El Porvenir

Cause Area

  • Community
  • Environment
  • International

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1420 Ogden St, #204Denver, CO 80218 United States
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Mission Statement

El Porvenir assists people in rural communities in Nicaragua to improve their living standards through sustainable development in clean water, sanitation, reforestation, and health education.

Description

El Porvenir (EP) is an international non-profit organization that empowers rural Nicaraguan communities to improve their living standards and reduce burdens on women through the sustainable development of clean water, sanitation and cooking systems, reforestation and health education. El Porvenir has 19 years of experience helping rural Nicaraguan communities build appropriate technology (wells, latrines, community washing stations, and fuel efficient stoves) as well as providing communities with the tools they need to manage their water, sanitation and forestry resources.

Through 2008, EP completed 685 water and sanitation projects that now supply over 86,000 people with clean water on a daily basis. In Nicaragua , EP has a central office in Managua , and six regional offices in Cuidad Darío, Terrabona, Camoapa, San Lorenzo , El Sauce and Wiwilí. Projects have been implemented in rural communities in the departments (provinces) of Matagalpa, Boaco, León and Jinotega.

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