{"id":12736,"key":"El_Porvenir","title":"El Porvenir","latest":{"id":1223123,"timestamp":"2026-01-08T21:57:26Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg|thumb]]\n\n{{Organization data\n| website = http://www.elporvenir.org/\n| location = Nicaragua\n}}\n\nThe mission of '''El Porvenir''' is to improve the standard of living of [[poor]] people in [[Nicaragua]] through sustainable self-help [[water]], [[sanitation]] and reforestation projects.\n\n== Goals ==\n\n* To improve the health of poor people, especially the children, and to reduce infant mortality.\n* To lessen the physical burden on women and children of carrying water.\n* To support self-help, community-initiated efforts in rural villages.\n* To transfer to the villagers skills which they can use to improve their lives.\n* To preserve the watersheds on which the water projects depend.\n\n== Activities ==\n\nEach year, El Porvenir offers one-week and two-week work trips to Nicaragua. Groups of 10-15 people work in a village assisting Nicaraguan families in the construction of water, sanitation, or reforestation projects. The group is accompanied at all times by a bilingual El Porvenir staff member. Neither Spanish nor construction skills are required, though both are useful and welcome.\n\n== Costs ==\n\nWork trips cost $800 to $1075 and the fee covers the following expenses:\n\n* Cost of project materials, tools and equipment\n* Pre-project organization, materials purchase and delivery\n* Reservations, airport transfers, special arrangements\n* Lodging, meals and transportation within Nicaragua\n* Services of group coordinators/interpreters\n* A recreational weekend at the beach or in the mountains\n* Health/accident/baggage insurance\n\n== Dates ==\n\n* July 24 to 31, 2008 — Open\n* August 9 to 18, 2008 — Open\n* October 4 to 13, 2008 — Elderhostel Service Program\n* January 31 to February 7, 2009 — Open\n* February 20 to 28, 2009 — Open\n\n== Get Involved ==\n\n* http://www.elporvenir.org/\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| keywords = water, sanitation, reforestation\n| sdg = SDG06 Clean water and sanitation, SDG10 Reduced inequalities, SDG15 Life on land\n| description = El Porvenir mejora vidas en Nicaragua con agua, saneamiento y bosques. Appropedia detalla su impacto social y ambiental y cómo sumarse al proyecto.\n}}\n\n[[Category:Water]]\n[[Category:Sanitation]]"}