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How Can You Help?
There are many ways you can help our organization, including donations of books, volunteering time, and offering creative ideas. However, financial contributions are one of the most effective ways you can help since this gives us the most flexibility to fund what is needed for our current projects in order to meet the needs of the communities in which we are working. Below are some categories we have created, however you are welcome to donate any quantity that you wish. Any donation of $30 or more will receive a free gift from Nicaragua and regular news and updates about our projects. Your donation will help us help the people in Nicaragua create sustainable development projects.
To donate to Developing Communities, Inc. simply click on the link below, print out the attached form, and send it in with your check written out to Developing Communities, Inc. and mail it to:
Developing Communities, Inc.
P.O. Box 2346
Monterey, CA 93942
100% of your donation is tax-deductible. Download Donation form
$30 Donation
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$30 in the United States doesn't go very far but in Nicaragua it goes a long way. To give you an idea of how helpful your donation is, here are some things that $30 can buy in Nicaragua:
- 48 books
- 96 pounds of beans
- 24 calculators
To thank you for your $30 donation to Developing Communities, Inc., we will send you a key chain from Nicaragua and regular news and updates about our projects. This key chain was handmade in Masaya, Nicaragua and sold in the Roberto Huembes market in Managua. It is a miniature of real size leather sandals that are handmade in Masaya. By purchasing this key chain directly from the artisans, we are supporting the local economy and sending you a small piece of Nicaragua. |
$75 Donation
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$75 in Nicaragua has the potential to affect many people's lives. To give you an idea of how helpful your donation is, here are some things that $75 can buy in Nicaragua:
- School uniforms for 40 children
- 100 liters of clean drinking water
- 200 bars of soap
To thank you for your $75 donation to Developing Communities, Inc., we will send you a hat from Nicaragua and regular news and updates about our projects. At the end of a small dirt road, a family in Boaco has been making hats and other tailored items for over 20 years out of the one-room workshop in the front room of their house. By purchasing this hat directly from this workshop, we are supporting the local economy and sending you a small piece of Nicaragua.
 
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$150 Donation
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$150 in Nicaragua has the potential to affect many people's lives. To give you an idea of how helpful your donation is, here are some things that $150 can buy in Nicaragua:
- 20 pairs of children's shoes
- 3 months salary for a Librarian in Nicaragua
- Tuition for 12 students to take computer classes for 8 weeks
To thank you for your $150 donation to Developing Communities, Inc., we will send you a basket from Nicaragua and regular news and updates about our projects. A family in Camoapa, a medium sized town in the middle of the country known for its livestock and dairy product, has been making baskets and other items from "pita" for years. By purchasing this basket directly from this family, we are supporting the local economy and sending you a small piece of Nicaragua. |
$300 Donation
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$300 in Nicaragua has the potential to affect many people's lives. To give you an idea of how helpful your donation is, here are some things that $300 can buy in Nicaragua:
- Food for a family of four for four months
- 2 years of schooling for a teenager
- 5 years of children's multi-vitamins for a child
To thank you for your $300 donation to Developing Communities, Inc., we will send you a ceramic plate from Nicaragua and regular news and updates about our projects. On the road from Managua to Granada it is very easy to miss the small town of San Juan de Oriente where most of the Nicaraguan pottery is hand-made in many different homes using clay and wood stoves. This piece of pottery you will receive is unique since it was made by hand and the profits of this artwork will go to benefit this community.
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$500 Donation
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$500 in Nicaragua has the potential to affect many people's lives. To give you an idea of how helpful your donation is, here are some things that $500 can buy in Nicaragua:
- 2 hand-dug community wells
- 40 pairs of crutches
- Enough rice to feed a family of four for three and a half years
To thank you for your $500 donation to Developing Communities, Inc., we will send you a hammock from Nicaragua and regular news and updates about our projects. The hammock you will receive was hand-made in Masaya and sold in the artisans market in Managua. Nicaragua is famous for the high-quality hammocks sold throughout Central America. By purchasing this hammock directly from the merchants, we are supporting the local economy and sending you a small piece of Nicaragua. |
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