News


Newsletters

The LMLG produces regular News Articles, which provides updates on projects on Masaya, information about educational projects and reviews on events, Click on the newsletters that have been created below.

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  • LMLG News, Nov 2006 (2.85mb)
  • LMLG News, Dec 2005 (1.28mb)
  • LMLG News, May 2005 (223kb)
  • LMLG News, Winter 2004 (246kb)

    • Project Bulletins

    Below are some of our project bulletins, from the Agrovivienda series, written specially by our volunteer John Perry, based in Nicaragua.

    Agrovivienda is the long term housing project, for small farmers in Masaya, supported by the Chartered Institute of Housing and the Leicester Masaya Link Group.

  • Background to housing project: Agrovivienda (68.3kb)
  • Women from 'las Flores' join the farming project (115kb)
  • Pedro Carranza's model farm (327kb)
  • Five farmers build water cisterns (176kb)
  • UK embassy funds water cisterns project (253kb)
  • Building a prototype straw bale house (203kb)
  • First five houses completed (231kb)
  • Project moves to El Pochote (202kb)
  • Solar Energy in El Pochote (297kb)
  • Bringing Electricity to Santa Clara (305kb)
  • Santa Clara Families Switch on the lights (357kb)
  • Working with a local school (246kb)
  • School Project Achieves Results (336kb)
  • School Project: What the Students think (274kb)
  • New Projects for 2007 (903kb)

    • Nica Net

    The Nicaragua Network (Nica Net) provides information and organising tools to a network of solidarity, sister city and peace and justice committees.

    Publications include the Nicaragua Network Hotline, the Nicaragua News Service the Nicaragua Monitor and occasional monographs.

    Get the latest news from Nicaragua by visiting Nica Net.