Education Programs

Community Preschool Alan Shawn Feinstein

General Objetive

To contribute to Preschool Education for Children from 3 to 5 years of age.

All the work done with active participation of Family Parents, as a base for Elementary School, thus allowing Children's Psychic and Physical Development.

Results

• 810 Children have received Preschool Education. This has enhanced their psyco affectionate development. It has also facilitated the learning of skills which is makes good transition for Elementary School.
• NITCA has served 145,449 school meals. Thus improving their nutritional level

• An average of 570 family parents and adolescents have participated in a very efective way, in the volunteer work for the Preschool. 31,520 hours of labor that translated into dollars would be $18,808.00 dollars.
  
• Throughout the years NITCA has contributed to improve and monitor the Health of Children in Preschool, by vaccinations, weight control, nutrition monitoring, and parasites medication.
• Teachers capabilites were reinforced by granting scholarships to them and becoming ready to go into the Normal to become professional teachers.

• Family Parents committees helped thorugh in all kind of educational and cultural activities.
• Strong coordinations with Governmental and Non-Governmental Organizations, national and international, to benefit the Project with grants and donations.

1st and 2nd Level Promotion in 2008	Celebration of Independence Day 2008	3rd Level Promotion in 2008

National Organizations

• Ministerio de Educación (MINED)
• World Food Program (PMA)
• Health Ministry (MINSA)
• CAPRI
• INTERVIDA
• Nicaraguan American Foundation

Presentation of cultural folklore dances by preschool girls	Preschool students	Preschool children at lunch

International Organizations (USA)

• Fundación Feinstein
• Prebyterian Hunger Program
• Friends of NITCA

Louis Feinstein Elementary School - Barrio Los Laureles Sur

After 5 years of efforts on the part of NITCA along with the Community of Parents who organized to bring school to the barrio, the Louis Feinstein Elementary School became a reality. The funds for the construction came from ALMA Municipal City Hall Managua, and FISE (Emergency Social fund).

A Dining Hall was needed to cook the basic grains and food stuff that the government granted the School.

NITCA´S counterpart in New England (USA) Friends of NITCA raised the funds for the construction of the Dining hall.

Feinstein Foundation donated the money to equip both, the School and the Dining room. Other great contributor was Guillermo Chavez, from California.

The impact of the school in the community has been tremendous. 500 Students (both genders) attended in 2008 thus decreasing that much the amount of children without schooling.

Parents did not have to pay for transportation nor tuition because public schools are free now. Children are not at risk, since the school is in the midst of the community.

From the beginning, after the Dining Room was built Children have received a daily lunch in both shifts: Morning and Afternoon.

Promotion of Six Graders to High School

• On December, 2008, twenty eight Six Graders from the Louis Feinstein Elementary School, having met the needed requirements, ended their studies as Elementary students to go on High School.
• Parents decided to dedicate the Promotion to Rosa Capella, NITCA´s founding Member. There was a very happy day for parents and students, who saw realized their vision and work to get a School in the Barrio.
• NITCA´s Technical Team was present to share with the Director and Vice director of School, with parents and students that happy day.

ALMA delivers the school to FISE	Recognition Plaque	28 Six Graders were Promoted to High School December 2008

Donnors

• ALMA (Alcaldia de Managua)
• FISE (Emergency Social Fund)
• Friends of NITCA (USA)
• Alan Shawn Feinstein (USA)
• Guillermo Chávez (USA)
• and many other individuals

Socio Educational Project For Children and Adolescents - Social Risk Workers

General Objective

To Promote the development of socio-educational and vocational actions to 60 working children and adolescents at social risk thus facilitating the strengthening of their capabilities in defense of their Rights.

Results

• 736 Adolescents and youth (both genders) were tended in Education, Sports and culture.
• 525 Adolescents were set to study (Elementary, High School and University)
• 166 Adolescents went into technical studies or trades: Mechanics, Electricity, Sewing, Computer Operators, Computer Cashier, Arts and Crafts, Bakery, Beautician.
• 13 Working adolescents joined the school system through the Adult Education Courses implemented at NITCA

• 167 Adolescents at social risk participated in a Dance Group, developing high skills in this art.
• 232 Adolescents and youth joined football teams, thus increasing their self-esteem, improving family relations and social connections.
  
