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Mission Statement
Boulder Jalapa Friendship City Projects, Inc. is dedicated to building peace and understanding between the people of Nicaragua and Colorado.
Friendship City Projects, Inc. funds projects that have a social contract to create community and work for the greater good of its residents and
fosters people-to-people diplomacy through organizing delegations to and from Nicaragua. The project provides the framework which enables skilled
volunteers to work in the Jalapa area of Nicaragua providing direct services and/or technical assistance
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FCP Accomplishments in Nicaragua
Clean Water Systems
- Teotecacinte, 1991
- Chusli, 1994
- Corozo, 1997
- El Triunfo, 1998
- Champigny, 2002
- Champigny extension, 2003 - to support additional housing built by the Organization of American States
Other Projects
- Preschool built in Jalapa, 1986
- High school built in Teotecacinte, 1995. Supported by Glenwood Springs.
- Women’s sewing co-op support, 1985-1990
- Radio program for women’s health issues, organized and sponsored since 1998
Humanitarian Relief
- $2500 donated for hurricane victims on the Eastern
coast of Nicaragua, 1988.
- Hurricane Mitch, 1998: Provided medicines, medical personnel, and relief supplies. $15,000 donated for seeds to replant destroyed crops.
$10,000 donated for construction materials to rebuild damaged roofs.
- Construction of energy-efficient stoves, 1997-1999: Organized and sponsored a program for communities around Jalapa,
reducing the number of trees cut for firewood.
- Friendship City and the Rotary Club donated an ambulance to the municipality of Jalapa. 2000.
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