Fairtrade helps farmers to combat the impact of climate change
News from Nicaragua | Thursday, 15 August 2019
The Urbina family live in the community of Las Escaleras in the Department of Matagalpa where they have seven hectares of land called Finca Los Pinos. Under the canopy of hardwood and pine trees, the family grows Fairtrade coffee, cocoa, maize, beans, and a very diverse variety of vegetables, fruit read more
Latin American Spanish classes start MONDAY SEPT 9th
NSC News | Thursday, 8 August 2019
Learn Latin American Spanish at Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign with our Peruvian teacher, Dante. Classes are small, fun and concentrate on speaking but with a good grammatical grounding. The term starts on MONDAY SEPTEMBER 9th and the term will be 12 weeks. New Beginners 5pm – read more
Agroecology: the wellbeing of people, the wellbeing of the planet
News from Nicaragua | Monday, 5 August 2019
‘Agroecology is a revolution! …we are killing the Earth…the most urgent task we face is the search for ways to protect it. ’ Marlen Sanchez, director, Latin American Agroecology Institute (IALA), Nicaragua From 11 to 21 July, Friends of the ATC, a solidarity organisation with the Nicaraguan Rural Workers read more