About Us
Divine Providence in Nicargua
Our mission at Divine Providence of Nicaragua, NFP is to help eradicate poverty in Nicaragua. Our organization focuses principally, but not exclusively, on nurturing, protecting and developing Nicaragua’s greatest resource - its youth. In a country of extreme poverty, it is the children who suffer most from malnutrition, sickness, lack of education and overall poor quality of life. Our goal is to provide a safe and nourishing environment for children to grow and be educated so that they may blossom and build a strong and healthy Nicaragua.
Our strategy is to channel donations in a way that eventually makes the recipients of aid self-sufficient and financially independent. Our organization targets donations equally toward:
1. Relief of immediate need (malnutrition, sickness, inadequate clothing, etc.)
2. Shelter, basic literacy, medical treatment to improve quality of life (correction of handicaps, treatment of chronic diseases, etc.)
3. Primary and secondary education, vocational training, preventive health care, job placement assistance
We believe in maximizing the value of donations and in total financial transparency through the following operating principles:
· Donations are fully utilized toward aid for recipients - all administrative costs are met directly by the Board of Trustees
· Almost all of the work involved in fund-raising is performed by non-salaried volunteers
· Donations are matched with well-defined and structured relief projects so donors know exactly what is being done with their donations
· Donors are encouraged to become and stay involved with the projects they contribute for and with their recipients
· Our projects are subject to totally open and transparent bidding processes, stringent quality control and subject to audit by independent accounting firms
· All contracts and financial records for every project are available for review by the donors who financed them upon their request
Finally, our organization aims to work with a network of partners in Nicaragua such as schools, orphanages, churches, clinics and other institutions to deliver the needed goods and services within our financial oversight and project management
Divine Providence in Nicaragua, NFP is a non-profit organization incorporated in Illinois on June 28, 2005 and duly registered with the Internal Revenue Service as a tax exempt organization under IRC section 501 (c) (3) effective February 11, 2006. The employer identification number is 20-3108365. The organization is managed by a Board of Trustees committed to improving the future of Nicaragua.
