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About NSC
NSC is a limited
company registered in England and Wales. Company registration number: 2093384
Charity number: 1106881
Our registered office address is: NSC, 129 Seven Sisters Rd, London N7 7QG tel: 020
7272 9619
NSC was founded in 1978 to support the Sandinista Revolution which overthrew the
Somoza dictatorship, established democracy, political rights and social and
economic justice, and became a beacon of hope in a region devastated by war and
dominated by US imperialism. We have adapted our work to the changing context -
globally and in Nicaragua - but remain committed to the fundamental values of
democracy and justice.
On 25th September 2004 NSC became a
charity >>
For our Annual Report (Jan - December 2006) click here and a pdf
will open >>
For the Wales NSC, twin towns and local groups Annual Report
2005
click here
>>
For previous annual reports go to our
Archive >>
If you could volunteer in the office in London, help at events
around the country (meetings, fiestas, stalls etc.) or even consider
becoming a member of one or our committees please get in touch. You can do a
lot by phone and email these days so you can participate without leaving
your home!
Contact us on
nsc@nicaraguasc.org.uk or 020
7272 9619.
Past Achievements
"I returned from Nicaragua with a renewed sense
of the value of ordinary people in both rich countries and poor countries
standing together for social and economic justice."
(Member of NSC Study Tour)
In the 1980s the NSC helped build a broad cross-party consensus in the
UK that condemned US military and economic aggression against Nicaragua
and supported the achievements of the Sandinista Revolution.
- We have acted as a catalyst to the setting up of other organisations
such as the Nicaragua Health Fund (later merged with One World Action),
Environmental Network for Nicaragua (later the Environmental Network for
Central America) the Nicaragua Women’s Network (later the Central America
Women’s Network), Coda International and Computeraid International.
- NSC was one of the first organisations
to produce solidarity t-shirts
and mugs and sell them world-wide, raising money for information and
campaigning work on Nicaragua.
To buy online or by post, go to our
Solidarity and Fair Trade Shop >>
- Over 1,000 people from Britain have visited Nicaragua on work
brigades, study tours and delegations organised by NSC.
- Strong, lasting ties of friendship and solidarity have grown through
speakers and visitors invited from Nicaragua, twinning groups, trade
unions, links between women's organisations, environmentalists,
universities, health workers, teachers, schools, community groups and
links between the FSLN and the Labour Party.
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NSC has raised over £1 million for medical and educational supplies,
trade unions, women's organisations, the Community Movement, human rights
groups and groups working on violence against women.
Following Hurricane Mitch in 1998, NSC, twinned towns, trade
unions and many individuals raised money for emergency relief and new
housing. This is an earthquake-proof house funded by the Oxford-Leon Trust.
www.oxfordleon.org
NSC Today
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NSC continues to send delegations and study tours to Nicaragua linking
British organisations with their Nicaraguan counterparts.
NSC study tour member clears the furrows with sesame farmer and his son in
Achuapa. The sesame oil is sold to the Body Shop on a fair trade basis.
Photo: Michael Trevallion
Go to Tours >>
- Organises speaker tours of Britain from representatives of partner
organisations in Nicaragua.
- Campaigns on issues such as education, fair trade, debt etc.
Go to
Campaigning Issues >>
- Co-promotes public events, for example with other organisations
working on Central America.
- Produces publications including Central America Report (with other
Central America solidarity organisations) and briefings on Nicaragua.
Go to
Solidarity Book Shop
>>
- Facilitates solidarity links between British trade unions and their
counterparts in Nicaragua.
Go to
Trade Unions >>
- Maintains offices in London (staff of 4 part time workers) and Managua
(2 part time).
- Provides support in Britain and Nicaragua for Wales NSC, 2 Central
America local groups and 13 towns
and communities in England with twinning links in Nicaragua.
Go to
Twinned and Local Groups >> - Fundraises through selling solidarity goods and books, organising
fiestas, raffles, appeals etc.
Go to
Events
>>
and
Solidarity Shop >>
- Currently we have roughly 600 individual members and 10 national
trade unions, over 100 TU regions and branches, 13 twin towns, 2 Central America
groups and Wales NSC affiliated to us. We have countless supporters
involved in other ways. Thanks to all of you for your support!
For an upbeat resume of our work between 1978 and 1998, complete with
photos and contributions from our many sponsors, ask for our 20th
Anniversary publication 'The NSC Story'.
You might even like to give us a
donation...>>
For details of other organisations we
work with, here and in Nicaragua,
go to
Contacts >>
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