Chacraseca is a town in
Nicaragua.
There are about 8,000 people who live in the town, and over the past 18 years, the people in the town have been receiving aid from several groups in the United States. These groups include international organizations such as
American Nicaraguan Foundation
American Nicaraguan Foundation is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1992 to aid impoverished areas of Nicaragua. Projects include strengthening medical assistance, increasing educational attainment, building safe shelters, providing clean ...
and
Food for the Poor
Food For The Poor, Inc. (FFP) is an ecumenical Christian nonprofit organization based in Coconut Creek, Florida, United States that provides food, medicine, and shelter, among other services, to the poor in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Fo ...
, as well a
JustHope an Oklahoma-based non-profit doing long-term development work with a partnership model; Students for 60,000, a high school non-profit organization based in
Northport, NY, and students from,
Bard College,
Stonehill College
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,
Miami Dade College,
University of Michigan, and
Stony Brook University
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PA Program. They also receive aid from th
Health Outreach for Latin America Foundation(HOLA), an NPO based in Boulder, CO.
Over the past several years the organization JustHope (www.justhope.org) has partnered with MINSA (Nicaragua's Ministry of Health) and DoCare (www.docareintl.org), to increase access to and continuity of medical care in Chacraseca, by bringing physicians, physician assistants, and other health care professionals from New York, Oklahoma, Illinois, Florida, and various other locations, to supplement what the community clinic (also supported by JustHope and MINSA) is able to provide.
Chacraseca is located outside of the city of
León, and has a very well developed elementary school system. The
Comedor Escolar Project, is running well in the town, and children are able to receive education due to the help of groups such as Students for 60,000 and JustHope.
Populated places in Nicaragua
León Department
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