Shipping Project
Shipping Project
The W/NP warehouse facilitates the gathering, storage, and shipment preparation of hospital beds and health care equipment, sewing machines and supplies, student and teacher desks, backpacks and school supplies, sports equipment, emergency vehicles, and Learning Centers training equipment. Each of these activities affects scores of people both in Wisconsin and Nicaragua and produces mutually positive impacts.
Volunteers from Wisconsin/Nicaragua Partners are continually gathering items that will help support the vast spectrum of programs offered throughout Nicaragua and managed by Nicaraguan counterparts. 100 Learning Centers in Nicaragua will use the materials sent in W/NP shipments. The materials for the programs ultimately improve their lives and provide opportunities to develop skills, increase their education and increase their economic potentials. The following are specific beneficiaries' of the commodities being sent in shipments from Wisconsin: Fire stations, Paramedics, Learning Centers, Partner Cities, Educational institutions, Community Sports teams, Hospitals, Health centers, and community volunteer leaders. Items being sent support the programs listed above and may include such items as: Firefighting equipment, sewing machines and sewing supplies, sports equipment, hospital supplies, general first aid supplies, handicap supplies, bicycles and supplies for repairing bicycles, and bakery supplies for the cooking classes. For example, supplies for the schools and learning centers; the school teacher will use materials to teach the children. The women of the community will use the sewing supplies to make products in the learning centers that will further develop their skills.
A vital mutual, and reciprocal relationship exists between WI and Nic, where people come to realize we need each other to achieve the outcomes that will ultimately affect thousands of people in need. Resources available to Nicaraguans are scarce, but it is with the cooperation of people in Wisconsin and the Funded Transportation program that we are able to share what we have to make the quality of life better for both sides, not just the Nicaraguans, but also people in Wisconsin whereby their involvement helps them to realize the value in reaching out to others and how much of a difference their involvement and efforts can make. “It is in our best interest to help a neighbor in need. It renews our soul. It lifts our collective spirit. I believe to whom much is given, much is required. We’ve been given a lot as a nation, and therefore, we’re required to help – help people realize their potential.” -George Bush.
The primary need for the commodities shipped is to expand training opportunities, for example to the existing W/NP Learning Centers (LC) spread across Nicaragua. The communities that received the items generally would not normally have access to the materials that are sent. The training and workshops offered through the W/NP Learning Center Program will be directed where we feel the greatest impact will result, and where these items are not accessible. The enhanced training opportunities made possible by way of items in this shipment will empower women/people with skills that can be put in practice in their community outlets, thus improving the skill level at local businesses.
The focus of all W/NP projects is to improve quality of life for all involved. The items shipped are designated for the purpose of providing training and assisting where resources from the community are lacking, for example, the firefighting equipment. W/NP members work with their counterparts to determine project activities and then work to secure resources. The items are carefully monitored that they are used for the purpose they were sent, and are not sold for individual profit.