  
• Reinforcement of parents capabilities through lots of training workshops. Leading these, to increase parents conscience upon their children and youth´s Rights. At the same time improving family relations and more participation in their children´s education.
• NITCA has promoted the development of children and youth through a social-educational program for them to assume leadership in their community.

• Participation of Children, Adolescents and Youth in many cultural and recreational activities, allowing them to to broaden their world Vision, to imporve their self-esteem and their family relations. This brought real positive changes in all of them.
• Adolescents and Youth got involved in Incidence Actions in defense of their rights.

Adolescents showing videos to the Health Center population	Beneficiary from the Technical Scholarship receiving his diploma as a Computer Cashier Operator	Community mother receiving training in sewing

Donnor Organisms

• Save The Children CANADA
• TROCAIRE
• The New England Conference United Methodist Church, USA
• Friends of NITCA, USA
• Just Connections, UK
• Friends of Basilea (Switzerland)

Reinforcement of Local Capabilities for the Promotion of Education among Children, Adolescents and Youth

General Objective

To Reinforce capabilities of Children, Adolescents and Youth at social risk, who present problems of low grades and or desertion from school. Thus to guarantee the Promotion to next year School; both in Elementary and High School.

Results

• The Strength on self esteem and lidership and capabilities on the youth population through a Net of Promoters.

• Because of the formation of Promoters among Youth and their newly acquired experience, this has facilitated their integration as Monitor Students in the projects of School reinforcement in their community and in the schools.
• The formation of a committee of Parents who follow up and also provide guarantee for their Children Education.
• Gone beyond the goal in Numbers of Students at the School Reinforcement Program in each stage.
• Students improved their study habits which resulted in 95% of them passing the grade or year.
• The process of sensibilization with the family has been constant in order to promote the family's involvement in their Children and Youth education. At the same time, for them to realize how important is their support toward their children education.

• The Project gave Family parents lots of trainings and as a result they have supported and backed their Children to attend and to follow up at the School Reinforcement program.
• The preponderance of the parents change of attitude resulted in a much better grades rendering as well as good attitudes and manners on the part of the students.
• Another important strategy used by this Project has been the sensibilization of the teachers in how to approach the student and to conduct the class in a relaxed way, so the student feels more at ease and absorbs more of the teaching.
• Students come now to the Program of School Reinforcement with a good attitude and a greater desire to be helped by teachers and to socialize with other students.

A regular day in class Highschool	Training Workshop for Adolescent Monitors	International Children Day Celebration

Donnor Organism

• Stichting Kinderpostzegels - Holland

Opening by the Ministry of Education of First and Second grades in our Preschool - 2007

Near one million children are without school in Nicaragua, (caused by the fact that parents had to send their children to work and they did not have money to pay for schooling).

The present government and its Minister of Education ruled that all education would be free. Parents rushed to put their children to schools, not being enough of them.

NITCA offered half of the Preschool building in the afternoon. The Delegate of Education agreed to open a multi-grade (first and second grade) in our Preschool. It started with 40 children, there are now near 60 children (boys and girls).

NITCA has overextended itself, and these children are given a nutritional light meal, as well as NITCA does with the afternoon Preschoolers. Most of the children families are very poor and their parents unemployed.

Children at Risk, referred to Protection Centers for their Psycho social attention

Results

• Children and young Adolescents who went to the Attention Center Los Quinchos have improved their habits of study, improved their manners and responsibility with other and toward their parents and family.
• In general, Parents have acquired conscience of the improvement of their children and have accompanied them with more attention when they visit and more stimulus to continue their studies, whether there are formal or informal education.
• As a result, Interfamily relations have improved so it has the knowledge among parents of the fact that their children have rights.

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