The cleanest street!

We teens and youth know how important it is to take care of our environment, so we are promoting community activites to educate the city´s population about the damage that the frequent littering causes to our health and to our world. With that goal, we organized a work day on March 24th called "My cleanest street," in the streets surrounding Cantera, the school Salamón Ibarra Mayorga and the Church of the Latter Day Saints.

More than 150 participants from the surrounding neighborhood were present at the event that started at 7 a.m.

We are grateful for the support of the leaders of the area, the youth from the LDS Church, teachers, parents, and the ecological brigade from Salomón Ibarra Mayorga School - their contributions made the event a success!

Thank you to all the participants who chipped in to maintain beautiful and healthy streets in Ciudad Sandino.

Youth lead workshops about sexual and reproductive rights

During 2011, the Ciudad Sandino youth  facilitating has sessions for other adolescents and youth about sexual and reproductive rights.

Continuing into 2012, we have shared that knowledge in a series of workshops with an average of 16 participants. Beyond simply imparting information, the sessions created a space for reflection about sexuality, violence, the causes and consequences of teen pregnancy, human rights, and more. Some of the techniques used in the workshops included discussion, simulations, games and artistic expression.

We hope to offer that same space to more adolescents and youth from our city to support their personal development.