What We Do

Podcasts for Peace Supporters

Reader to Reader
SIT Nicaragua
AVS4YOU
Community Computers 707
Rosalie Z Fanshel
Marian Aiko Kozlovsky
Caite Bennet
Susan Brayton
Laurie Brown
Harry and Mirabai Collamore
Wilmer Fuentes
Cindie Gillaspie
Eva Goodwin
Adria Honda
Marianne Janack
Akiko Kie
Emma Kie
Ayumi, Brian, and Joe Kie Weissbuch
Matthew Krzywda
Katherine Kusiak Carey
LR Masuda
Brian LaForgia
Jonathan Millhauser
Barbara Mimoto
Ming
Rogelio Miñana
Martina Pittius
Bob Reynolds
Allan Rodgers
Beverly Rodgers
Arleen Senas
Rosalyn Jun-Hao Shih
Paul Venables

Where We Work

Who We Are
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Podcasts for Peace is located in Alemania Democrática, a sector of Acahualinca neighboring Managua's municipal dump, La Chureca.
La Chureca is home to more than 200 families and provides a living for around 3,000 people who collect, clean, and sell trash. Many of the 800 people who live in neighboring Alemania Democrática also work in La Chureca. 

More than 70 percent of the population work in the informal sector, about 30 percent as trash foragers, and 70 percent live in extreme poverty.  In Acahualinca, as in  many places where people live in a volatile environment, there are kids addicted to glue, a high illiteracy rate, gangs, prostitution, malnutrition, machismo, and domestic violence.

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The people of Acahualinca live in communities as vibrant and complex as any, and while they do face harsher environmental and economic conditions, this does not define who they are. As in any community, they develop innovative solutions to problems, celebrate birthdays and holidays with friends and family, complain about the weather and resent corrupt politicians. They wake up at 5:30-6:00 AM to clean the street in front of their houses and start the day's tasks. Family members live close by, often in the same house, and they nurture close friendships with their neighbors. Vendors pass through the neighborhoods throughout the day selling everything from matches and broom sticks to plantains and ice cream, and in the evening the kids play soccer in the street. 

As a youth-centered community-based project, Podcasts for Peace provides support for youth who wish to express themselves more fully and to take on leadership roles in their communities.