NicaPhoto

Nicaphoto's after school program serves 149 children and young people living in some of the poorest barrios in nagarote, nicaragua. The goal of the program is to provide the proper supports to increase school graduation rates. The program is holistic in nature and focused on education, art, and personal development. The program includes academic assistance and reinforcement; a youth run, bio-intensive organic garden; a healthy hot lunch (as hunger and malnutrituion are common issues amongst our children); sports, chorus, photography, visual art and dance; girls and boys groups run by Nicaphoto staff. Robotics classes continue in connection with the community bots, a nyc based non-profit organization whose mission includes bringing stem programming to underprivileged girls. In 2022, with funding from new fortress energy, we provided humanitarian aid food/household gift baskets to 400 families in nagarote. We also provided a pilot educational/personal development program twice a month at the elementary school in the community of puerto sandino, nagarote, with funding from nfe. The pilot program served 85 students.

Scholarships are provided for public school, private school and university students. Scholarships are based on need and are given to make education accessible to even the most disadvantaged children and young people. In 2022 scholarships were given to 10 university students.