The Center for Development in Central America (CDCA) is a non-profit, faith-based organization with Quaker connections. It is seeking to address human needs created by poverty in the Western Hemisphere’s second poorest nation

• by helping communities become self-sufficient, sustainable, democratic entities, and

• by working with Nicaraguan communities to help them realize their own goals, rather than bringing in “ready-made solutions.”

This involves community organization, a flexible approach to needs and priorities as they shift over time, identifying areas where the CDCA can be of service, and following through in those areas, while empowering Nicaraguans and gradually phasing out the need for the CDCA’s assistance.

Please visit the web site listed above to see our enterprises, clinics, and other projects in Ciudad Sandino, outside Managua.