You are now being logged in using your Facebook credentials
  • Narrow screen resolution
  • Wide screen resolution
  • Increase font size
  • Decrease font size
  • Default font size
  • default color
  • red color
  • An Image Slideshow
  • An Image Slideshow
  • An Image Slideshow
  • An Image Slideshow
  • An Image Slideshow
  • An Image Slideshow
  • An Image Slideshow

Educate to Empower to Break the Cycle of Poverty

The lack of education and poverty are directly linked. Our programs are based on support and empowerment, not hand-outs. Empowerment creates pride in the person, generates confidence and keeps decisions within the community. The Alianza works with the community, parents, students and teachers to focus on the tasks they feel are important to their community. This strategy empowers the community to take care of itself and create its own future.

We work to create a self-sustaining growth cycle where parents and students learn to do for themselves. It is our goal and their goal for them to be self-sufficient. Self-sustainability takes serious time and effort but we are seeing progress and experiencing the benefits.

Login

Login With Facebook

Online

None

Languages

English French German Spanish


Warning: Parameter 3 to mb_videobot() expected to be a reference, value given in /home/solenti1/public_html/libraries/joomla/event/dispatcher.php on line 136
Vision, Mission & Organization PDF Print E-mail

The Vision of  the Alianza de Solentiname is to affirm a shared membership in one human family and commit ourselves to work for justice and peace, honoring the dignity and strengths of each person.

 

The Mission of the Alianza de Solentiname is to be a collaborative partnership of the people of Solentiname and other organizations to promote social and economic justice through alternative models of sustainable community development and activism. 

 

Our Values are different than the conventional charity model; our goal is work for independence, self- sufficiency and sustainability within our community, steering away from continued dependence on external donations and outside assistance.

 

The Objectives of the Alianza are to:

  • Promote and sell reproductions of the art of Solentiname, creating sustainable, ongoing income for artists, and profits are used to support community based projects serving the needs of Solentinamos.
  • Support community projects that are locally initiated, recognizing that they need to be self-help projects which hold promise for grass-roots growth, that recognize the needs and traditions of Solentiname, and provide not only for survival but also empower local people and community organizations. 
  • Encourage visitors to travel to Solentiname and Nicaragua to learn more about the area, country and its people, in a manner which does not replicate the usual “tourist gaze” approach to travel.

 

Our mission statement guides our programs by recognizing the delicate nature of the culture and community. Alianzia de Solentiname strives to include all of the islands and community groups in the process, everyone is always invited and respected. A solution-oriented approach is used to emphasize common agreement over differences and to reach effective decisions using a consensus based process that seeks the agreement of most participants, but also the resolution or mitigation of minority objections. We strive to empower local residents, as partners with a sustainable approach to their project work that recognizes the long-term impact and viability of their efforts.

 

La Visionde la Alianza de Solentiname es afirmar y compartir una membresia en una familia de unidad ademas de comprometernos a trabajar con justicia y paz, haciendo el honor y la dignidad a la fuerza de las personas guiados por el principio  de tomar a conciencia sus propias decisiones.

 

La Mision de la Alianza de Solentiname es ser colaboradores participativos de la gente en Solentiname y de otras organizaciones que promueven la justicia economica social a traves de  modelos alternativos de comunidades activas y de desarrollo sostenible.Nuestra vision es diferente a la de los modelos de ayuda social convencionales, nuestra meta es trabajar por independencia, autosuficiencia y sostenibilidad con la comunidad, alejandonos de la dependenciade donaciones y asistencia externa.

 

Los Objetivos de la Alianza tienen que:

  • Promover y vender reproducciones del arte de Solentiname, creando ingresos de sustento para los artistas, ademas las ganancias seran usadas para apoyar los proyectos de la comunidad que ayudaran con las necesidades de Solentiname.
  • Para apoyar proyectos de comunidad que fueron localmente iniciados, que necesitan tener ayuda propia, proyectos que sostienen una promesa de las raices con las que han crecido, que reconoce las necesidades y tradiciones de solentiname y provee no solo para sobrevivencia sino que tambien le da poder a las organizaciones locales.
  • Motivar a los visitantes a viajar a Solentiname y Nicaragua para aprender mas acerca del area, el pais y su gente,  en una manera que no es la de "turista tradicional" sino la de aprovechar al maximo su estadia, aprender y ayudar.

 

Nuestra mision guia los programas reconociendo la delicada naturaleza de la cultura y la comunidad. Alianza de Solentiname se pretende incluir a todos los grupos comunitarios de las islas en el proceso. Posiblemente no siempre se logre un total acuerdo pero siempre, todos son bienvenidos y respetados. Se buscaran soluciones orientadas en un acuerdo común por encima de las diferencias para tratar de encontrar una respuesta positiva basada en el consenso por medio de el acuerdo de la mayoría, pero también tomando en cuenta la minoría de las objeciones. Aceptamos que dandole un nuevo rumbo al existente sistema, aunque fluya,  con soluciones temporales o ayudas de afuera, pueden servir de mucho. Nos esforzamos en dar poder a los residentes locales, como  partes,  para sostener e incentivar sus propios proyectos de trabajo que reconocen en un largo termino el impacto y la viabilidad de sus esfuerzos


 

Contact Us

Please donate

We depend on voluntary donations to run our programs. The Alianza de Solentiname (Solentiname Solidarity Alliance) is a 501-(c)3 nonprofit reorgnized in the United States and Nicaragua… 100% of all money or services received go directly to our programs. Administrative overhead costs are covered by BattenKill Canoe, an adventure tour operator in Vermont, and will not come out of your contribution.


Contact Us

Alianza de Solentiname:
En Nicragua: the Casa Alianza is located on Isla Mancarron, in the pueblo.
ssa@solentiname.org
Telephone Service is limited, but please try: 505.8994.7289
Our offices in the USA are located with BattenKill Canoe, Ltd. at
6328 Historic Route 7a, Arlington VT. 802.549.5004 or toll free: in USA