Our programs let you lend a hand—instead of a handout

The most successful humanitarian aid maximizes your donation and empowers needy people to help themselves.

You’ll feel good knowing that 97% of your gift to Connecticut Quest for Peace goes directly to the poorest Nicaraguan neighborhoods.

Nicaraguan community-based partners make the most of your donated dollar

Rather than work through third-party administrators, we partner with Nicaragua’s neediest through trusted community-based organizations in Nicaragua. Programs are developed and managed by John XXII Institute-University of Central America, Maryknoll Missionary Sisters and lay workers, Teresian Sisters, Sisters of Sion, Fe y Alegria, Catholic Medical Mission Board and other non-profit organizations.

Because many of our partners embrace lives of poverty and voluntarily live among Nicaragua’s most destitute, they are uniquely qualified to identify and develop essential initiatives that empower poor Nicaraguans to make lasting change.

In addition to program development, our community-based partners provide solid administrative infrastructure, a track record of accountability—and extraordinary ability to stretch funds for maximum benefit.

All CT Quest-funded humanitarian aid programs are provided freely to needy Nicaraguans regardless of religion, creed, race or tribal origin

Five programs that support Nicaraguan families’ independence

CT Quest supports a number of programs that help Nicaraguan families overcome generational poverty, including:

• Humanitarian cargo aid. The backbone of CT Quest’s work in Nicaragua, our donated cargo shipments do triple service: They provide quality goods to the poor, create funding for community programs and build relationships between you and the people of Nicaragua.
• Education that helps Nicaraguans rise from poverty individually and nationally. According to Worldfund, without dramatically improved education, Latin American children will not develop the necessary skills needed to compete in our increasingly competitive global economy.
• Medicines and healthcare delivered to desperately underserved communities—two-thirds of all Nicaraguans live without basic healthcare.
• Microfinance programs that give small loans to women to fund home-based businesses, keep families intact and rebuild neighborhoods.
• Community initiatives that feed street children, serve destitute Nicaraguan elders, and support Nicaraguan culture through after-school arts programs.