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Sustainable Harvest International779 North Bend Road 
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Volunteer in Nicaragua with SHI |
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Join Sustainable Harvest International for an adventure in the Nicaraguan Jungle. Trip participants will work with local families on projects promoting sustainable agriculture,
reforestation and poverty alleviation. The areas where SHI works in Nicaragua are located more deeply in the countryside than in our other program countries, and this trip will involve flying first from the capital city, Managua, to the Atlantic Coast city of Bluefields before setting out by boat to the small community of San Francisco. After a four-hour ride into the jungle, you will meet families who live in isolation and poverty but still embrace the work of SHI to restore tree growth and work in sustainable agriculture. This trip will be somewhat strenuous. Trip participants will be far away from the usual comforts of the city for several days, and will stay with host families. This is not a trip for everyone, but will provide a clear view of the way people survive in what is the western hemisphere's second poorest country behind Haiti. Not all of the trip will be work, as we also plan on either a couple of days on the beaches of a tropical island or a hike to the summit of a Nicaraguan volcano. Travel Costs The cost for this trip is $1,500 per person. This total includes project materials and supplies, liability insurance, flights between Managua and Bluefields and all other in-country transportation, rustic accommodations with a host family at the work site and double occupancy hotel accommodations when we visit tourist areas, meals and guide / translation service. In addition, $200 of your program fee is given as a direct donation to the local program. This total DOES NOT INCLUDE airfare to Managua, medicine, phone calls, souvenirs, after-hours carousing or any additional costs not mentioned. A deposit of $300 should be sent in with your registration form. The balance $1,200 is due to be paid 60 days prior to the trip departure date. If travel funding is an issue for you, please contact Sarah Kennedy at our outreach office to brainstorm some fundraising ideas.
Although efforts to secure an SHI program in Nicaragua began in 1997, funding did not come through until late 1999. Nicaraguan farmers and cooperatives requested SHIs assistance because their way of life was threatened by environmental degradation. The Autonomous Region of the South Atlantic Coast (Spanish acronym: RAAS) is home to a diverse mixture of indigenous people, Creoles, Garifunas and Mestizos who prize stewardship of their environmental resources. Nonetheless, most food in the RAAS comes from fishing and slash-and-burn farming. Population pressures similar to those throughout Central America have created a shortage of arable land. Continued use of slash-and-burn farming in the region is turning much of Nicaragua into a desert. In February 2000, Sustainable Harvest International began work in the RAAS region of Nicaragua. Our two Nicaraguan extensionists have helped 90 families in 10 communities establish tree nurseries, increase agricultural yields and initiate several community-specific projects including reforestation for watershed protection and conversion of unsustainable agricultural parcels to sustainable agriculture plots. Click here to read about Program Director, Greg Bowles', trip to Nicaragua. Click here to download a registration form. Click here to learn about past Smaller World Tours.
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