Boulder, Colorado - Working in Solidarity since 1984 - Jalapa, Nicaragua

	Donate via Paypal ________________________________________________ Friendship City Projects (FCP) is honored to arrange Mayor Susan Osborne's visit to Jalapa, Nicaragua. FCP welcomes CU’s faculties and students as well as community members to join this visit. Above photo, Jalapa mayor Orlando Zeledon seat in between Boulder mayor Susan Osborne and Council woman Lisa Morzel. Behind, FCP board members, Philip Wegener, Brian Underhill, Narayan Shrestha & Zuza Bohley. For more information or to see the itinerary please click here _____________________________________________________________________________ Mayor Orlando of Jalapa, Nicaragua was in Boulder during May 2010. _____________________________________________________________________________ Check out FCP's Blog Read all about what Friendship City Project's volunteers Karla, plus Hannah and Dan Egan have been doing. 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 Current Programs Boulder Jalapa Friendship City Projects, Inc. is embarking on a new phase. With two new representatives headed to Jalapa in September, FCP plans to continue working under the direction of Pueblos Unidos, our Sister City Board in Jalapa. Pueblos Unidos is composed of local people in Jalapa who direct our representatives on projects that help empower people to sustainably address their own needs, given the resources readily available to them.

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 coordinated with Rotary International to donate an ambulance to the municipality of Jalapa. 2000.