EMPOWERMENT INTERNATIONAL INC
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Target demographics: impoverished children, at risk youth, all ages
Direct beneficiaries per year: 250 in Villa Esperanza Community 55 in Santa Ana Community.
Geographic areas served: Nicaragua
Mission:
Our mission is to break the cycle of poverty before it is transferred to yet another generation, by building more educated and productive communities.
Results:
For the past two years our school retention rate has been over 97% of our 250 children in the program. We now have 4 children in the university and one will graduate end of 2011 with a degree in psychology. The community has experienced a paradigm shift towards valuing education.
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Wes L.
10/16/12
I went to Nicaragua in the summer or 2012. It was a life changing experience. I never had intentions of visiting Nicaragua, but I was introduced to Empowerment International (EI) through another organization called the Giving Lens. I wanted to go on a trip where photography and humanitarian work ...
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Tracy F.
10/16/12
Empowerment International is a grass roots foundation that helps the poorest children of Nicaragua have a chance at life. They work with the whole child to make sure the children build up their self esteem and give them the tools to be able to succeed. I first met the founder, Kathy Adams, in 2005...
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wbailey0706
02/20/12
I continue to be inspired by the work that is being done by Kathy Adams and the other folks at Empowerment Intermational. Just spend a day with the kids from the barrios that participate in the program and you' be inspired too. The extracurricular activies the participants are involved in include a...
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