Ocean Life
Former egg poachers turned community rangers now patrol Nicaragua's Pacific beaches every night to save critically endangered sea turtles.
50keggsSea turtle eggs protected (10-year cumulative)
6beachesNesting beaches actively patrolled
Nicaragua
Americas · Central America
3 projects · 3 organizations
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Clean Energy
Since 2004, this off-grid engineering nonprofit has been wiring solar power and clean water into isolated Caribbean-coast Nicaraguan communities.
900filtersBiosand water filters installed since 2009
4,500peopleResidents benefiting from installed water filters
Fresh Water
In rural Nicaragua El Porvenir pairs every new piped water system with a double-pit latrine per household and hygiene lessons, so water and toilets arrive together.
300kpeopleNicaraguan lives changed since 1989 (water, sanitation and related work; 300,000+)