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THE RIO COCO MISKITU LITERACY PROJECT - UPDATE

Photo: Books and video equipment on the long journey down the Rio Coco.

Follow the link >> for an account of how Ruby Cox, NSC Chair, visited the project and presented the funds raised by NSC members and supporters. It's a fascinating read with plenty of photos too.

Thanks to the generosity of our supporters we have almost raised the amount needed for the  project and now are planning follow-up activities, for example a study tour to the area this summer. If you are interested in the tour please contact us for details. If you have not yet donated please do so AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. You can donate online using Visa, MasterCard or American Express using this link >> Alternatively you can make a bank transfer or send a cheque; you will find the details on the form here >>  

The project is the extension of the "From Martí to Fidel" literacy campaign to the Rio Coco, one of the poorest and most remote areas of Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast region. Using people’s homes and tiny community centres, voluntary literacy workers are helping adults of all ages learn to read and write in their own language, Miskitu. Funds from Venezuela and Cuba are covering the specially produced books, videos and video players which enable people to do much of the learning on their own. Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign is paying for the fuel for the generators; these power the teaching equipment and without the fuel very little can be achieved. It costs US$60 (about £40) to power one literacy point for 12-15 learners for a 3-month learning period. So, once again, please make a donation ASAP.

For other news of our Education for All Campaign >>

Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign (NSC) works to address social and economic injustice in Nicaragua by channelling support to partner organisations and communities and building solidarity with them. Another major part of our work is educational: to disseminate information and raise awareness in the UK of social, economic and other issues affecting Nicaragua.

We carry this out through tours to Nicaragua, speaker tours here and campaigning activities. For example, for our work on Fair Trade and Trade Justice follow this link >> We co-produce a magazine, Central America Report, and produce occasional briefings. NSC also supports Wales NSC, our local groups and 13 towns and communities with twinning links in Nicaragua. Since NSC became a charity our work with trade unions and other work on Latin America is carried out through the Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign Action Group (NSCAG) >>

NSC is a membership organisation with offices in London and Managua and a network of affiliated individuals and groups in England, Scotland and Wales.