 23, so please check back to read about the September delgation's experience.
- More 2010 delegation dates will be added as they are planned.
Local Representative
Johanna Reimer
AACC has a representative, Johanna Reimer, who will be living in Jalapa, Nicaragua for seven months starting in January, 2010. She will be coordinating the construction and development of a vocational school that will serve the street children of Jalapa.
Programa Integral Educando con Amor y Tenure (PIEAT)
Introduction
PIEAT is a program based on grassroots relationship and democracy building through early childhood care and education initiatives. It uses a home visitation program that is a fundamental and unique opportunity to develop relationships with members of the community. In order to give ample opportunity for the development of these relationships each family is visited a minimum of 8 times. The emphasis on early childhood care breaks through the challenges of political and economic inequalities that are frequently present. Health and nutrition outreach, discussions on the importance of edcuation for their quality of life and in breaking the cycle of poverty, in addition to weekly story hours and play groups for children are some of the unique opportunities that PIEAT provides the local villages and barrios of Jalapa.
La Chureca
La Chureca is the largest landfill in Managua. It is home to more than 1,500 people, some of whom have been living there since the late 1960's. For the residents, unemployment is about 100%, drug use is extremely high (glue huffing being the most popular) and prostitution starts with children as young as 9 years old. People work gathering recyclables from the garbage dumped in the landfill for 12+ hours per day, on a good day, earning the equivalent of $1 or $2 US dollars.
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