Empowerment International (EI) addresses poverty by facilitating the education of children in at risk situations and impoverished nations. EI removes a part of the heavy financial burden of attending public schools by assisting with the purchase of the mandatory materials and uniforms. EI also works directly with each family facilitating a shift in the long term value of educating the children. Parents are required to become increasingly more active participants in their children's education thus become more invested over time. Children's progress is also tracked as well as attendance.

All children in the program (approximately 300 to date) have access to medical care in a collaborative effort with Clinica Alabama.
several of the girls in the program are offered scholarships for computer classes and English classes in a collaborative effort with APIMUNIC www.apimunic.org
Long term, it's the goal of Empowerment International to create a community driven project thus run completely by Nicaraguans.

EI is also planning to reproduce the program in other neighborhoods.

Also EI strongly believes in the power of collaborative efforts to maximize it's resources.

For a short video on a typical day in our students lives see the following 90 second video.




Donations

1. We are always looking for donors (Donations)
2. For just $100 you can sponsor a child for one year
3. We are looking for digital cameras and old video camcorders (digital )for our teens to work on photography skills they have acquired.
4. We are looking for many volunteers on both the ground level but even more so we are looking for professionals to assist with a variety of needs, many of which can be done virtually from around the world. We are also actively seeking passionate and committed BOD members willing to roll up their shirt sleeves and help us take our organization to the next level . For even more information see our list of opportunities to make a difference on line via the below link , keeping in mind this is not a complete list of needs so feel to apply or inquire what else may be available to suit your skills and passion.

Click here for more information on how to get involved.