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Campaign for “Love and Freedom” Changes Lives in Nicaragua

Surrounded by their audience in a spacious room, a dozen young people dressed in black perform flash theater: a boy hands a bouquet of flowers to a girl; two girls embrace while a boy looks on in disgust; a girl hands a condom ...
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Teachers Strike in El Salvador to Protest Pay

Nearly 800,000 students were affected by a two-day nationwide teacher strike in El Salvador.  Members of several national unions carried out a work stoppage in protest of teacher pay. One union abstained from striking, citing ...
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Finding their Voices, Sharing their Wisdom: Kids Create Change In Nicaragua

This is the third of three posts about an organization in northern Nicaragua, CESESMA, and their model of youth empowerment, as well as their innovative new project on sex and sexuality.  Part I is here, and Part II is here. N...
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Kids’ Survey on Sexuality Creates Change in Nicaragua

In my last post I wrote about an organization in northern Nicaragua, CESESMA, that uses a framework of human rights to address the needs of children and adolescents.  I described their use of consultorias, or investigative con...
by Sara Van Note
 
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Girls reading under the Books for Kids tent

Poetry Out Loud! Nicaraguan Festival Inspires Young People

Kids were among the notables invited to the eighth International Festival of Poetry in Granada, Nicaragua.  A wide tent of colorful picture books and cushions enticed young readers to relax amid the bustle of the central plaza...
by Sara Van Note
 
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