CEPAD-USA

CEPAD is trying to meet the needs of families in rural Nicaragua as they face water scarcity. Footage © Amos Trust/Mark Kensett

The occasional job of washing her neighbors’ clothes to feed her family just wasn’t enough! When CEPAD came to the community of Elicenia...

Luz is a busy mother to nine, seven of which live with her and her husband in the rural community of Cacao Sur. With so many mouths to...

After suffering a family tragedy, Jasmina has tried to find healing around her. “Seven years ago, my son, who was 12 years old, died in a...

When Isabel heard about CEPAD’s programs, she thought this was her chance to lift herself out of poverty and provide a better future for...

Concepción, a young mom living in rural Nicaragua, felt stuck in her goals. “I had an idea of starting a small business, but I was very...

One of the tools CEPAD uses in our Food and Environment Security program is crop diversification. Many rural farmers, including Marlon,...

Ramona, a wife and mother in CEPAD’s Family Gardening Program, is learning new and organic ways to grow produce in her yard. Ramona’s...

Priscila, aged 61, knows what it is like to feel hopeless. “I currently live alone since all of my children have married and left, many...

Margarita has a new garden that has impacted her family in so many ways!

Images above: New villages benefitting from your support in Somoto. In Uniles (left), the only access to water is from a truck that...

Community Development Committees (CDC) are an essential part of your support of rural villages in Nicaragua. The CDC’s receive trainings...

Priscilla is a member of the Family Gardens program that gives women the seeds, trainings and tools to grow healthy food for their...

Jensy del Carmen is a mother of two children. Her husband works in the fields of other farmers two to three days a week, he earns about...

Francys Castillo is a 25-year old single mother of two children. In the past she had to travel to Costa Rica to look for work to support...

Mateo used to farm using traditional methods which required him to burn virgin forest and purchase fertilizers and insecticides. It also...

Thanks to you families like Virginia's have been able to improve their nutrition. Virginia is also grateful as a woman to receive...

Jose Acosta is a member of one of 40 villages that will be starting with CEPAD in January 2021. He shares about how the struggles his...

Families all over rural Nicaragua are eating more food and healthier food thanks to your generosity. Thank you! Farmers use the produce...

Maria Rivas is a community leader who was trained through CEPAD over the past five years. She shares what they were able to accomplish...