CIRCLE OF EMPOWERMENT, INC.

is a grass roots outreach community support program in Aposentillo, Nicaragua, located northwest of Chinandega.  The project was started by Margaret (Meg) Boren on January 1, 2003.  

Meg served as a volunteer nurse with the Lutheran Church in Nicaragua from 1999-2000 working with a Nicaraguan doctor to provide services to 9 villages without the amenities of electricity and water.  Her love of the Nicaraguan people drew her back to Nicaragua and the beginning of Circle of Empowerment, Inc.

 

What We Do

The major goal of Circle of Empowerment, Inc., is to provide a mutually empowering network of Christians and other humanitarians in a true spirit of brotherhood with rural Nicaraguan villages in need.

This grass roots project focuses on the development of resources that help the people help themselves in the areas of health, education, and economic development.  The work is done in cooperation and partnership with public programs within Nicaragua.

We host delegations with a focus on balance in our ocean side location.  These delegations include medical, educational, artistic, and community work. 

We can plan projects for your skills and have you working with the villagers. 

 Mission:

• To live out advocacy for the poor by following the example that the life of Christ has given us.
• To work toward justice by assisting our brothers and sister in Nicaragua through benevolence and support.
• To provide opportunities for self-development  and to help empower the people to improve the quality of their lives.
• To emphasize self-direction, respect, and eventual independence of the people served.
• To share resources with a spirit of true brotherhood and to help people develop solutions to their own problems.
• To justly distribute God's gifts to lead us all to the abundant life Christ teaches.

 
Core Values

• Respect
• Progress toward independence 
• Empowerment
• Advocacy for those in need
• Development of local resources