- Total Impacts: 125,400 Pieces Of Fruit Per Year
- Number of impacts pledged: 0
- Number Of Investors: 0
Provide Nutritious Fruit For The Hungry
From: $0.10
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Project Managed By: Club Need
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Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the poorest country in Latin America and second poorest in the Western Hemisphere. Currently, over 80 percent of the 5.5 million residents are living below the $2 per day poverty line. High unemployment and underemployment have resulted in this widespread poverty and country-wide economic instability.
Listed among the Seven Horrendous Wonders of the World, Cristo Rey, a barrio on the outskirts of the capital city of Managua is home to 4000+ families that know no other life. Here they anxiously wait for the garbage trucks to bring them scraps, or scrounge through the piles of garbage in the hope that they might find something valuable they can use. Some days they are lucky enough to eat and other days they “fast”.
Here people make shelters from black plastic and whatever scraps they can find. Most homes have mud floors, no sanitation, electricity, clean running water, medical attention or educational opportunities for their children. During rainy season, the shallow latrines that families use flow onto the paths and walkways. Most children walk around barefoot in a combination of mud and human waste. Their future is bleak.
Since 2014, Club Need together with our church partner in Cristo Rey, operates several programs in the community including water, food, housing, education and healthcare.
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Project Overview
In Nicaragua’s poorest barrios, where poverty and limited opportunities prevail, we’re addressing a critical issue: Hunger and Malnutrition.
By pledging your support, you become a lifeline for underprivileged children and struggling families. This isn’t just about filling their stomachs; it’s about ensuring they have the nutrition and energy to lead a happy productive life.
Your contribution has a lasting impact, improving students’ nutrition over time and creating a foundation for healthier lives. The addition of a nutritious piece of fruit to their diet is a much appreciated gift for people who lack the resources to add such a luxury. The people of Cristo Rey often endure extreme poverty, sometimes surviving on just one meal a day. Your support not only addresses immediate hunger but also plays a pivotal role in reducing poverty in Nicaragua. It aids students in concentrating better, achieving higher grades, and ultimately securing better prospects after graduation, leading to economic independence and improved living conditions.
Join us in providing nutritious fruit. Your contribution holds immense significance, creating tangible improvements in peoples lives.
In the heart of Cristo Rey Nicaragua, where Club Need lends its unwavering support, lies one of Central America’s most impoverished barios, where families often struggle to secure even the most basic necessities—food and clean water.
The goal of this project is to provide nutritious fruit to 200 underprivileged children and up to 200 people working in the local garbage dump who would otherwise go without. The nutritious fruit would either be handed out individually in the garbage dump to the workers scavenging for recyclables or added to our food projects that encompass a balanced combination of rice, beans, chicken, vegetables. Fruit is a rare treat, making this program even more noteworthy.
Join us in making a lasting impact in the nutrition of the hungry by pledging your support today. Together, we can nourish their futures and break the cycle of poverty.
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We intentionally keep the cost of micro impacts minimal, making it affordable for businesses to create a meaningful impact. By choosing micro impacts like providing a liter of clean water for less than a cent, companies seamlessly integrate social impact into daily operations, creating a collective ripple effect for meaningful change without substantial expenses.
